• Re: July 2025: Oldest living writers/illustrators!

    From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 14 15:07:43 2025
    1930:
    Eric Houghton (British writer: "Walter's Magic Wand,"1989)
    Monica Gunning (Jamaican-born writer: "A Shelter in Our Car," 2004)
    Shirley Jordan (history writer: "World War II," 1998)
    Barbara Shook Hazen ("The Knight Who Was Afraid of the Dark," 1989)
    Ilon Wikland (Swedish illustrator & HCAA finalist, 1998)
    Józef Wilkoń (Polish illustrator & HCAA finalist: 1976, 1980, 2000,
    2004)
    Mary Razzell (Canadian YA novelist: "Snow Apples," 1984)
    David Gentleman (British artist of Shakespeare, Keats, & Kipling)
    Janice Shefelman (historical writer of "Texas Trilogy," 1980s)
    Nancy Polette ("The Thinker's Mother Goose," 1983)
    Aranka Siegal (Czech/Hungarian-born writer & 1982 Newbery Honoree: "Upon
    the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944")
    Helen J. Borten (journalist & illustrator: "Do You See What I See?,"
    1959)
    Louis Sabin (writer on sports/bios/history/nature/mystery)
    Don Berliner (1980s writer on aviation)
    Gloria Skurzynski (mystery/SF/historical novelist)
    Suzanne Tate (Biologist and 1990s writer on marine life)
    Necia H. Apfel (Astronomer)
    Robert Carl Cohen ("The Color of Man," 1968)
    Connie Brummel Crook (Canadian historical novelist: "Nellie's Quest,"
    1998)
    Carl Sommer (Educator: "Another Sommer-Time Story" series, 2000s )
    Harriet Sirof (YA writer: "The Real World," 1985)
    Caroline Crane (1960s YA writer & 1980s mystery writer)
    Edward Frascino ("New Yorker" cartoonist & illustrator of "The Trumpet
    of the Swan" by E.B. White)

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  • From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 14 15:05:59 2025
    Children's writers/illustrators, mostly from the "Something About the
    Author" encyclopedias.

    (I've moved Marjorie-Ann Watts to 1927; please let me know if anyone
    needs to be removed. Also, I found out the nature painter Eva Hulsmann
    died in 1998. See here: https://www-annuariodelcinema-it.translate.goog/news/eva-huelsmann-la-pittrice-che-salvava-gli-uccelli?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
    )

    1920
    Barthe DeClements ("Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade," 1981)

    1921
    Martha Tolles ("Who's Reading Darci's Diary?" 1984)

    1922
    Joan Heilbroner ("Robert, the Rose Horse," 1962)
    Mildred Pitts Walter (1987 Coretta Scott King Medalist: "Justin and the
    Best Biscuits in the World")

    1923
    Pieter van Raven (aka James Edward Duffy, 1990 Scott O'Dell Award winner
    for "A Time of Troubles")
    Josep Vallverdú (Catalan poet/novelist/playwright & 1988 Hans Christian Andersen Award finalist)
    William Wise ("Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler," 2004)
    Aaron Judah (British author: "God and Mr. Sourpuss," 1960)
    Gloria Whelan (National Book Award winner: "Homeless Bird," 2000)

    1924
    Toshiko Kanzawa (aka Toshi Furukawa, Japanese author and HCAA finalist:
    2000 & 2006)
    Prudence Andrew (British author of 1960s "Ginger" series)

    1925
    Linda Allen (British writer: "Mrs. Simkin" series, 1979-1996)
    Barbara J. Brenner ("If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days"
    2000)
    Edward Ormondroyd ("David and the Phoenix," 1957)
    Wilanne Schneider Belden (1980s fantasy novelist: "Mind-Call" trilogy)

    1926
    Alain Trez (French cartoonist/illustrator)
    Carla Stevens (aka Carla Stevens Bigelow: "Rabbit & Skunk and the Scary
    Rock," 1976)
    Patricia Coombs ("Dorrie" witch series, 1962-1992)
    George Ford (Illustrator & 1973 Coretta Scott King Medalist: "Ray
    Charles" by Sharon B. Mathis)
    Alfred Slote (aka A. H. Garnet, baseball and sci-fi novelist)
    Darwin McBeth Walton ("Kwanzaa: A World of Holidays," 1998)
    Miriam Cohen ("Will I Have a Friend?" 1967)
    Muriel Batherman ("Before Columbus," 1981)
    Hilary Knight (illustrator: Kay Thompson's "Eloise")
    Herma Werner (romance/mystery/adventure writer, aka Eve Cowen & Eve
    Gladstone, 1978-1994)
    Joan Solomon (South African-born British writer: "Everybody's Hair,"
    1988)
    Harriette Abels (sci-fi/romance/mystery novelist)

    1927
    Marjorie-Ann Watts (British illustrator of Catherine Storr's "Polly and
    the Wolf" series)
    Mary Chalmers (illustrator: "The Secret Language" by Ursula Nordstrom,
    1960)
    Ruth Lercher Bornstein ("The Summer Everything Changed," 2012)
    George Sullivan (sports/biographies/nonfiction writer)
    Melvin Berger (author of 200 science/nonfiction books)
    Margot Webb (German-born writer: "Too Young To Die: The Story of José,"
    2003)
    Dorothy Levenson (Australian-born writer: "The Magic Carousel," 1967)
    Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard (2001 Coretta Scott King Honoree: "Virgie
    Goes to School with Us Boys")

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  • From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 14 15:09:56 2025
    1933
    Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (1992 Newbery Medalist: “Shiloh”)
    Ralph Herrmanns (German author: “Why New York?” 1982)
    Barbara B. Murphy (“Ace Hits the Big Time,” 1981)
    Mary Frank (British-born artist: “The Enchanted, an Incredible Tale” by Elizabeth Coatsworth, 1968)
    Claire Mowat (Canadian YA author of “The Girl From Away” trilogy, 1990s) Josephine Poole (British author: “Joan of Arc,” 1998)
    Nancy E. Burkert (illustrator: “James & the Giant Peach”)
    Mary Blount Christian (“Sebastian: Super Sleuth” series, 1974-1994) Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (Lakota writer: “First Americans” series, 1990s)
    Malcolm Whyte (preschool nature writer & Cartoon Art Museum founder)
    Kathleen Dunne (illustrator of the “Mr. Noisy” series, 1990s)
    Walter D. Yoder (painter/writer: “The Big New Mexico Activity Book,”
    1993)
    Arlene Alda (photographer/writer: "Just Kids from the Bronx," 2015)
    Diane Dillon (Illustrator: "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears" - &
    1996 HCAA finalist)
    Penelope Lively (UK author & 1974 Carnegie Medalist: "The Ghost of
    Thomas Kempe")
    Annette Macarthur-Onslow (Australian writer/illustrator: "Uhu," 1969)
    Eveline Hasler (Swiss novelist & 1988 HCAA finalist)
    Sonia O. Lisker (illustrator: "Freckle Juice" by Judy Blume)
    Elisabeth Mace (British SF/fantasy writer, 1970s-1980s)
    Margery Bernstein ("The Summer Maker: An Ojibway Indian Myth," 1977)
    Diana Gregory (YA romance novelist & writer of "There's a Caterpillar in
    my Lemonade," 1985)
    George B. Schaller (German-born zoologist)
    David E. Newton (writer of dozens of science books)
    David Cox (Australian writer/illustrator: "Tin Lizzie and Little Nell,"
    1982)
    Arnica Esterl (Dutch reteller of Grimm & Andersen fairytales)
    Fibben Hald (Swedish illustrator & HCAA finalist: 1978, 1980, 1994,
    2002)
    Thé Tjong-Khing (Indonesian-born Dutch illustrator & HCAA finalist:
    1972, 1988, 2008, 2018, 2024)
    Kenneth Longtemps (illustrator: "Greek Myths & Legends," 1967)
    Terry Berger ("How Does it Feel When Your Parents Get Divorced," 1977)
    Joyce Slayton Mitchell ("Crashed, Smashed, & Mashed: A Trip to Junkyard Heaven," 2001)
    Isaac Millman (French writer/illustrator of recent "Moses" series)
    Sharlene Nelson (nonfiction writer: "Jedediah Smith," 2004)
    Nancy Whitelaw (YA biographer: "Charles de Gaulle," 1991)
    John Lawrence (British painter/illustrator: "His Dark Materials" by
    Philip Pullman, ed. 2003)
    Gerry Contreras (Pratt Institute professor & illustrator: "The Haunted
    House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales," ed. Schwarcz & Crume, 1970)
    Rita T. Kohn ("Woodland Adventures" series, 1995)
    Bernard Lodge (UK designer & Kate Greenaway finalist: "Tinker, Tailor,
    Soldier, Spy," 1976)
    Phyllis J. Perry (science writer)
    Richard Wormser (nonfiction writer: "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow,"
    1999)
    Glennette Tilley Turner ("An Apple for Harriet Tubman," 2006)
    Sylvia Louise Engdahl (1971 Newbery Honoree: "Enchantress from the
    Stars")
    Gloria Montero (Australian-born Spanish writer: "The Summer the Whales
    Sang," 1985)

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  • From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 14 15:08:29 2025
    1931:
    Wick Downing ("The Trials of Kate Hope," 2008)
    Ann Elwood ("The Macmillan Book of Fascinating Facts," 1989)
    Joy Hakim (historical series author: "A History of US," 1993-2003)
    John C. Branfield (UK author & Carnegie nominee: "The Fox in Winter,"
    1980)
    Judith Viorst ("Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad
    Day," 1972)
    Dorothy Joan Harris (Canadian writer: "The House Mouse" with Barbara
    Cooney, 1973)
    Edward Packard ("Choose Your Own Adventure" series, 1979-1998)
    Ruth Rocha (Brazilian writer & 2002 HCAA finalist)
    Mort Gerberg (cartoonist: Rita Gelman's "More Spaghetti, I Say!" 1977)
    Janosch (aka Horst Eckert, German illustrator & HCAA finalist: 1972,
    1976, 1978, 1980)
    Jacqueline Stem ("The Secret Of The Dragonfly Pin," 2006)
    Middy Thomas (artist/writer: Lois Lowry's "Gooney Bird" series)
    Constance Levy ("I'm Going to Pet a Worm Today and Other Poems," 1991)
    Frances Zweifel (science illustrator: 1990s "Simple Experiments" series) Griselda Gifford (British historical novelist: "The Story of Ranald,"
    1968)
    Alexander Traugot (Russian illustrator & 2006 HCAA finalist)
    Patricia Calvert ("The Stone Pony," 1982)
    Douglas Hall (British illustrator: "The Wind in the Willows," ed. 1986)
    Seymour Simon (science writer)
    Alexis A. Gilliland (sci-fi novelist/cartoonist: "The Wizenbeak
    Trilogy," 1986-1992)
    Renée Roth-Hano (French author: "Touch Wood: A Girlhood in Occupied
    France," 1988)
    Donald Honig (baseball historian & writer for "Alfred Hitchcock
    Presents")
    Seymour Chwast (graphic designer & co-founder of Push Pin Studio)
    James Razzi (writer of Disney and Star Wars activity books)
    Barbara Garrison (British-born artist: Jane Yolen's "The Sultan's
    Perfect Tree," 1977)
    Ada Graham (nature writer)
    Glyn Frewer (British nature novelist)
    Malcah Zeldis (artist: "A Fine Fat Pig, and Other Animal Poems" by Mary
    Ann Hoberman, 1991)
    Ed Emberley (illustrator & 1968 Caldecott Medalist: "Drummer Hoff")
    Peter Z. Cohen ("Deadly Game at Stony Creek," 1978)
    John Kaufmann (aka David Swift, nature writer/illustrator)
    Norma Gaffron ("The Bermuda Triangle: Opposing Viewpoints," 1988)
    Nina Beachcroft (British fantasy writer: "Well Met by Witchlight," 1972)
    Bruce Clements (National Book Award finalist: "I Tell a Lie Every So
    Often," 1974)
    David Kherdian (1980 Newbery Honoree: "The Road from Home:The Story of
    an Armenian Girl")
    Margaret J. Anderson (Scottish-born author: "In the Keep of Time," 1977) Beverley Randell (aka Beverley Joan Price, New Zealand writer: "The Baby
    Owls," 1997)

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  • From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 14 15:06:51 2025
    1928
    Barbara M. Walker ("The Little House Cookbook," 1979)
    Marilyn Gould (Writer on skateboarding and "Golden Daffodils," 1985)
    Betty Fraser (Illustrator: Mary Ann Hoberman's "The Llama Who Had No
    Pajama")
    Jacqueline Dougan Jackson (writer/poet/illustrator: "Turn Not Pale,
    Beloved Snail," 1974)
    Arnold Dobrin (Writer/illustrator, "Scat!" 1970)
    Janice May Udry (1957 Caldecott Medalist: "A Tree is Nice," with Marc
    Simont)
    Virginia Lee (aka Virginia L. Ewbank, Virginia Ewbank Hendricks, and
    Virginia L Hendricks,"The Magic Moth," 1972)
    Nan Holcomb (author of elementary stories about handicapped children;
    real name, Norma McPhee)
    James Lincoln Collier (1975 Newbery Honoree & National Book Award
    nominee: "My Brother Sam is Dead")
    Shulamith L. Oppenheim ("The Sea King" with Jane Yolen, 2003)
    Esther L. Nelson ("Dancing Games for Children of All Ages," 1973)
    Sidney Offit ("The Adventures of Homer Fink," 1966)
    Earle Rice Jr. (YA war history writer)
    Toby Talbot ("Dear Greta Garbo," 1977)
    Carolee Wells Henney ("The Cat in the Tower," 2017)

    1929
    Walter Lorraine (editor/illustrator: "McBroom" series by Sid Fleischman, 1960s-1980s)
    Arnold Roth (cartoonist: "Grimms' Fairy Tales," 1966)
    Ruth Belov Gross ("If You Grew Up With George Washington," 1982)
    Hilde Heyduck-Huth (German writer/illustrator: "The Three Birds," 1966)
    Edward Sorel (political cartoonist: "The Pirates of Penzance," adapted
    by Ward Botsford, 1981)
    Jacqueline L. Harris ("The Tuskegee Airmen: Black Heroes of World War
    II," 1996)
    Jane Wooster Scott (Illustrator & American folk art painter)
    Lensey Namioka (nee Lensey Chao, Chinese-born writer: "Ties That Bind,
    Ties That Break," 1999)
    Christine San Jose (British-born senior editor of "Highlights" magazine)
    Norma J. Livo ("Moon Cakes to Maize: Delicious World Folktales," 1999)
    Norman L. Macht (Sports biographer)
    Peter F. Neumeyer (German-born writer: "The Annotated Charlotte's Web,"
    1994)
    Sesyle Joslin (1959 Caldecott Honoree: "What Do You Say, Dear?" with
    Maurice Sendak)
    Aliki Brandenberg (aka Aliki, writer/illustrator: "A Medieval Feast,"
    1983)
    Elizabeth Hall ("Thunder Rolling in the Mountains," 1992, with Scott
    O'Dell)
    Dorothy W. Robinson (1975 Coretta Scott King Medalist: "The Legend of Africania")
    Peter R. Limburg (Science writer of "What's Behind the Word" series)
    Lael Littke (YA mystery/romance/horror novelist: "Prom Dress," 1989)
    Martha E. Rhynes (Biographer: "Ralph Ellison: Author of Invisible Man,"
    2006)

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  • From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 14 15:11:02 2025
    1935
    Maria Pyliotou (Cyprian writer & HCAA finalist, 2010)
    Anne Digby (UK novelist: "Trebizon" series, 1978-1994)
    Evelyn W. Mayerson (YA novelist: "If Birds are Free" 1980)
    Shirley L. Parenteau ("Bears on Chairs" 2009)
    Maurine Liles (author of 1990s historical "Blossom Prairie" series)
    Hope Irvin Marston (preschool nature writer)
    Janette Oke (Canadian evangelical novelist)
    Remi Kramer ("Lonestar Bear" trio, 1988-1990)
    Angelika Kaufmann (Austrian writer/illus. & HCAA finalist: 1976, 1982,
    1988, 2000)
    Mary Lee Davis ("Women in American Life" series, 1976)
    Marilyn Tower Oliver (NF writer: "Drugs: Should They Be Legal?" 1996)
    Bernard Ashley (UK novelist & 3-time Carnegie nominee)
    Peggy Caravantes (YA biographer: "A Great and Sublime Fool: The Story of
    Mark Twain," 2009)
    Winsome Smith (Australian writer: "Elephant in the Kitchen," 1980)
    Joan A. Fairman Mitchell ("Jack and Jill" magazine writer of Baba Yaga
    series)
    Patricia E. Clyne ("Patriots in Petticoats," 1976)
    Margaret Mayo (British reteller/folklorist)
    Francine Jacobs (nature writer: "The Sargasso Sea: An Ocean Desert"
    1975)
    Gulten Dayioglu (Turkish novelist & HCAA finalist: 2000)
    Richard Lewis (poet & compiler)
    Susan Cooper (UK fantasy writer, Newbery Medalist & HCAA finalist: 2002)
    Robert Zakanitch (artist: "Last Night I Dreamed a Circus," 2003, by Maya Gottfried)
    Maurice Breslow (US-born Canadian playwright: "The Odyssey," 1983)
    Carolyn M. Meyer (YA historical novelist: "Mary, Bloody Mary," 2001)
    Fay Sampson (UK fantasy/mystery novelist)
    Georges Lemoine (French illustrator & HCAA finalist: 1982, 1984)
    Antony Maitland (UK painter & 1961 Kate Greenaway Medalist: "Mrs
    Cockle's Cat" by Philippa Pearce)
    Ruth Elwin Harris (UK novelist: "Sisters of the Quantock Hills" quartet, 1986-2002)
    Jill Briscoe (British-born Christian writer)
    Gilda Berger (NF writer: "Why Don't Haircuts Hurt?" with Melvin Berger
    and Karen Barnes, 1998)

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  • From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 14 15:10:30 2025
    1934
    Patricia Lee Gauch ("Christina Katerina & the Box," 1971)
    Don Bolognese (writer/illustrator: "The Warhorse," 2003)
    Gillian Heal (UK writer/illustrator: "The Halfpennys Find a Home," 1994)
    Aida E. Marcuse (Uruguayan writer/translator: "Green Eggs and Ham")
    Mary Alice Downie (US-born Canadian writer: "Bright Paddles," 1982)
    Shirley Felts (US-born UK painter/illus: "The Light Beyond the Forest"
    by Rosemary Sutcliffe, 1979)
    Myrna Grant (Canadian author of "Ivan" religious mystery series,
    1974-1989)
    Esther Allen Peterson ("Frederick's Alligator," 1979)
    Steve Gelman (sports writer)
    Lawrence Di Fiori (writer & Muppets illustrator)
    A.B. Curtiss ("The Little Chapel That Stood," 2003)
    Els Pelgrom (Dutch author & HCAA finalist: 1992)
    Pamela Allen (NZ preschool writer/illustrator)
    Lara Rios (Costa Rican author & HCAA finalist: 1992)
    Pierre Coran (Belgian poet/novelist & HCAA finalist: 2000, 2006, 2010)
    Joanne Oppenheim ("'Not Now!' Said the Cow," 1989)
    Ruskin Bond (Indian-British author & HCAA finalist: 1996, 1998)
    Sheila Greenwald (illustrator: "The Little Leftover Witch," by Florence Laughlin, 1960)
    Lynn Sweat (illustrator of "Amelia Bedelia" series)
    Norma Johnston (aka Nicole St. John, YA mystery novelist & non-fiction
    writer)
    Nanette Newman (UK actress/writer: "There's a Bear in the Bath," 1993)
    Pat Boone (singer/actor: "'Twixt Twelve and Twenty," 1958)
    Jim McMullan (writer/illustrator: "I Stink!" 2002)
    Anita Lobel (Polish-born illustrator & 1982 Caldecott Honoree: "On
    Market Street" by Arnold Lobel)
    Brian Ridden (Australian YA novelist: "Whistle Man," 2000)
    Sally Derby ("Whoosh Went the Wind," 2006)
    Carol Adorjan ("The Copy Cat Mystery," 1990)
    Sonia Levitin (German-born YA novelist: "Journey to America," 1970)
    Joanne W. Kelly ("The Beverly Cleary Handbook," 1996)
    Helen Craig (UK illustrator: "Angelina Ballerina" by Katharine Holabird)
    Graham Meadows (British-born New Zealand veterinarian)
    Les Martin ("X-Files" series, 1990s)
    Marie Wabbes (Belgian writer/illustrator & HCAA finalist, 2002)
    Michael Barnes (British-born Canadian mystery/adventure writer)
    Don Arthur Torgersen ("Animal Life Stories," 1977)
    Sarah Wilson ("The Day We Danced in Underpants," 2008)
    Alan Garner (UK fantasy writer, Carnegie Medalist & HCAA finalist, 1978)
    Mignon F. Ballard (mystery writer of "Miss Dimple" series)
    Beryl Young (Canadian YA novelist)
    Thelma Hatch Wyss (YA writer: "Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel," 1988)
    Elaine L. Schulte (Presbyterian YA novelist, 1980s-1990s)
    Boris Diodorov (Russian illustrator: "The Little Mermaid," 1998)
    Dr. E. James Lieberman (co-author: "Like It Is: A Teen Sex Guide," 1998)
    M. Christina Butler (UK preschool writer: "Little Hedgehog" series)
    Beverly Gherman (biographer: "E.B. White: Some Writer!" 1992)
    Dorothy M. Callahan (1980s nonfiction horse writer)
    Peninnah Schram ("The Hungry Clothes & Other Jewish Folktales," 2008)
    Kika Pulcheriou (Cyprian writer & HCAA finalist, 2008)

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