Re: July 2025: Oldest living writers/illustrators!

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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)