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Jeanette Winter (1939-2025) Author, illustrator. Jeanette Winter was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Jeanette Margot (Ragner) Winter

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1939

Birth

Jeanette Margot Ragner was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 6, 1939.

1988

Literary Work

Follow the Drinking Gourd
Alfred A. Knopf
0394896947 / 978-0394896946
Children’s book.

1998

Literary Work

My Name Is Georgia
Harcourt Childrens Books
015201649X / 978-0152016494
Biography for children about Georgia O’Keeffe.

2005

Literary Work

The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
Clarion Books
0152054456 / 978-0152054458
Children’s book.

2006

Literary Work

Mama: A True Story, in Which a Baby Hippo Loses His Mama During a Tsunami, but Finds a New Home, And a New Mama
Harcourt Childrens Books
0152054952 / 978-0152054953
Nonfiction for children.

2009

Literary Work

Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan
Beach Lane Books
1416994378 / 978-1416994374
Children’s book.

2016

Literary Work

Nanuk the Ice Bear
Beach Lane Books
1481446673 / 978-1481446679
Children’s book.

2017

Literary Work

The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid
Beach Lane Books
148144669X / 978-1481446693
Children’s book.

2019

Literary Work

Our House Is on Fire: Greta Thunberg’s Call to Save the Planet
Beach Lane Books
1534467785 / 978-1534467781
Nonfiction.

2019

Literary Work

Sisters: Venus & Serena Williams
Beach Lane Books
1534431217 / 978-1534431218
Children’s book.

2021

Literary Work

Sister Corita's Words and Shapes
Beach Lane Books
1534496017 / 978-1534496019
Children’s book.

2025

Residence

Ms. Winter and her husband lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York.

2025

Death

New York County: Jeanette Winter died in Manhattan, New York, on November 7, 2025.

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