Tiger Who Came To Tea author Judith Kerr dies at 95

Judith Kerr, who wrote famous children’s book The Tiger Who Came To Tea, has died at the age of 95, her publisher has announced.

Ann-Janine Murtagh, executive publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Books, said it had been “the greatest honour and privilege to know and publish Judith Kerr for over a decade”.

She added that Ms Kerr visited the publisher’s offices frequently, “often arriving on the number nine bus and leaving us all full of laughter and in awe of her astonishing zest for life”.

The author’s “incisive wit and dry humour made her both excellent company and a joy to publish”, Ms Murtagh said.

HarperCollins CEO, Charlie Redmayne, said Ms Kerr was “always understated and very, very funny”, adding that she “loved a party” and was “always one of the last to leave”.

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