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.
Aingelda Ardizzone
Aingelda Ardizzone is Edward Ardizzone’s daughter-in-law. She made up the story of The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll when her own children were small.
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Neil Ardley
Neil Richard Ardley was a prominent English jazz pianist and composer. He wrote more than 100 popular books on science and technology and music.
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Author
Lived:
1937 - 2004
Ariane
This is a pseudonym for Georges Duplaix.
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Author
Lived:
1895 - 0 B.C.
Joyce Cooper Arkhurst
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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Leone Arlandson
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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Margaret Armour
Margaret Armour was a Scottish poet, novelist and translator.
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Translator
Lived:
1860 - 1943
Richard Armour
Richard Willard Armour (July 15, 1906 – February 28, 1989) was an American poet and author who wrote over sixty-five books.
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Author
Lived:
1906 - 1989
Anthony Armstrong (George Anthony Armstrong Willis)
Anthony Armstrong was the pseudonym of (George) Anthony Armstrong Willis, an English author of novels, plays, children’s stories and pieces for Punch.
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Author
Lived:
1897 - 1976
Annie E. Armstrong
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Matthew Arnold
Son of Dr. Arnold of Rugby, Matthew Arnold was a British poet, essayist, critic and atheist.
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Author
Lived:
1822 - 1888
Stanley Massey Arthurs (Stanley M. Arthurs)
Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Stanley M. Arthurs was a student of Howard Pyle and purchased Pyle’s studio after his death in 1911.
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Author
Illustrator
Lived:
1877 - 1950
Boris Artzybasheff
Boris Artzybasheff (25 May 1899 – 16 July 1965) was an American illustrator active in the United States, notable for his strongly worked and often surreal designs.
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Author
Illustrator
Lived:
1899 - 1965
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Norwegian zoologist, forester and folklorist. He collaborated with Jorgen Engebretsen Moe to write the most comprehensive collection of Norwegian folk tales, Popular Tales from the Norse. The work was largely translated into English by George Webbe Dasent.
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Author
Editor
Compiler
Lived:
1812 - 1885
David Ascoli
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Translator
Lived:
1917 - 0 B.C.
Daisy Ashford
Margaret Mary Julia (Daisy) Ashford began writing at the age of four, giving dictation to her father. Her most famous novella, The Young Visiters, was published in 1919 with a preface by J.M. Barrie.
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Author
Lived:
1881 - 1972
Isaac Asimov
American polymath, Isaac Asimov was best known as a science fiction and science fact author, but wrote over 500 books on a wide range of topics.
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Author
Editor
Compiler
Lived:
1920 - 1992
Cynthia Asquith (Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith)
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris) was an English writer and socialite, now known for her ghost stories and diaries.
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Author
Editor
Compiler
Lived:
1887 - 1960
Dianna Hutts Aston
Dianna Hutts Aston is an American author specializing in books on science and nature, especially for children. Her website.
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Author
Lived:
1964 - 0 B.C.
Frances Elizabeth Atchinson (Frances Atchinson Bacon)
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Author
Editor
Compiler
Lived:
1903 - 1982
J. C. Atkinson (John Christopher Atkinson)
John Christopher Atkinson was an English author, antiquary, and priest.
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Author
Lived:
1814 - 1900