Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator (d. 1988)
Eleanor Estes (May 9, 1906 – July 15, 1988) was an American children's author and a children's librarian. Her book, Ginger Pye, which she also created illustrations for, won the Newbery Medal. Three of her books were Newbery Honor Winners, and one was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Estes' books were based on her life in small town Connecticut in the early 1900s.