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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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Thomas Shelton

Thomas Shelton was an Irish author and the translator of Don Quixote. He was active around 1604–1620. 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 so, pleas... View More

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Author
Translator

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

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Margaretha Shemin

Margaretha Shemin was born in the Netherlands. She passed away in New York. 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

Type:
Author

Lived:
1928 - 1976

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Edward Shenton

Edward Shenton was an American illustrator, author, editor, poet, and teacher.

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1895 - 1977

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Mary Shepard

Mary E. Shepard (25 December 1909 – 4 September 2000) was an English illustrator. She is best known for the Mary Poppins children’s books written by P. L. Travers (1934 to 1988). She was the daughter of E. H. Shepard, a famous illustrator... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1909 - 2000

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Ernest H. Shepard

Ernest Howard Shepard OBE, MC was an English artist and book illustrator. He was known especially for his illustrations of anthropomorphic characters in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne.... View More

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Author
Illustrator
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1879 - 1976

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Jean Shepard

Jean Parker Shepherd (July 26, 1921 – October 16, 1999) was an American raconteur, radio and TV personality, writer and actor who was often referred to by the nickname Shep. With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is best known to modern a... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1921 - 1999

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Gordon Shepherd

Gordon Brook-Shepherd was a British journalist in the days when a double first from Cambridge was a basic qualification for the post of foreign correspondent. He specialized in middle Europe, but took a detour to India.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1918 - 2004

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Dwight Shepler

A painter, educator, graphic artist and illustrator, Dwight Shepler was a Navy combat artist during World War II from 1942 to 1946 and was awarded a Bronze Star for his achievements.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1905 - 1974

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Katya Sheppard

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.

Type:
Translator

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

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Claude A. Shepperson (Claude Allin Shepperson)

Claude Allin Shepperson was an English landscape painter, book illustrator, etcher and lithographer. He exhibited extensively at the Royal Academy, the Royal Watercolour Society and the Leicester Galleries. We have not yet found a reliable photograph... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1867 - 1921

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Sister Bernadette Sheridan, IHM

Sister Bernadette Sheridan had researched Chesteron’s “The Ballad of the White Horse” and the battle of Ethandune for 60 years. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth or photograph of this person. Do you have any information... View More

Type:
Editor

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

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George Sheringham

George Sheringham was a British painter and theatre designer. He also illustrated books.

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1884 - 1937

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Henry A. Sherman

Henry A. Sherman was head of the department of religious literature at Charles Scribner’s Sons in the 1920’s. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please c... View More

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Author

Lived:
1870 - 0 B.C.

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Mary Shillabeer

Mary Shillabeer was an artist and illustrator from Edinburgh in Scotland. She is known her children’s book illustrations and for her beautiful marionette puppets. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any infor... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1904 - 1992

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John Lyle Shimek

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.

Type:
Author

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

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Symeon Shimin

Symeon Shimin was an illustrator. He was born in Russia, then emigrated to the U.S. He illustrated books for many famous different authors, including Margaret Wise Brown, Joseph Krumgold, Elizabeth Coatsworth, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Madeleine L&r... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1902 - 1984

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Everett Shinn

Everett Shinn was an American realist painter. He is best known for his robust paintings of urban life in New York and London.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1876 - 1953

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Florence Scovel Shinn

Florence Scovel Shinn was an American artist and illustrator. She was married to Everett Shinn, a fellow artist and illustrator.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1871 - 1940

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Michiko Shoda (Empress Consort of Japan)

Michiko Shoda is the first commoner to marry into the Japanese Imperial family. While her parents were Catholic and she attended Catholic schools, she was not baptized.

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Author
Editor
Translator
Compiler

Lived:
1934 - 0 B.C.

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Edna Cooke Shoemaker

Edna Abigail Cooke Shoemaker was an American illustrator of children’s books, magazine articles, and magazine covers. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1889 - 1975

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