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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.

Lynne Miller (Lynne G. Miller)

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Author

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

Olive Beaupré Miller

Olive Beaupré Miller created one of the first large illustrated children’s book sets.

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Author
Editor
Translator
Compiler

Lived:
1883 - 1968

David Humphreys Miller

David Humphreys Miller was an American artist, author, and film advisor. He specialized in the culture of the northern Plains Indians.

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Author
Illustrator
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1918 - 1992

Moira Miller

Moira Miller was a Scottish author. She published while visiting schools and libraries to spread her passion for reading and storytelling to the next generation.

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Author

Lived:
1941 - 1990

A. Wallis Mills

Arthur Wallis Mills was a British artist and illustrator. A ten-volume edition of Jane Austen with his illustrations was published in 1908. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with u... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1878 - 1940

A. A. Milne

Alan Alexander Milne was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children’s poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all hi... View More

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Author

Lived:
1882 - 1956

John Milton

John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant. He is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost.

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Author

Lived:
1608 - 1674

Else Holmelund Minarik

Else Holmelund Minarik was an American author of more than 40 children’s books. She was most commonly associated with her “Little Bear” series of children’s books. She was also the author of another well-known book, “No ... View More

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Author

Lived:
1920 - 2012

Laura Minchew

Laura Minchew is the Senior Vice President of Specialty Publishing at Thomas Nelson, Inc. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth 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

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

Wendell Minor

Born in Illinois, Wendell Minor studied at the Ringling School of Art and Design and became a book jacket artist in New York City. He began illustrating children’s books in 1986.

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Author
Illustrator
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1944 - 0 B.C.

Edith Ronald Mirrielees

Professor Edith Ronald Mirrielees was a pioneering teacher of creative writing. She inspired many distinguished students, including John Steinbeck at Stanford University.

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1878 - 1962

Helen Mitchell

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Author

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

Lucy Sprague Mitchell

Lucy Sprague was born on July 2, 1878 in Chicago. Despite being one of six children, she was a shy, nervous, and withdrawn child who suffered from uncontrollable nervous twitches until she was sixteen. That was when she first started to regularly att... View More

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Author

Lived:
1878 - 1967

Naomi Mitchison

Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison, CBE (née Haldane) was a Scottish novelist and poet. Often referred to as the doyenne of Scottish literature, she wrote over 90 books.

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Author

Lived:
1897 - 1999

Dmitri Mitrokhin

Dmitri Isidorovich Mitrokhin was a Russian artist, book illustrator and historian of art.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1883 - 1973

Geraldine Mockler

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Author

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

Jo Modert

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Author
Editor

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

Samuel Erasmus Moffett

Samuel Erasmus Moffett was an American newspaper editor and author. He was Mark Twain’s nephew. 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

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Author

Lived:
1860 - 1908

Joseph Mohr

Josephus Franciscus Mohr, sometimes spelled Josef was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and writer. He wrote the words to the Christmas carol Silent Night.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1792 - 1848

Mrs. Molesworth

Mary Louisa Molesworth, née Stewart, was an English writer of children’s stories. She wrote under the names of Mrs Molesworth, Ennis Graham, and M. L. S. Molesworth.

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Author

Lived:
1839 - 1921

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