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{{short description|American fashion designer}}
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'''Elizabeth Carpenter'''<ref>[http://www.familychoiceawards.com/family-choice-awards-winners/dinomazes-the-colossal-fossil-book-elizabeth-carpenter-authorillustrator-workman-publishing-company-2/ 2013 Family Choice Award (DinoMazes)]</ref> (born 1913) is an American writer, fashion designer, maze maker, and board game designer. She lives in New York City where she operates her own business, Mazeology LLP.

== Background and education ==
Elizabeth Carpenter grew up in [[Princeton, New Jersey]], and graduated early from [[Princeton High School (New Jersey)|Princeton High School]]. She attended both [[Carnegie-Mellon University]] and [[Rhode Island School of Design]], where she studied painting. Her first significant employment was with India Imports of [[Rhode Island]].

== Design career ==
At the age of twenty, Elizabeth Carpenter relocated to [[Gambia]], Africa where, as co-director of West Africa Exports, she began designing clothing. She went on to work for [[Mast Industries]] as part of the initial design team for [[the Limited]]. In 1984, Carpenter became the Fashion Director of Foxmoor, the juniors' specialty store division of the [[Melville Corporation]]. From 1985 to 1996 she founded Elizabeth Carpenter, Inc., an independent garment design studio employing a team of designers, whose clients included the Associated Merchandising Corporation, Ups 'n' Downs, Paul Harris stores, Victoria's Secret, and Palmetto's Jean Company. During this time, Carpenter was also the Fashion Director for Brooks Fashions, and provided fashion-trend forecasting for Shop Shots from 1994 to 1996, at thich time she left the fashion industry to begin a career in writing.

== Writing and maze design ==
Elizabeth Carpenter co-authored two family guide books with her son, Samuel Freund: ''Kids Eat New York'' and ''Kids Eat Broadway,'' in 1997 and 1999 respectively. She also began developing an original art style that weaves a maze path through original line-art illustrations. Carpenter's first book of mazes, ''DinoMaze: The Colossal Fossil Maze Book'', was published with the [[American Museum of Natural History]] in November 2001, by Workman Publishing and has earned the 2012 IPPY Gold Medal for Children's Interactive Books. She was approached by the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] and designed her second maze book, ''Mummy Maze: The Tomb Treasures Maze Book'' in 2007, which earned the Bronze Award in the Children's Interactive category at the 2008 IPPY Awards. Mummy Mazes was published by Workman Publishing in Fall, 2010. Both books weave history, problem solving, and art into a story intended to make learning fun.

In 2007, Elizabeth Carpenter founded the company, Mazeology Design, to expand the concept of maze art to include games, toys, and diaries. Her first venture into board games, ''Senet: The Ancient Tomb Treasures Game'', features an adapted rulebook that modernizes the ancient game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/comments/senet_everything_old_is_new_again|title = BoardGameGeek News | BoardGameGeek}}</ref> In 2009 the game was included in Games Magazine's Top 100 Games and was curated into the Egyptian collection at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. The game has earned the Dr. Toy's Play and Learn Award, the [[Parents' Choice Award]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=24087&award=xx&from=Mazeology|title = Senet : The Ancient Tomb Treasures}}</ref> the Seal of Approval from The National Parenting Center, and the Family Review Center Best of The Best Award for 2009.

== Works ==
*Author, ''Kids Eat New York'', 1997, The Little Bookroom.
*Author, ''Kids Eat Broadway'', 1999, Kids Eat Publishing.
*Author/Illustrator for ''DinoMaze: The Colossal Fossil Maze Book'', 2000, republished 2010 by Workman Publishing.
*Designer/Illustrator for ''Mummy Maze: The Ancient Tomb Treasures Maze Book'', 2005, republished 2010 by Workman Publishing.
*Designer/Illustrator for ''Senet: The Ancient Tomb Treasures Game'', 2008.
*Designer/Illustrator for ''Jurassic Chess and Checkers'', 2008.
*Designer/Illustrator for the ''My Glitter Diary'' collection for Babalu, Inc.
*Designer/Illustrator for the ''My Invisible Diary'' collection for Babalu, Inc.
*Designer/Illustrator for "Enchanting Mandala Mazes," 2017, Get Creative 6 (Soho Publishing)

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
*[http://www.toydirectory.com/monthly/new_product.asp?id=16049 2015 TDmonthly Top Toy Award (Senet)]
*[http://www.creativechild.com/toy-guide/activity-books-for-kids/activity-books/ 2014 Creative Child Book of the Year Award (DinoMazes)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141227082018/http://www.theeducationcenter.com/learning/tca-family/childrens-books 2015 Learning Magazine Teachers' Choice Award (DinoMazes)]
*[http://www.spd.org/2015/03/pub-50-merit-winners-announced.php (New York University Alumni Magazine)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103033201/http://www.spd.org/2015/03/pub-50-merit-winners-announced.php |date=November 3, 2015 }}
*[https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/enchanting-mandala-mazes (Enchanting Mandala Mazes)]
*[http://www.bmsbookawards.com/2nd-annual-bms-winners-and-finalists.htm (BMS Awards)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801034450/http://www.bmsbookawards.com/2nd-annual-bms-winners-and-finalists.htm |date=August 1, 2018 }}
*[http://www.independentpressaward.com/2018distinguishedfavorites (Independent Press Award 2018 Distinguished Favorites)]
*[http://www.familychoiceawards.com/uncategorized/enchanting-mandala-mazes-puzzles-to-ponder-and-solve-by-elizabeth-carpenter-with-aurelie-ronfaut/ (Family Choice Awards: Enchanting Mandala Mazes)]
*[https://www.indieexcellence.com/12th-annual-winners (Indie Excellence Awards)]
*[http://www.indiebookawards.com/winners/list (Indie book Awards)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801034509/http://www.indiebookawards.com/winners/list |date=August 1, 2018 }}
*[https://www.storymonsters.com/book-briefs/2018-purple-dragonfly-book-awards-winners-announced (Story Monsters)]

== External links ==
*[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27248998_ITM Review of Dinomaze: Colossal Fossil Maze Book. (Dino Stories). Publishers Weekly. 17 December 2001.]
*{{cite journal
|last=Rogers
|first=Kristina Curry
|date=October 2002
|title=Dinomaze: Colossal Fossil Maze Book (review)
|journal=PALAIOS
|publisher=SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology
|volume=17
|issue=5
|pages=529
|doi=10.1669/0883-1351(2002)017<0529:BR>2.0.CO;2
|s2cid=128474342
|url=http://palaios.sepmonline.org/cgi/content/extract/17/5/529
|access-date=July 12, 2008
|issn=0883-1351
|url-access=subscription
}}
*[http://nymag.com/nymetro/bony/features/629 Article in NY Metro in ''NY Magazine'']
*[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9505E7DA1631F934A1575BC0A961958260 ''New York Times'' article]

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