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'''Ron Barrett''' is an American [[illustrator]], best known for illustrating the children's book ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'', which was written by his former wife, [[Judi Barrett]].<ref name="Kids Read">{{cite web |title=Author:Ron Barrett (interview) |url=http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-barrett-ron.asp |date=8 November 2005 |publisher=KidsRead.com |accessdate=27 August 2009}}</ref> 

==Career==
He is a graduate of the [[School of Industrial Art]] in New York City. While still in high school, he was an apprentice in the studio of Lucian Bernhard, the great German graphic designer. He also found a mentor in [[Ervine Metzl]], illustrator and President of the Society of Illustrators, who predicted that the young Mr. Barrett "...would either wind up in a mental institution or make a million dollars."
 
After early success as an art director at [[Young & Rubicam]] and [[Carl Ally]], winning the Gold Medal of the [[Art Directors Club of New York]], he left advertising to become an illustrator, author and [[puzzle]] maker. He wrote ''The Nutty News'' and has illustrated many books, such as a series of children's books with [[Judi Barrett]], including ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'' and ''Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing''.<ref name="Kids Read">{{cite web |title=Author:Ron Barrett (interview) |url=http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-barrett-ron.asp |date=8 November 2005 |publisher=KidsRead.com |accessdate=27 August 2009}}</ref> He has also worked on several books for adults, including the best-selling ''O. J.'s Legal Pad'' with [[Henry Beard]] and [[John Boswell]]. In 2009 ''Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs'' became [[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)|an animated feature in 3D]], created by [[Sony Pictures Animation]].

During the 1970s, Barrett had many comic strips in the ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]'' "Funny Pages", of which the best remembered is perhaps "Politenessman".  He became the magazine's art director, giving it a style described as "crisp" and "smart".{{r|RM}} 

==Books==
*''Animals Should Definitely Not Act Like People'', 1988 hardcover reissue, Aladdin ({{ISBN|0-689-71287-1}}) (Illustrator, with [[Judi Barrett]])
*''Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing'', 1988, Aladdin ({{ISBN|0-689-70807-6}}) (Illustrator, with Judi Barrett)
*''Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs'', 1978, Aladdin ({{ISBN|0-689-30647-4}}) (Illustrator, with Judi Barrett)
*''Old Macdonald had some flats'', 1969, Longman group limited ({{ISBN|0-582-15018-3}}) (Illustrator, with Judith Barrett)
*''The Nutty News'', 2005 hardcover reissue, Knopf, ({{ISBN|0-375-92751-4}})
*''Pickles to Pittsburgh: The Sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'', 1997, Alladin ({{ISBN|0-689-80104-1}}) (Illustrator, with Judi Barrett)

==References==
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<ref name=RM>{{citation |page=268 |title=Ron Barrett |author=Rick Meyerowitz |work=Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead – The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great |year=2019 |isbn=9781683357674 |publisher=Abrams}}</ref>
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==External links==
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