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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 J. Pikulski

John J. Pikulski is a Professor of Education at the University of Delaware, where he has served both as Director of the Reading/Language Arts Center and as Chair of the Department of Educational Development. We have not yet found a reliable year of b... View More

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Editor

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

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no first name Pindar (Pindaros)

One of the nine canonical lyric poets of ancient Greece. A Theban by birth, Pindar became one of the most famous of Greek poets. He himself would compose the music and dances that accompanied his verse. Among other honors, he was elected a priest of ... View More

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Author

Lived:
522 B.C. - 443 B.C.

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Frank Woodworth Pine

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

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Gloria Jean Pinkney

Gloria Jean Pinkney is an American author and and ordained minister. She collaborated with her husband Jerry in making quality books for children. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth of this person. Do you have any information you could sh... View More

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Author

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

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Jerry Pinkney

Jerry Pinkney (born December 22, 1939) is an American illustrator of children’s books. He won the 2010 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing The Lion & the Mouse, a version of Aesop’s fable that he also wrote... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1939 - 0 B.C.

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G. J. Pinwell

George John Pinwell RWS was a British illustrator and watercolorist.

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Illustrator

Lived:
1842 - 1875

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Watty Piper

The name “Watty Piper” was the pen name for publisher Arnold Munk, owner of Platt & Munk. It was used on numerous children’s books published by the firm, most notably The Little Engine That Could... View More

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
0 B.C. - 1957

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Saviour Pirotta

Saviour Pirotta is a Maltese-born British author and playwright who resides in England. His website.

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Author

Lived:
1958 - 0 B.C.

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Henry C. Pitz (Henry Pitz)

Henry Clarence Pitz was an American artist, author and teacher with over 190 books to his credit.

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1895 - 1976

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Greg Pizzoli

Greg Pizzoli is an author, illustrator and screen printer from Philadelphia. He won the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award in 2014. His website. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth of this person. Do you have any information you could share with u... View More

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Author
Illustrator

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

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James R. Planché (James Robinson Planché)

James Robinson Planché was a British dramatist, antiquary and officer of arms. He wrote, adapted, or collaborated on 176 plays.

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Author

Lived:
1796 - 1880

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Richard Plant

A refuge from Germany Richard Plant was a professor of German literature and author.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1910 - 1998

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George Plimpton

George Plimpton began his career by being expelled from Phillips Exeter Academy. He went on to earn degrees from Harvard and King’s College Cambridge. He was an early editor of the Paris Review where he met William Pene du Bois. He later won fa... View More

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Author

Lived:
1927 - 2003

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William Plomer

William Charles Franklyn Plomer CBE was a South African and British author, known as a novelist, poet and literary editor.

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Author
Editor

Lived:
1903 - 1973

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Helen Plotz

Helen Ratnoff Plotz earned praise for compiling and editing almost a score of anthologies of poetry, mostly for young adults. A native of Brooklyn, she graduated from Girls Commercial High School and from Vassar College. We have not yet found a relia... View More

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Editor

Lived:
0 B.C. - 2000

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Lee Po

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Author

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

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R. Noel Pocock

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Illustrator

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

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Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of ... View More

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Author

Lived:
1809 - 1849

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Willy Pogány

William Andrew "Willy" Pogany (born Vilmos András Pogány) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1882 - 1955

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Lillian Pohlmann

Lillian Pohlmann worked as a librarian and children’s author. 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:
1902 - 1997

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