Eastman, P(hilip) D(ey) (1909–1986)

US author, illustrator, and film producer. He created the Gerald McBoing Boing series for United Productions (UPA) and wrote children's books, notably Are You My Mother? (1960), and collaborated with Theodor Geisel (Dr Seuss) on The Cat in the Hat Dictionary (1964).

Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, he studied at Amherst College and the National Academy of Design, New York. He worked for Warner Brothers and Disney Studios, California, as well as UPA.