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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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Sidney Meller

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Mrs. William Brown Meloney (Marie Mattingly Meloney)

Marie Mattingly Meloney, who used Mrs. William B. Meloney as her professional and social name, was one of the leading woman journalists of the United States. She was a magazine editor and socialite.

Type:
Editor

Lived:
1878 - 1943

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Lewis Melville

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Author

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

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Herman Melville

Herman Melville was an American writer best known for the novel Moby Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, became a bestseller), but after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity ... View More

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Author

Lived:
1819 - 1891

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Carl Memling (Carl Memberg)

Carl Memling wrote many Little Golden Books in the 1950s and ’60s.

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Author

Lived:
1918 - 1969

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Milton Menasco

After painting posters and designing early silent movies Milton Menasco moved to New York where he was successful as a commercial artist. His true metier was horse portraiture and he painted the great horses of his time including Citation and Secreta... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1890 - 1974

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H. Rudolph Mencl

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Illustrator

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

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George Mendoza

Little has been written about this prolific poet and author of children’s books.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1934 - 0 B.C.

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Scott Meredith

Arthur Scott Feldman was the founder of the Scott Meredith Literary Agency which included P. G. Wodehouse, and Arthur C. Clarke among its clients. The agency was among the first to advocate vigorously for its authors. He was also the author of severa... View More

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1923 - 1993

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Jean Merrill

Jean Merrill (January 27, 1923 – August 2, 2012) was an American writer of children’s books and editor, known best for The Pushcart War, a novel published in 1964. She died from cancer at her home in Randolph, Vermont, in 2012, aged 89.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1923 - 2012

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Frank T. Merrill

Frank Thayer Merrill is known for historical illustrations and engraving. 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:
Illustrator

Lived:
1848 - 1923

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Henry Seton Merriman

Hugh Stowell Scott was a prominent English novelist who used the pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman. He worked with great care, and his best books held a high place in Victorian fiction.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1862 - 1903

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Owen Merton (Owen Heathcote Grierson Merton)

Owen Heathcote Grierson Merton was a New Zealand-born British painter, known primarily for his watercolors, landscapes, and seascapes. He was the father of Trappist monk Thomas Merton.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1887 - 1931

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Ervine Metzl

Ervine Metzl was an American graphic artist and illustrator best known for his posters and postage stamp designs.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1899 - 1963

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Florence M. Meyer

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

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Friederun Meyer-Jurshof

Translates from English to German 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

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Translator

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

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Gil Meynier

Gil Meynier was a translator from the French, a children's book author and a horror author. We have not yet found a reliable year of death or photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please contact us.... View More

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Author
Translator

Lived:
1902 - 0 B.C.

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Mary Shipman Mian

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Author
Translator

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

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Olga Michael

Olga Michael was the sister of the wife of Hugh Lofting and completed his book “Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary.” We have not yet found a reliable date of birth or photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could shar... View More

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Author

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Virgil George Michel

Virgil George Michel was a Benedictine monk, scholar and leader in the liturgical movement. He co-wrote three series for young people.

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Author

Lived:
1890 - 1938

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