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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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J. Harry Savory

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Author
Editor
Compiler

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

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Ruth Sawyer

Ruth Sawyer (August 5, 1880–June 3, 1970), was an American storyteller and a writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She may be best known as the author of Roller Skates, which won the 1937 Newbery Medal. She received the Lau... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1880 - 1970

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Rudolf Michael Sachs (R.M. Sax)

Rudolf Michael Sachs was prominent book jacket illustrator. He provided the cover for P. G. Wodehouse's French Leave (1956). We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, ... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1897 - 1969

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Frances Clarke Sayers

Frances Clarke Sayers was an American children’s librarian, author of children’s books, and lecturer on children’s literature.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1897 - 1989

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William Sayles

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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Patricia Scarry

Patricia (Patsy) Murphy was a writer of children’s textbooks. She met Richard Scarry during a collaboration when he was a textbook illustrator. They married in 1984. She is credited with writing many of the stories in his subsequent children&rs... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1924 - 1995

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Richard Scarry

Richard McClure Scarry was a popular American children’s author and illustrator who published over 300 books with total sales of over 100 million units worldwide. In 1948, he married author Patricia (Patsy) Murphy.... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1919 - 1994

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Huck Scarry

Huck Scarry is a pen name, based on Huck Finn and Huckle Cat, that was sometimes used by American illustrator and artist Richard Scarry, Jr. He was the son of Richard Scarry and Patricia Scarry.... View More

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Author
Illustrator
Editor

Lived:
1953 - 0 B.C.

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Kyrill Schabert

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Type:
Translator

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

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Mead Schaeffer

Mead Schaeffer (July 15, 1898 – November 6, 1980) was an American illustrator active from the early to middle twentieth century.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1898 - 1980

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Val Schaffner

Val Schaffner was a writer and a columnist for The East Hampton Star. He married a woman from Seoul named Min-Myn. He is soft-spoken and thoughtful, articulate and unrushed. He wrote “Algonquin Cat,” a novella about a cat named Hamlet who... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1951 - 0 B.C.

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Josef Scharl

Josef Scharl was a German painter and graphic artist of expressionism.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1896 - 1954

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Loretta Schauer

Loretta Schauer won the Waterstone’s Picture This competition in 2011 and has since illustrated numerous picture books. Her website. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth of this person. Do you have any information you could share with... View More

Type:
Illustrator

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

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Bill Schelly

Bill Schelly is an American comic book historian and biographer.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1951 - 0 B.C.

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Emanuel Schikaneder

Emanuel (Johann Joseph) Schikeneder was a German actor-manager who built the Theater and der Wien and is best known as the librettist for W.A. Mozart’s Magic Flute.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1751 - 1812

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Justin G. Schiller

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Author

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

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Joseph Schindelman

Joseph Schindelman was a Senior Art Director at a major Madison Avenue advertising agency. He illustrated over a dozen children's books in his classic pen and ink style. He is most famous as the original illustrator of Roald Dahl's famous Charlie and... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
0 B.C. - 2018

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S. D. Schindler

Steven D. Schindler is a popular American illustrator of many books for children. His website.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1952 - 0 B.C.

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Bernard Schleifer

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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Miriam Schlein

Miriam Schlein was an American author who wrote nearly 100 books that helped teach children about animals and space and time. Her books include Discovering Dinosaur Babies, The Dino Quiz Book, and Before the Dinosaurs. We have not yet found a reliabl... View More

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Author

Lived:
1926 - 2004

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