


Braun quickly followed the book with two more, “The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern” (1967) and “The Cat Who Turned On and Off” (Dutton, 1968). A longtime resident of Tryon, N.C., she is survived by her husband, Earl Bettinger.Īfter writing “The Cat Who Could Read Backwards,” Ms. Braun’s first husband, Louis Paul Braun, died before her. The Depression put a college education out of reach as a young woman, she worked as an advertising copywriter and public-relations executive before spending many years as a lifestyle writer and editor at The Detroit Free Press.

Lilian Jackson was born on June 20, 1913, in Willimansett, a village within the city of Chicopee, Mass.
