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{{Short description|American author (1937–2025)}}
'''Jean Van Leeuwen''' (December 26, 1937 – March 3, 2025) was an American children's book author, of over forty children's books, including the ''
==Background==
Van Leeuwen was born in [[Glen Ridge, New Jersey]], on December 26, 1937, and raised in [[Rutherford, New Jersey]].<ref name = Sandomir>{{cite web|title=Jean Van Leeuwen, 87, Dies; Wrote ‘Oliver Pig’ Series of Children’s Books|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/books/jean-van-leeuwen-dead.html|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 4, 2025|last=Sandomir|first=Richard | author-link=Richard Sandomir |access-date=April 4, 2025}}</ref> She studied journalism at [[Syracuse University]], and worked for ''[[TV Guide]]'' and as a book editor for several years.<ref name = Sandomir/><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/van-leeuwen-jean-1937| title = Van Leeuwen, Jean 1937- {{!}} Encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
Van Leeuwen and her husband, Bruce Gavril, had two children.<ref name = Sandomir/> She died from cancer at her home in [[Chappaqua, New York]], on March 3, 2025, at the age of 87.<ref name = Sandomir/>
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* ''The Great Cheese Conspiracy'' (1969)
*:In 1986, the book was adapted into a [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovakian]] animated film ''[[The Great Cheese Robbery (1986 film)|The Great Cheese Robbery]]'' ({{langx|cs|Velká sýrová loupež}}) directed by Václav Bedřich.<ref>''International Film Guide'', Tantivy Press, 1989, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ENlkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jean+van+Leeuwen%22+%22Velk%C3%A1+s%C3%BDrov%C3%A1+loupe%C5%BE%22&dq=%22Jean+van+Leeuwen%22+%22Velk%C3%A1+s%C3%BDrov%C3%A1+loupe%C5%BE%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj94sHcz-GJAxVWIDQIHVyYFNQQ6AF6BAgFEAI p.136]</ref>
* ''The Great Christmas Kidnaping Caper'' (1975)
* ''The Great Rescue Operation'' (1981)
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[[Category:American people of Dutch descent]]
[[Category:American women novelists]]
[[Category:Writers from Bergen County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:20th-century American novelists]]
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[[Category:People from Chappaqua, New York]]
[[Category:People from Glen Ridge, New Jersey]]
[[Category:People from Rutherford, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Novelists from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Novelists from New Jersey]]
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