Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.quux.org!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lenona Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.childrens Subject: Re: Jan. 2025: Oldest living writers/illustrators! Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 18:17:43 +0000 Organization: Rocksolid Light Message-ID: <396f5f1ecba6a05c8c8d299001181c7e@www.novabbs.org> References: <77982cd35f862238cace9e60be62db3a@www.novabbs.org> <1d5a3899864cd8ba487c228c44100022@www.novabbs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1849526"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="H+z4k13Q7OsGgBIGN/0trWgHAdB2D+Yo+yMR89iX/YY"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$6NPZlLNoODzuc38xxa06gO4cwPreT6mrpasWb4QB3AbqfkrVUVxru X-Rslight-Posting-User: 6b490a341a1f9b4718802f5f8d1a5d440c7247fd X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 1932 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) Eileen Deacon (British 1970s crafts writer) 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) Robert Benton ("Don't Ever Wish for a 7-Foot Bear," 1972) 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)