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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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Adelaide O’Keeffe

Adelaide O’Keeffe was an Irish amanuensis, poet, and novelist. She was known for her children’s poetry. She authored what might be the very first verse novel for children. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you... View More

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Author

Lived:
1776 - 1865

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Graham Oakley

Graham Oakley (born August 27, 1929) is an English author and illustrator. He is best known for the Church Mice series (1970 to 2000), next for the Foxbury Force series (1994 to 1998). He also won a Special Citation from the Boston Globe-Horn Book Aw... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1929 - 0 B.C.

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Violet Oakley

Violet Oakley was the first American woman to receive a public mural commission. During the first quarter of the twentieth century, she was renowned as a pathbreaker in mural decoration, a field that had been exclusively practiced by men. Oakley exce... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1874 - 1961

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Lilian Obligado

Lilian Isabel Obligado was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where her grandfather, a famous poet, had built a castle on the Parana River. She came to New York and began a successful career in children’s book illustration. We have not yet found ... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1931 - 0 B.C.

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Kenneth Ody

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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Charlton Ogburn, Jr.

Charlton Ogburn Jr. was an American writer, most notably of memoirs and non-fiction works. Before he established himself as a writer he served in the US army, and then as a State Department official, specialising in South-East Asian affairs.

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Author

Lived:
1911 - 1998

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Lucille Ogle

Lucille Ogle was born in Cleveland. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University and held a master’s degree from New York University. She was a creator of the Little Golden Books, a popular children’s book series. As the vice presi... View More

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Author

Lived:
1904 - 1988

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Doré Ogrizek

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Type:
Author

Lived:
1899 - 0 B.C.

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Ib Ohlsson

Ib Ohlsson was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He became a freelance illustrator, eventually coming to the United States. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please cont... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1935 - 0 B.C.

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John Oldrin

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Author

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

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Laurence Oliphant

Laurence Oliphant was a South African-born British author, traveller, diplomat and Christian mystic. He is best known for his satirical novel Piccadilly (1870).... View More

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Author

Lived:
1829 - 1888

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Sheila Quinn Oliver

Sheila Quinn Oliver is the director of Library Media Services at Broome High School in Spartanburg, South Carolina. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth or photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If s... View More

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Author
Editor
Compiler

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

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Chris Oliveros

Chris Oliveros is the founder of Drawn & Quarterly publishing company, and was the publisher for over twenty-five years. He lives with his wife and three sons in Montreal, where he continues to work with D+Q as a consulting editor.... View More

Type:
Editor

Lived:
1966 - 0 B.C.

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Alfred Ollivant

Alfred Ollivant (1874–1927) was an English novelist best known for his children’s classic Bob, Son of Battle. Ollivant also wrote about a dozen other novels ranging from small-scale cautionary tales to grand historical epics.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1874 - 1927

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Joan Oltman

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Type:
Translator

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

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John Baker Opdycke

John Baker Opdycke was the author of over 20 books, written under the pen name of Oliver Opdycke. 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:
1878 - 1956

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Iona Opie

Iona Archibald Opie and her husband Peter Mason Opie were a married team of folklorists. They applied modern techniques to children’s literature. They are also noted anthologists, and assembled large collections of children’s literature, ... View More

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Author

Lived:
1923 - 0 B.C.

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Peter Opie

Peter Mason Opie and his wife Iona Archibald Opie were a married team of folklorists. They applied modern techniques to children’s literature. They are also noted anthologists, and assembled large collections of children’s literature, toy... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1918 - 1982

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Baroness Orczy (Baroness Emma Magdolan Rozalia Maria Jozefa Borbala “Emmuska” Orczy de Orci)

Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála “Emmuska” Orczy de Orci was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1865 - 1947

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Doris Orgel

Doris Orgel is a children’s literature author. She was born Doris Adelberg in Vienna, Austria. She attended Radcliffe College from 1946 to 1948 and graduated cum laude from Barnard College in 1950. Two of her books were illustrated by Maurice S... View More

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Author

Lived:
1929 - 0 B.C.

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