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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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Edgar Taylor

Edgar Taylor was a British solicitor and author of legal, historical, literary works and translations. He helped translate the Brothers Grimm into English. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you co... View More

Type:
Translator

Lived:
1793 - 1839

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H. Weston Taylor

Born in Pennsylvania Henry Weston Taylor was a commercial artist and cartoonist. 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:
Illustrator

Lived:
1881 - 1978

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Robert Lewis Taylor

Robert Lewis Taylor (September 24, 1912 – September 30, 1998) was an American author and winner of the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1912 - 1998

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Jane Taylor

Jane Taylor Gilbert and her sister Ann contributed most of the poems in Rhymes for the Nursery which included Jane’s “The Star,” now known as “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.”... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1783 - 1824

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M. F. Taylor

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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E. Taylor

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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Sydney Taylor

Sydney Taylor (born Sarah Brenner) was an American author. The Sydney Taylor Book Award was founded in her honor.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1904 - 1978

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Charles Jay Taylor (C. J. Taylor)

Charles Jay Taylor received his art training in New York City, in London, and in Paris. He drew cartoons and lithographs. He illustrated books.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1855 - 1929

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Florence Matthews Tchaika (Florence E. Matthews)

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Type:
Author

Lived:
1894 - 0 B.C.

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Val Teal (Valentine Moline Teal)

Val Teal was the third generation of her family to be born on St. Valentine’s Day. Beginning in the 1930’s she wrote for popular magazines, including Ladies’ Home Journal and Saturday Evening Post. We have not yet found a reliable p... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1902 - 1997

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Sara Teasdale (Sarah Trevor Teasdale Filsinger)

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Sarah Trevor Teasdale Filsinger was a successful poet and anthologist.

Type:
Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1884 - 1933

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Toon Tellegen

Antonius Otto Hermannus (Toon) Tellegen is a Dutch writer, poet, and physician. He is known for children's books, especially those featuring anthropomorphised animals.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1941 - 0 B.C.

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Gustaf Tenggren

Gustaf Adolf Tenggren (November 3, 1896 - April 9, 1970) was a Swedish-American illustrator. He is known for his Arthur Rackham-influenced fairy-tale style and use of silhouetted figures with caricatured faces. Tenggren was a chief illustrator for Th... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1896 - 1970

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Pamela Tennant (Lady Grey of Fallodon)

Pamela Tennant was an English writer. She published poems, prose, children’s literature, and edited poetry and prose anthologies. After marrying 1st Baron Glenconner, she was known as Lady Glenconner. And then after marrying 1st Viscount Grey o... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1871 - 1928

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John Tenniel

Sir John Tenniel was an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist whose work was prominent during the second half of the 19th century. He was the artist who illustrated Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderla... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1820 - 1914

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Hallam Tennyson

Hallam Tennyson was the eldest son of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson whose secretary and biographer he became. He was later Governor-General of Australia.... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1852 - 1928

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Alfred Tennyson (Alfred Lord Tennyson)

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria’s reign. He remains one of the most popular British poets.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1809 - 1892

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Albert Payson Terhune

Albert Payson Terhune was an American author, dog breeder, and journalist. He is best known for his novels about his beloved collies.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1872 - 1942

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William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.

Type:
Author
Illustrator
Editor

Lived:
1811 - 1863

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Mike Thaler

Mike Thaler started his career drawing cartoons for adults. A children’s book editor saw one of his cartoon stories in a national magazine and encouraged Mike to try writing for children. His first attempt met with success, and “The Magic... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1936 - 0 B.C.

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