Re: July 2025: Oldest living writers/illustrators!

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Brenda R. Lewis (British nonfiction writer: "The Story of Anne Frank,"
2001)
Marlene Fanta Shyer (Czech-born YA novelist: "Welcome Home, Jellybean,"
1978)
Arielle North Olson ("Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the
World," 1999 - daughter of Sterling North)
Jo Harper ("Prairie Dog Pioneers," 1998)
Irene Bennett Brown (YA novelist: "Before the Lark," 1982)
Adjai Robinson (Sierra Leonean writer: "Singing Tales of Africa," 1974)
Marjorie Stapleton (British writer: "Make Things Gypsies Made," 1974)
Marian Hostetler (Mennonite writer: "African Adventure," 1978)
C.S. Adler ("Good-Bye Pink Pig," 1986)
Josef Palecek (Czech fairy-tale illustrator/filmmaker)
Mary Small (British-born Australian writer: "Tracey McBean & the
Stretching Machine," 1989)
Johanna Reiss (Dutch-born writer & 1973 Newbery Honoree: "The Upstairs
Room")
Angelo Torres (MAD cartoonist)
Debby Slier (South African-born writer: "Hello Kitty" series, 1980s)
Sylvia Sherry (British writer: "Rocky O'Rourke" series, 1969-1992)
Aino Pervik (Estonian author & 2014 HCAA finalist)
Bryna J. Fireside (nonfiction writer: "Is There a Woman in the
House...or Senate?" 2000)
Lorenzo Lynch (illustrator: Arnold Adoff's "Big Sister Tells Me I'm
Black," 1976)
Jill Chaney (British YA novelist: "Mottram Park" series, 1971-1989)
Lois Simmie (Canadian poet: "An Armadillo Is Not a Pillow," 1986)
Joe Servello (illustrator & Caldecott nominee: 1972 & 1973)
Phyllis Green ("Eating Ice Cream With a Werewolf," 1983)
Gwendolyn E. Reed (compiler: "Out of the Ark: An Anthology of Animal
Verse," 1968)
Russell E. Erickson ("A Toad for Tuesday," 1998)
Patricia Malone (fantasy novelist: "The Legend of Lady Ilena," 2003)
Chester Jay Alkema (1970s arts & crafts writer)
Joan Hiatt Harlow ("Star in the Storm," 2000)
Judy Taylor Hough (Welsh writer & Beatrix Potter biographer)
Lygia Bojunga Nunes (Brazilian novelist & 1982 HCAA Medalist)
Myra Paperny (Canadian YA novelist: "The Wooden People," 1976)
Jane Louise Curry ("The Mysterious Shrinking House," 1970)
Gordon Snell (British writer: "The King of Quizzical Island," 2009)
Ann Thwaite (British biographer of A.A. Milne & Frances Hodgson Burnett)
Pat Lowery Collins ("I Am an Artist," 1992)
Charles Pickard (illustrator: "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London, ed.
1968)
Katherine Paterson (2-time Newbery Medalist & 1998 HCAA Medalist)
Jill D. Duvall (1990s nonfiction writer: "The Mohawk")
Mervyn D. Kaufman ("Thomas Alva Edison: Miracle Maker," 1962)
Barbara A. Emberley (writer/adapter: "Drummer Hoff," 1967)
Quentin Blake (British illustrator & 2002 HCAA Medalist)
Janine Boissard (French YA novelist: "A Matter of Feeling," 1977)
Richard Kennedy ("Amy's Eyes," 1985)
David Lambert (British science writer, 1960s-1980s)