Authors & Illustrators

Laura Bannon

Laura Bannon (1895 – December 14, 1963) was an artist, illustrator, author and teacher from Chicago, Illinois. Bannon studied art in both Michigan and Illinois, earning degrees from Michigan State Normal School (now Western Michigan University) and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she later taught.

Her career as a children’s book author and illustrator began in 1939, earning her acclaim from the Children’s Reading Round Table of Chicago and the Society of Typographical Arts.

Laura Bannon’s Works Include: Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time, Tales from a Finnish Tupa, and Manuela’s Birthday.

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1895 - 1963

Richard W. Barber

Richard William Barber is a British historian who has published several books about medieval history and literature.

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Author

Lived:
1941 - 0 B.C.

Antonia Barber

Barbara Anthony writes under the name Antonia Barber. This English author has written several books for children.

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Author

Lived:
1932 - 0 B.C.

Maria S. Barbo

Maria S. Barbo has written three of the official Pokemon handbooks. She lives in New York City.

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

no first name Barbola

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

Barbosa

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

Ralph Henry Barbour

Ralph Henry Barbour (November 13, 1870 – February 19, 1944) was an American novelist, who wrote popular works of sports fiction for boys.

Over his career, Barbour produced more than 100 novels as well as a number of short stories.

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Author

Lived:
1870 - 1944

William Barclay

William Barclay was a Scottish author, radio and television presenter, Church of Scotland minister and Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow.

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Author

Lived:
1907 - 1978

S. Baring-Gould (Sabine Baring-Gould)

As curate he married a mill hand’s daughter, was both squire and parson of his estates, wrote extensively, published collections of English folk songs and was related to Baring’s Bank.

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1834 - 1924

Carl Barks

Carl Barks (was an American cartoonist, best known for his comics about Donald Duck and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him The Duck Man and The Good Duck Artist. In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.

Barks worked for the Disney Studio and Western Publishing where he created Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as:

• Scrooge McDuck (1947)
• Gladstone Gander (1948)
• The Beagle Boys (1951)
• The Junior Woodchucks (1951)
• Gyro Gearloose (1952)
• Cornelius Coot (1952)
• Flintheart Glomgold (1956)
• John D. Rockerduck (1961)
• Magica De Spell (1961)

Cartoonist Will Eisner called him “the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books.”

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1901 - 2000

Lena Barksdale

Lena E. Barksdale

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Author

Lived:
1887 - 1964

Jane Barlow

Jane Barlow was an Irish writer, noted for her novels and poems describing the lives of the Irish peasantry.

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Author
Translator

Lived:
1856 - 1917

A. E. Barlow

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Illustrator

Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

Kitty Barne

Marion Catherine "Kitty" Barne was a British screenwriter and author of children's books, especially on music and musical themes. In 1940, she won the prestigious Carnegie Medal.

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Author

Lived:
1882 - 1961

Kate Barnes

Kate Barnes was born to parents Elizabeth Coatsworth and Henry Beston, both of whom were writers. She published poetry in journals and magazines such as The New Yorker. She was named Maine’s first official Poet Laureate.

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Author

Lived:
1932 - 2013

Nancy Barnes

Born and raised in Kansas and Colorado, Nancy Barnes moved to New York City and was a successful writer for magazines.

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Author

Lived:
1897 - 1972

Ruth A. Barnes

Ruth A. Barnes was born in Ohio in 1891. She went to Michigan State Normal college, then was an English teacher. She always saw herself as a Tomboy.

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Author

Lived:
1891 - 0 B.C.

John Barnett

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

Nancy Barnhart

Nancy Elizabeth Barnhart lived in Missouri and in France. She is most famous for poster illustration, cartooning, and landscape painting.

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Illustrator

Lived:
1889 - 1964

George Barraud

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Illustrator

Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.