Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Kate Greenaway ( Catherine Greenaway ) ( 17 March 1846 â `` 6 November 1901 ) was an English children 's book illustrator and writer .
Simplified: Catherine `` Kate '' Greenaway ( London , 17 March 1846-6 November 1901 ) was a children 's book illustrator and writer .