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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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C. D. Weldon (Charles Dater​​ Weldon​)

Charles Dater Weldon was an American artist. He painted landscapes and botanical works. 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:
Illustrator

Lived:
1855 - 1935

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Thekia Welhaven

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Type:
Translator

Lived:
1891 - 0 B.C.

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H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, but best remembered for his science fiction novels.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1866 - 1946

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Rosemary Wells

At two years old Rosemary began to draw. When she was not outdoors, she was always drawing. Her career as an author and illustrator spans more than 40 years and 120 books. Her website: Rosemary Wells.... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1943 - 0 B.C.

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Carolyn Wells

Carolyn Wells (June 18, 1862 – March 26, 1942) was an American author and poet. Born in Rahway, New Jersey, she was the daughter of William E. and Anna Wells.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1862 - 1942

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Carveth Wells (Grant Carveth Wells)

Grant Carveth Wells was a British adventurer, travel writer, and television personality in the mid-twentieth century. He was the author of eighteen travel-related books.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1887 - 1957

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Eudora Alice Welty

Eudora Alice Welty was an American short story writer, novelist and photographer. She wrote about the American South. She won the Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Order of the South.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1909 - 2001

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Fritz Wenger

Fritz Wegner was an Austrian-born illustrator. He resided in the United Kingdom from 1938. He had a long career as a freelance illustrator. He drew illustrations for a wide range of children's books.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1924 - 2015

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Marion A. Werner

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Type:
Translator

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

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Elsa Jane Werner (Elsa J. Werner)

Jane Werner published under at least three different variations of her name: Jane Werner, Elsa Jane Werner (Elsa J. Werner), and Jane Werner Watson (Jane Watson). She was born in Fond du Lac Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin (M... View More

Type:
Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1915 - 2004

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Jane Werner

Jane Werner was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin. She married Ernest Charles Watson. She edited the first 12 Little Golden Books that launched in 1942, one of which was The Poky Little Puppy, the bestsell... View More

Type:
Author
Editor

Lived:
1915 - 2004

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Anthony West (Anthony Panther West Fairfield)

Anthony West was an English author and literary critic. He was author of novels, popular history and book reviews. He was born Anthony Panther West Fairfield, the son of British authors Rebecca West and H. G. Wells. His parents never married. We have... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1914 - 1987

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Joyce West

Joyce Tarlton West (1908–1985) was a New Zealand novelist and children’s writer. She spent her childhood in remote country districts where her parents taught in Māori schools. Of herself she wrote: “We lived far from towns, in a wo... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1908 - 1985

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Herbert Westbrook

Herbert Wotton (or Wetton) Westbrook met P.G. Wodehouse in 1903. The two became collaborators and Wodehouse succeeded Westbrook on the Globe ‘By the Way’ column. Westbrook’s wife Ella was Wodehouse’s literary agent in London u... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1881 - 1959

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Richard D. Westcott

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Type:
Author
Editor

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

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Jennifer Westwood

Born Jennifer Beatrice Fulcher, Jennifer Westwood was a British author, broadcaster and folklorist. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree, with special interests in English Language, Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse.

Type:
Author
Editor
Translator
Compiler

Lived:
1940 - 2008

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John Porrit Wetherell

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Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1780 - 1834

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Stanley J. Weyman

Stanley John Weyman was an English writer of historical romance. His most popular works were set in late 16th and early 17th-century France.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1855 - 1928

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Edith Newbold Jones Wharton

Born in New York City to wealthy parents, Edith spent much of her youth in Europe. Forbidden to read novels until she was married, she made up for lost time by writing fifteen novels, seven novellas and eighty-five short stories, as well as much nonf... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1862 - 1937

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Opal Wheeler

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Type:
Author
Compiler

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

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