Children's book author that I think was perhaps suggested to me recently.

"Gary Paulsen, author of 'Hatchet,' has died at 82" : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/14/1045981769/gary-paulsen-hatchet-author-obituary

She said do you know Gary or Paul and I said no, but for some reason that makes me think of Gary Paulsen, and she said, they said author. So I'm like okay, maybe it's Gary Paulsen.