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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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Winthrop Neilson

Winthrop Neilson started painting in his twenties while biking through Southern France with a paint box on his back. He was not only a painter but a writer. He was a great illustrator of children’s books in the 1950s.

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Author

Lived:
1907 - 1987

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R. Neish (Rosalie Galsworthy Lady Neish)

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

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Marilyn Nelson

Marilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator, and children’s book author. She is a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut, and the former poet laureate of Connecticut. From 1978 to 1994 she published under the name of Marilyn Nel... View More

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Author

Lived:
1946 - 0 B.C.

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Lois Gadd Nemec

Lois Gadd Nemec served as an associate professor of elementary education at UW-Madison from 1945-54. 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 u... View More

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

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E. Nesbit (Edith Nesbit)

Edith Nesbit was an English author and poet whose children’s works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. Free ... View More

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Author

Lived:
1858 - 1924

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Elizabeth Nesbitt

Elizabeth Nesbitt was a storyteller, librarian and faculty member of the Pittsburgh Carnegie Library School. 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:
1897 - 1977

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Evaline Ness

Evaline Ness was an American commercial artist, illustrator, and author of children’s books. She illustrated more than thirty books for young readers and wrote several of her own. In 1967, she won the Caldecott Medal for Sam, Bangs, and Moonshi... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1911 - 1986

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Vera Neville

Vera Neville was a gifted illustrator and artist. She was born in Michigan and educated in New York. She is best known for her illustrations of Maud Hart Lovelace’s beloved Betsy-Tacy books.

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Illustrator

Lived:
1904 - 0 B.C.

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Clare Turlay Newberry

Clare Turlay Newberry (April 10, 1903 – February 12, 1970) was an American author and illustrator of children’s books, who achieved fame for her drawings of cats, the subject of all but three of her books. Four of her works were named Cal... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1903 - 1970

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Covelle Newcomb

Covelle Newcomb was American author. He mainly wrote stories for young people about real life people and events. He specialized in American history, once it became influenced by Europeans. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. D... View More

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Author

Lived:
1908 - 0 B.C.

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Peter Newell

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell was an American artist and writer. He created picture books and illustrated new editions of many children’s books.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1862 - 1924

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Edith Newlin (Edith Newlin Chase)

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Author

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

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Freda P. Nichols

Freda Pengelly Nichols 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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Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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William Nicholson

Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson was an English painter of still-life, landscape and portraits, also known for his work as a wood-engraver, illustrator, author of children’s books and designer for the theatre. The design of the original produ... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1872 - 1949

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Claude Nicolas

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Author

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

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Nicole

This is an alias of Georges Duplaix.

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Author

Lived:
1895 - 0 B.C.

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Barthold Georg Niebuhr

Barthold Georg Niebuhr was a Danish-German statesman, banker, and historian. He became Germany’s leading historian of Ancient Rome and a founding father of modern scholarly historiography.

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Author

Lived:
1776 - 1831

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Kay Nielsen

Kay Rasmus Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator who was popular in the early 20th century, the “golden age of illustration” which lasted from when Daniel Vierge and other pioneers developed printing tech... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1886 - 1957

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Gustav Nieritz

Karl Gustav Nieritz was a German children’s author. He highlighted virtues such as diligence, fear of God, and sense of family.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1795 - 1876

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W. C. Nims

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Illustrator

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

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