7 hours ago · Jeanette Winter in 2017. She was the writer, illustrator or both of more than 65 children’s books, many of them biographies of great artists. Credit...Allyn Johnston

Jeanette Winter (née Ragner; October 6, 1939 – November 7, 2025) was an American author and illustrator. She is best known for her children's books, many of which are about women in …

Jeanette Winter, who illuminated the lives of notable women in the children’s books she wrote and illustrated, has died at 86, Simon & Schuster announced in a news release. Winter was born in …

Nov 18, 2025 · Following their move to Fort Worth, Tex. in 1961, the Winters welcomed two sons, children’s book author and poet Jonah, and poet and film critic Max. Winter continued to …

Winter grew up in Chicago and loved drawing and painting from an early age, but had no female artists as role models when she was growing up. In a 2013 interview with Katherine Handcock …

9 hours ago · Jeanette Winter, Who Told Children About Artists’ Lives, Dies at 86 Published 15 Dec 2025

Jeanette Winter discovered her passion for storytelling through drawing as a girl in 1940s Chicago, despite feeling uncertain about pursuing it as a career. She grew up without role …