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
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
Cora Annett (Cora Annett Pepitone Scott)
Cora Annett (Pepitone) Scott has written several books for children, including The Dog Who Thought He Was a Boy.
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Mitsumasa Anno
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
Editor
Lived:
1926 - 2020
Mitsuo Anno
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Bianzhu Anno
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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Masaichiro Anno
Masaichiro Anno is the son of Mitsumasa Anno and Midori.
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Author
Illustrator
Lived:
1926 - 0 B.C.
Anonymous
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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Translator
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Ernst Anshutz
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
F. Anstey
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
Edward Anthony
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
Herbert Antoine
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Author
Translator
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Margaret Fishback Antolini
Margaret Fishback Antolini was the married name of Margaret Fishback.
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Author
Lived:
1900 - 1985
David Appel
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Victor Appleton
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.
Deborah Apy
Deborah Apy Kohen has worked as a greeting card copywriter and has edited and written children’s books.
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Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Helen Arbuthnot
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
May Hill Arbuthnot
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
Peter Archer
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Philip Ardagh
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.
Edward Ardizzone
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