Provided by Wikipedia Jacqueline Brandford Ayer (May 2, 1930 – May 20, 2012) was an American author, illustrator, fashion and textile designer, and recipient of a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators. She founded the fashion brand Design-Thai, worked in India producing textiles and wrote and illustrated children's books including ''Nu Dang and His Kite'', ''A Wish for Little Sister'' and ''A Paper Flower Tree''.
