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.
André Barret
André Barret was a writer and producer, known for Tintin and the Blue Oranges (1967).
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Author
Lived:
1923 - 2007
Anne Barrett
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Author
Lived:
1911 - 1986
Oliver Barrett
Oliver O’Connor Barrett was a British sculptor, painter, graphic artist, educator, poet and composer. Most of his adult career and recognition was in the United States.
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Author
Lived:
1908 - 1989
Angela Barrett
Angela Barrett studied illustration at the Royal College of Art and after graduating in 1980, she began an acclaimed career in children’s book illustration.
Angela has illustrated many books including the haunting Anne Frank written by Josephine Poole, published in 2005. Angela also illustrated Josephine’s Joan of Arc published in 1998.
She is one of Britain’s most highly acclaimed illustrators. She has won the Smarties Book Prize and the W. H. Smith Illustration Award for her work and has illustrated more than twenty-four books for children, including classic tales, fairy tales, biographies, story collections, and picture books. She lives in London.
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Author
Illustrator
Lived:
1955 - 0 B.C.
J. M. Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan.
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Author
Lived:
1860 - 1937
Marie Barringer
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Marjorie Barrows (Ruth Marjorie Barrows)
Ruth Marjorie Wescott Barrows was born in Chicago.
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Author
Editor
Compiler
Lived:
1892 - 1983
James E. Barry
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Illustrator
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
William Barss
William Ville Barss was an American portrait painter and illustrator. He illustrated a wide variety of books, including those of Isaac Asimov.
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Illustrator
Lived:
1916 - 1990
R. C. N. Barton
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Illustrator
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Dorothy Walker Baruch
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Author
Lived:
1899 - 1962
Mildred Leona Batchelder
Mildred Leona Batchelder was a long-time executive with the American Library Association. An annual award for the best-translated book for children is named for her.
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Author
Editor
Compiler
Lived:
1901 - 1998
Julie Forsyth Batchelor
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Joan Mary Bate
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
H. M. Bateman
Born in Australia, Henry Mayo Bateman was a British humorous artist and cartoonist.
Type:
Illustrator
Lived:
1887 - 1970
Helen Dixon Bates
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
H. E. Bates
Herbert Ernest Bates, CBE, better known as H. E. Bates, was an English writer and author.
Type:
Author
Lived:
1905 - 1974
Aurelius Battaglia
Aurelius Battaglia was an American illustrator, muralist, writer, and director. He was also a prolific children’s book illustrator.
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Author
Lived:
1910 - 1984
John D. Batten
John Dickson Batten was an English painter of figures, as well as a book illustrator and printmaker. In the 1890s, he illustrated a series of fairy tale collections edited by Joseph Jacobs.
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Type:
Illustrator
Lived:
1860 - 1932
Caroline Feller Bauer
Caroline Feller Bauer was a librarian, educator, and champion of children’s literature. She attended the Brearley School in New York City and received her BA from the University of Colorado. She received her PhD from the University of Oregon. She was known for her years of presentations that demonstrated how to bring children and books together.
Type:
Editor
Lived:
1935 - 2013