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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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Charlotte Voake

As a child. Born and raised in Wales, Charlotte says that book illustration is “the only thing I ever wanted to do” and she certainly has made a brilliant career of it. Skipping formal training in art, she studied art history at London Un... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1957 - 0 B.C.

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Virginia Frances Voight

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Cynthia Voigt

Cynthia Voigt (born February 25, 1942) is an American author of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse. Her first book in the Tillerman family series, Homecoming, was nominated for severa... View More

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Author

Lived:
1942 - 0 B.C.

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Elizabeth von Arnim

Elizabeth von Arnim, born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an Australian-born British novelist. By marriage she became Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin. After her second marriage she was styled as Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. Although known in her ... View More

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Author

Lived:
1866 - 1941

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Rudolf Vorrhoeve

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Author

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

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Martin Waddell

Martin Waddell is an Irish writer of children's books. He is known best for the picture books with anthropomorphic animals. He sometimes writes under the pen name of Catherine Sefton for older children.

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Author

Lived:
1941 - 0 B.C.

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Mason Wade

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Editor

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

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Wag (Dorothy Wagstaff)

This is the pseudonym under which Dorothy Wagstaff published. Her best known work is Stories of Little Brown Koko.

 

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1922 - 2005

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Lauren McGraw Wagner

Lauren McGraw Wagner was the married name of Lauren Lynn McGraw (born 15 August 1944), one of the last Royal Historians of Oz. She is listed as co-author, along with her mother Eloise Jarvis McGraw, of Merry Go Round in Oz, the last book in the ... View More

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Author

Lived:
1944 - 0 B.C.

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Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, “music dramas").

Type:
Author

Lived:
1813 - 1883

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Dorothy Wagstaff

Dorothy Wagstaff published under the pseudonym of Wag. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth or year of death of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please contact us.... View More

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Illustrator

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

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Jan Wahl

Jan Boyer Wahl is a prolific author of children’s books who is also known as a film historian.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1933 - 0 B.C.

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Louis Wain

Louis Wain was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1860 - 1939

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Marion Freeman Wakeman

Marion D. Freeman Wakeman (1891-1953) lived in Massachusetts. She was known for painting and etching.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1891 - 1953

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Lillian D. Wald

After graduating from nursing school, Lillian Wald became interested in public health nursing and founded what later became the Visiting Nurse Service of New York.

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Author

Lived:
1867 - 1940

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Theodore J. Waldeck

Theodore J. Waldeck was an American author. He was educated abroad, then went on many expeditions to Africa. 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:
1894 - 0 B.C.

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Jo Besse McElveen Waldeck

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Author

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

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Neil Waldman

Neil Waldman is an American landscape painter and children’s book illustrator. He has illustrated over 40 children’s books and over 100 book jackets, including 7 winners of the Newbery Medal or the Newbery Honor. His website.... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1947 - 0 B.C.

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Henry F. Waldstein

A music arranger. 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

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Author

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

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Desmond E. Walduck

Desmond Eric Walduck was a freelance English artist. He illustrated comic books and books. 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:
1920 - 1995

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