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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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Jan Struther (Joyce Maxtone Anstruther Graham Placzek)

Jan Struther was a British author and poet, best know for a series of newspaper columns in the Times of London which were the basis for the movie Mrs. Miniver.

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Author

Lived:
1901 - 1953

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Vincent Stuart

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.

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Author
Editor
Compiler

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

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Karl W. Stuecklen

Karl W. Stuecklen was born in Leipzig, Germany and came to America as a teenager. He was an illustrator who specialized in cooking and gardening books. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1940 - 2005

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Katharine Sturges (Katherine Sturges Dodge Knight)

Born and raised in Chicago, Katherine Sturges married Clayton Knight, a fellow illustrator. She is the mother of Hilary Knight. She designed the china used at Blair House in Washington, D.C. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person.... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1890 - 1979

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Frank Showell Styles

Frank Showell Styles (14 March 1908 – 19 February 2005) was a Welsh writer and mountaineer.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1908 - 2005

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Edmund J. Sullivan

Edmund Joseph Sullivan, usually known as E. J. Sullivan, was a British book illustrator. He worked in a style which merged the British tradition of illustration from the 1860s with aspects of Art Nouveau.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1869 - 1933

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Felix Summerly (Sir Henry Cole)

Felix Summerly was a pseudonym of Sir Henry Cole, under which he wrote and published children's books in The Home Treasury series. He was the inventor of the Christmas card in 1843. He began his career as secretary to Francis Palgrave.... View More

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1808 - 1882

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Leo Summers

Leo Ramon Summers was born in Los Angeles was a commercial artist who worked for the pulp magazines and did children’s book illustration. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share wi... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1925 - 1985

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Ulla Sundin-Wickman

Ulla Sundin-Wickman was a Swedish book illustrator. Her work is included in the National Museum of Sweden in Stockholm. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please con... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1926 - 2007

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R. S. Surtees

Robert Smith Surtees was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1805 - 1864

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Rosemary Sutcliff

Rosemary Sutcliff CBE (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was a British novelist best known for children’s books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends. Although she was primarily a children’s author, the q... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1920 - 1992

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Zena Sutherland

Zena Sutherland was an American expert on children’s literature. She reviewed more than 30,000 books and wrote 19 herself.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1915 - 2002

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Henry Suzzallo

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Type:
Author

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

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Oliver G. Swan

Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, Oliver Swan was an editor at Macrae-Smith. He became a literary agent in 1946 and continued until he retired in 1985. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could sh... View More

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1904 - 1988

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Hildegarde Hoyt Swift

Hildegarde H. Swift was an author of children’s books. Her Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer was a Newbery Honor Book in 1930. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with u... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1890 - 1977

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. He is remember... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1667 - 1745

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Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1837 - 1909

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John Symonds

John Symonds was an English novelist, biographer, playwright and writer of children’s books. He found his widest largest audience in the writing of children’s books. His book “Elfrida and the Pig” was illustrated by Edward Ard... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1914 - 2006

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Ursula Synge

Phyllis Ursula Synge has a keen interest in myths and legends. She became a bookseller, specializing in literature and art for children. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? ... View More

Type:
Author
Translator

Lived:
1930 - 0 B.C.

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Cyndy Szekeres

Cyndy Szekeres is a successful American author and illustrator of children’s books.

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1933 - 0 B.C.

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