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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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Benjamin Albert Botkin

Professor Benjamin Albert Botkin was an American folklorist and scholar. The American Folklore Society named an annual award for him. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If ... View More

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Author
Editor
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Lived:
1901 - 1975

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John Bourchier (Lord Berners)

John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (1467 – 1533) was an English soldier, statesman and translator. He translated, at the King’s desire, Froissart’s Chronicles (1523–1525), in such a manner as to make a distinct advance in Engli... View More

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Author
Translator

Lived:
1467 - 1533

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A. Boursier-Mougenot

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

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Elizabeth Gladwin Bouton

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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William Bowen

William Alvin Bowen was an American attorney who wrote several children’s books in the 1920s. His The Old Tobacco Shop won the Newbery Honor in 1922. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you co... View More

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Author

Lived:
1877 - 1937

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Marjorie Bowen

Marjorie Bowen is a pseudonym of Gabrielle Margaret Vere Long.

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Author

Lived:
1885 - 1952

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Ron Bowen

Ronald Bowen is an American painter. He lives and works in a studio overlooking Paris. His website.

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Illustrator

Lived:
1944 - 0 B.C.

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Abel Bowen

Abel Bowen was an early 19th century wood engraver, publisher, and author in early 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts.

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Illustrator

Lived:
1790 - 1850

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Walter Russell Bowie

Walter Russell Bowie was an ordained Episcopalian priest. He became a friend of future president Fanklin Delano Roosevelt at Harvard University. He served congregations in Virginia and New York and worked in seminaries. In addition to books, he wrote... View More

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Author

Lived:
1882 - 1969

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Peter Bowman

Peter Bowman is a Cheshire based Artist, Illustrator and Author of many years experience. Working as an Author and Illustrator in watercolours, pencil, pen & ink, to create very beautiful detailed illustrations for many Children’s books and... View More

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Author
Illustrator

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

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James C. Bowman (James Cloyd Bowman)

James Cloyd Bowman was an American teacher and author primarily of children's books, college text books and journals. He received the Newbery Honor in 1938 for Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time. We have not yet found a reliable photograph o... View More

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Author

Lived:
1880 - 1961

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Burke Boyce

Burke Boyce was an American graduate of Harvard, an Olympic foil fencer, and a novelist. He was a contemporary of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and a professor of literature. He lived through the Jazz Age, but did not like Tales of the Jazz Age. We have not y... View More

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Author

Lived:
1901 - 1969

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James Boyd

Born of parents from South Carolina in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, after an education at Princeton and Trinity College Cambridge, James Boyd served in the Army Amulance Service in World War I. He retired to his grandfather’s house in Southern... View More

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Author

Lived:
1888 - 1944

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Inger Boye

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Translator

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

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Mildred Boyle

Mildred Boyle is best known for her illustrations of the Little House on the Prairie series. 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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Illustrator

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

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Sandra Boynton

Sandra Keith Boynton is an American humorist, songwriter, director, music producer, children’s author and illustrator. She wrote and illustrated more than fifty books for both children and adults, as well as over four thousand greeting cards, a... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1953 - 0 B.C.

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Peg Bracken (Ruth Eleanor “Peg” Bracken)

Ruth Eleanor “Peg” Bracken (February 25, 1918 – October 20, 2007) was an American author of humorous books on cooking, housekeeping, etiquette and travel.

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Author

Lived:
1918 - 2007

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Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. He worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction.

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Author

Lived:
1920 - 2012

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William Bradford

William Bradford was an English Separatist. He emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower in 1620. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and served as Governor of the Plymouth Colony.

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Author

Lived:
1590 - 1657

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David Bradshaw

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Author

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

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