Bert Nelson Salg (1881 - 1938) sometimes credited as B.N. Sarg, was born in Fayetteville, New York. As a young man he worked for the L.C. Smith Typewriter Company. In 1921 Salg was hired by Grosset and Dunlap. Salg would receive manuscripts directly from the author for illustrations. All the interior art in the Leo Edwards books was black and white. Only the exterior dust jackets were in color. Salg, who was color blind to red, had is wife help him select colors for the covers. Salg Salg moved to Greenwich Village and then to Congers, New York where he died in the spring of 1938.