In Memory: Jill McElmurry

By Cynthia Leitich Smithfor Cynsations

 Author-illustrator Jill McElmurry died in August while Cynsations was on summer hiatus.

Obituary: Jill McElmurry by Jill Kantor from Publishers Weekly. Peek: "Acclaimed children’s book author and illustrator Jill McElmurry...died of breast cancer on August 3, at her home in Taos, N.M. She was 62 years old.

"...McElmurry illustrated more than 20 picture books, of which she also wrote four. Her most widely known collaboration was with author Alice Sche...