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Judith Kerr was born in Berlin, Germany on June 14, 1923. Her family left Germany to escape the growing threat of Nazism and finally settled in England in 1933. She studied at the Central School of Art in London and worked as a scriptwriter for the British Broadcasting Corp, before leaving to raise her children.

Her first book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, was published in 1968. Her other books included When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, The Curse of the School Rabbit, and a series of books based on Mog the Cat including Goodbye Mog. In 2012, she was named an O.B.E. for children's literature and Holocaust education. She died on May 22, 2019 at the age of 95.

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