Natalie Babbitt

b. July 28, 1932, Dayton, Ohio
d. November 1, 2016, Hamden, Connecticut, of lung cancer.

Babbitt was an author and illustrator of children's books, most notably Tuck Everlasting (1975), which has twice been made into a movie. She and her husband, Sam, lived for a time just off Benefit Street in Providence.