In Memory: Authors Peg Kehret, Robert Burleigh & Author-Illustrator Hudson Talbot

By Gayleen Rabakukk

Peg Kehret, award-winning author of more than 50 books for middle grade readers, died on Dec. 7, 2025; at her home in Bellevue, Wash., reported the Seattle Times. According to her website, Kehret’s first book for young readers was Winning Monologs For Young Actors (Meriwether, 1986).

That book was soon followed by Deadly Stranger (Dodd,

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