What is Anna Dewdney?
[[File:Anna Dewdney.JPG|thumb|200px|Dewdney in 2014]] '''Anna Elizabeth Dewdney''' (''[[née]]'' '''Luhrmann'''; December 25, 1965 – September 3, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] author and illustrator of [[Children's literature|children's books]]. The first book she wrote and illustrated, ''Llama Llama Red Pajama'' (2005), was given positive reviews. She also wrote many other books in the ''Llama Llama'' series. Her works have been made into stage plays, dance performances, musicals and an [[Llama Llama|animated television series]] for [[Netflix]]. Dewdney was born in [[New York City]]. She spent her early childhood in [[Englewood, New Jersey]]. She had two children with her partner, Reed Duncan. On September 3, 2016, Dewdney died of [[brain cancer]] in [[Chester, Vermont]]. She was 50.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/books/anna-dewdney-dies-author-llama-llama-books.html|title=Anna Dewdney Dies; Author of 'Llama Llama' Books Was 50|author=Grimes, William|date=September 7, 2016|access-date=March 28, 2020|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.llamallamabook.com ''Llama Llama'' website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Dewdney, Anna}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:American children's writers]] [[Category:Artists from New York City]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Vermont]] [[Category:Deaths from brain cancer]] [[Category:People from Englewood, New Jersey]] [[Category:Writers from New Jersey]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}