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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.
Elenore Plaisted Abbott
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Lived:
1875 - 1935
Charles Marshall Adams
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Lived:
1907 - 1990
Kathleen Adams
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Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Brian Alderson
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Lived:
1930 - 0 B.C.
Francis Aldor
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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Elenora Alexander
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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Philip Schuyler Allen
Philip Schuyler Allen was an American linguist and academic. He published many translations as well as scholarly studies.
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Lived:
1871 - 1937
Walter Allen
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Lived:
1911 - 1995
William T. Anderson
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Lived:
1952 - 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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Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
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Lived:
1812 - 1885
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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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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Lived:
1887 - 1960
Frances Elizabeth Atchinson (Frances Atchinson Bacon)
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Lived:
1903 - 1982
Mabel Lucie Attwell
Mabel Lucie Attwell was a British illustrator. She was one of the first to make extensive use of merchandising, including pottery.
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Lived:
1879 - 1964
William Austen-Leigh
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Lived:
1843 - 1921
James Edward Austen-Leigh (J. E. Austen-Leigh)
Nephew of Jane Austen who wrote a memoir of her life based on recollections of her surviving relatives.
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Lived:
1798 - 1874
William James Aylward
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Editor
Compiler
Lived:
1875 - 1956
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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Lived:
1834 - 1924