Ivy Ruckman (May 25, 1931 – June 8, 2021), formally Iva Mae Myers Ruckman, was an American author of books for children and young adults. Her works include ''Melba the Brain'' and ''Night of the Twisters'', inspired by a 1980 tornado event, the latter of which was made into a 1996 movie. ''Night of the Twisters'' was a best seller. A graduate of Hastings College, Ruckman lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ivy died on June 8, 2021. She was 90 years old.

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* * 1931 births 2021 deaths American children's writers American women novelists American screenwriters American women screenwriters 20th-century American novelists Place of birth missing American women children's writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women {{US-novelist-1930s-stub