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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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Charles Boner

Charles Boner was an English travel writer, poet and translator. 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:
Translator

Lived:
1815 - 1870

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Chesley Bonestell

Chesley Knight Bonestell, Jr. was an American painter, designer and illustrator. His paintings were a major influence on science fiction art and illustration. He helped inspire the American space program.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1888 - 1986

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Mary Graham Bonner

Mary Graham Bonner was an American author of books for children. She wrote over 4,400 stories, and over 60 books. She signed some books as M. G. Bonner. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1890 - 1974

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Louise Bonney

Louise Bonney wrote some books with her sister Thérèse Bonney. 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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Thérèse Bonney

Thérèse Bonney was an American photographer and publicist. She was best known for her images taken during World War II on the Russian-Finnish front. She wrote some books with her sister Louise Bonney.... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1894 - 1978

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Waldemar Bonsels

Waldemar Bonsels was born near Hamburg in 1880 or 1881. As a child, he cared little for his studies, preferring instead to be outdoors. Finally, he took up the life of a vagabond. He traveled to Asia and to Egypt.... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1880 - 1952

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A. E. Bonser

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Type:
Author

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

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Arna Bontemps

Arnaud “Arna” Wendell Bontemps was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1902 - 1973

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Paul Jacques Bonzon

Paul-Jacques Bonzon was born and grew up in Normandy in the little town of Saint-Marie du Mont near Omaha Beach. During World War II he was in the underground where he took care of Jewish children who had become separated from their parents. They ask... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1908 - 1978

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Carle Michel Boog

Born in Lucerne, Switzerland, Carle Michel Boog mooved to the United States where he had a successful career as a portraitist and children’s book illustrator. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any informati... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1877 - 1968

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Hanson Booth

Hanson Booth was an American illustrator. He began by illustrating magazines. He was a master of pen and ink. He also worked in pencil and charcoal. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could sha... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1886 - 1944

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George Booth

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Type:
Author

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

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Louise Borden

Louise Borden was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She worked as a teacher, then became the co-owner of a bookstore. Then she began to write her own books. They often embody her love of history. Here is her website: http://www.louiseborden.com/... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1949 - 0 B.C.

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Mary Irene Cathcart Borer

After graduation from University College London Mary Irene Cathcart Borer went to work at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. After her divorce from Oliver Humphrey Meyers, she began to write. At the time of World War II she became involved in sc... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1906 - 1994

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Frank Borth

Frank Borth was born as Frank Mellors Borth. He was an American comics artist and cartoonist.

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1918 - 2009

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L. M. Boston

Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990), born Lucy Maria Wood, was an English novelist who wrote for children and adults, publishing her work entirely after the age of 60. She is best known for her “Green Knowe” series: six low fantasy children&... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1892 - 1990

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Peter Boston (Peter Shakerley Boston)

British architect and illustrator. 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:
1918 - 1999

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James Boswell

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck, was a Scottish biographer and diarist. His surname has passed into the English language as a term for a constant companion and observer, especially one who records those observations in print.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1740 - 1795

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Armand Both

Armand Both was a painter and illustrator. He was born in Portland, Maine. He studied with Albert E. Moore and Eric Pape and J. P. Laurens. He worked in New Rochelle, New York. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have a... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1881 - 1922

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Gerry Bothmer

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Type:
Translator

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

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