Barbara Knutson, 45; Wrote Children’s Books Highlighting Different Cultures
LA Times
Barbara Knutson, an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books who strove to keep the art of storytelling alive in a digital age, has died. She was 45.
Knutson, a St. Paul resident, died Saturday of a rare autoimmune deficiency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Born in South Africa to American missionary parents, Knutson came to the United States when she was 12. Her early years and later travels to South America and Europe sparked a lifelong curiosity about the world and its people, reflected in her subject matter and batik-influenced art.
