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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.

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John Lavery

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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Mary Lavin

Mary Josephine Lavin was a noted Irish short story writer and novelist. She is regarded as a pioneering female author.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1912 - 1996

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Nora Lavrin

Nora Lavrin, née Fry was an English engraver, book illustrator and painter. She illustrated twenty editions of children’s books. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1897 - 1985

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Felicia Law

Felicia Law is the author of 175 children’s books. She was a teacher for seven years. She headed children’s publishing companies and divisions for more than 20 years. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth or photograph of this pe... View More

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Author

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

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Emily Lawless

The Hon. Emily Lawless was an Irish novelist and poet from County Kildare. She wrote novels with peasant heroes and heroines.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1845 - 1913

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John Lawrence

John Lawrence is an eminent English illustrator and wood engraver. He has also published children’s books.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1933 - 0 B.C.

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William P. Lawson

William P. Lawson was the older brother of Robert Lawson  whose first published illustration was for his brother's antiwar poem The White Flower. William was writing articles and poems for Harper' Weekly at the time. We have not yet found a reli... View More

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Author

Lived:
1884 - 0 B.C.

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Robert Lawson (Robert (Rob, Robin) Ripley Lawson)

Robert Lawson was an American author and illustrator. He is considered one of the finest creators of children’s books of his time. Lawson was the first to receive both of the top two American prizes in this field: the Caldecott Medal for They W... View More

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Author
Illustrator
Compiler

Lived:
1892 - 1957

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Marie A. Lawson

Author and illustrator Marie Abrams Lawson was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1894. She was educated at the Sweet Briar Institute in Virginia, and studied at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art. Marie married fellow student Robert Lawson in 192... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1894 - 1956

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Rebecca Lawton

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Author

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

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George Somes Layard

George Somes Layard was an English barrister. Later he became an author, journalist and bibliophile. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please contact us.... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1857 - 1925

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Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels, and a leading ghost story writer of the nineteenth century.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1814 - 1873

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Deirdre Le Faye

Deirdre Le Faye is a writer and literary critic. She has updated R. W. Chapman’s published collection of Jane Austen’s letters twice, in 1995 and 2011. She worked for the Department of Medieval & Later Antiquities at the British Museu... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1933 - 0 B.C.

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Christopher Le Fleming

Christopher Kaye Le Fleming was an English author, arranger and composer. He held many teaching posts, wrote several orchestral works, and wrote music for plays, choral music, piano pieces, and songs. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of th... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1908 - 1985

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Hesper Le Gallienne (Hesper Hutchinson)

Hesper Le Gallienne was a poet, and the daughter of English poet Richard Le Gallienne. We have not yet found a reliable biography or photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please contact us.... View More

Type:
Author

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

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Eva Le Gallienne

Eva Le Gallienne was an English-born American stage actress, producer, director, translator, and author.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1899 - 1991

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Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (October 21, 1929) is an American author of novels, children’s books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. She has also written poetry and essays. First published in the 1960s, her work ... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1929 - 2018

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Tom Lea

Thomas Calloway “Tom” Lea III was an American muralist, illustrator, artist, war correspondent, novelist, and historian. Learn more at the Tom Lea Institute.... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1907 - 2001

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Stephen Leacock

Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC was an English-born Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. In the early part of the 20th century he was the best-known humorist in the English-speaking world. He is known for his light humour along ... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1869 - 1944

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Pauline Leader

Pauline Leader was a poet, short story writer and novelist. Following a long illness, she became deaf at the age of 12. As a teenager, she ran away to New York City. There she found work in factories and sweatshops and spent time in a home for waywar... View More

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Author

Lived:
1908 - 2001

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