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Authors & Illustrators

Here are the top 2,100 authors and 1,000 illustrators from the whole heritage of children’s literature. And also the top Editors, Translators, and Compilers.

Douglas R. Angus

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Douglas R. Angus was a Canadian professor of English, specializing in modern poetry, short stories and fiction. He was also an author of four novels.

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Author

Lived:
1909 - 2002

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Cora Annett (Cora Annett Pepitone Scott)

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Cora Annett (Pepitone) Scott has written several books for children, including The Dog Who Thought He Was a Boy.

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Mitsumasa Anno

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Mitsumasa Anno was born on March 20, 1926. He is a Japanese illustrator of children’s books, best known for picture books with few or no words. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1984 for his “lasting contribution to children’s literature.”

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Author
Illustrator
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Lived:
1926 - 2020

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Mitsuo Anno

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Bianzhu Anno

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Masaichiro Anno

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Masaichiro Anno is the son of Mitsumasa Anno and Midori.

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1926 - 0 B.C.

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Anonymous

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Some books do not identify the people who created it. Maybe it was a secret. So we call that “anonymous.”

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

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Ernst Anshutz

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An organist and composer in Leipzig, Ernst Anshutz in 1824 wrote the modern lyrics to O, Tannenbaum, which was adopted as a Christmas carol and translated into English as O, Christmas Tree, O, Christmas Tree.

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Author

Lived:
1780 - 1861

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F. Anstey

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F. Anstey was the pseudonym under which the English novelist Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 - 10 March 1934) wrote his comic novels .

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Author

Lived:
1856 - 1934

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Edward Anthony

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Edward Anthony was a newsman and magazine publisher. He co-wrote Bring ’em Back Alive and Wild Cargo with Frank Buck.

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Author

Lived:
1895 - 1971

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Herbert Antoine

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

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Margaret Fishback Antolini

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Margaret Fishback Antolini was the married name of Margaret Fishback.

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Author

Lived:
1900 - 1985

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David Appel

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Victor Appleton

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Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books.

Some of the Victor Appleton books were written by Howard R. Garis.

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Deborah Apy

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Deborah Apy Kohen has worked as a greeting card copywriter and has edited and written children’s books.

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Helen Arbuthnot

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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May Hill Arbuthnot

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May Hill Arbuthnot was an educator, editor, writer, and critic who devoted her career to the awareness and importance of children’s literature

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Author

Lived:
1884 - 1969

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Peter Archer

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

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Philip Ardagh

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Philip Ardagh is an English children’s author. He has written more than 100 books including adult fiction and children’s non-fiction.

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Author

Lived:
1961 - 0 B.C.

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Edward Ardizzone

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Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone, CBE, RA (16 October 1900 – 8 November 1979) was an English artist, writer and illustrator, chiefly of children’s books.

For Tim All Alone (Oxford, 1956), which he wrote and illustrated, Ardizzone won the inaugural Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year’s best children’s book illustration by a British subject. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005) it was named one of the top ten winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1900 - 1979

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