Yōko Sano

|extra=28 June 1938 – 5 November 2010|lead=yes}} was a Japanese writer and illustrator of children's books.

She is most well known for her 1977 book ''The Cat that Lived a Million Times''. For her literary contributions, Sano was awarded the Medal of Honor with the Purple Ribbon in 2003 by the Emperor of Japan. She has also written essays, children's literature, screenplays, novels, and translated foreign picture books. Provided by Wikipedia