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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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D. K. Broster (Dorothy Kathleen Broster)

Dorothy Kathleen Broster, usually known as D. K. Broster, was a British novelist and writer. Her best known novel is The Flight of the Heron, the first of a Jacobite trilogy. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any... View More

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Author

Lived:
1877 - 1950

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Brothers Grimm (The Brothers Grimm)

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob Grimm (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together specialized in collecting and publishing folklore during the 19th c... View More

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

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Walter Francis Brown

Water Francis Brown was an American painter and illustrator. He specialized in scenes of Venice. He illustrated A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1853 - 1929

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Beatrice Curtis Brown

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Author

Lived:
1901 - 1974

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Arthur William Brown

Arthur William Brown was a Canadian commercial artist, most known for his work as an illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post, American Magazine, and Redbook. His works included illustrated stories of American authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ir... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1881 - 1966

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Judith Gwyn Brown

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Illustrator

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

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Abbie Farwell Brown

Abbie Farwell Brown was an American author. She founded a school newspaper. Her In the Days of Giants (1902) featured stories from Norse mythology and remained a standard text in libraries for generations.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1871 - 1927

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Ivor John Carnegie Brown

Born in Malaya of British parents, Ivor John Carnegie Brown was a successful journalist and author. He was London’s foremost drama critic for many years and decried the rise of modernists such as Eliot and Pound.

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Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1891 - 1974

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Ford Madox Brown

Ford Madox Brown was a British painter who tutored Dante Gabriel Rossetti. His works, while much in the style of the Pre-Raphaelites, failed to find favor with the establishment. His grandson was the novelist Ford Madox Ford.... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1821 - 1893

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Margaret Wise Brown

Margaret Wise Brown was a prolific American writer of children’s books, including the picture books Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, both illustrated by Clement Hurd. Margaret wrote under the pseudonyms of Juniper Sage, Timothy Hay, and Go... View More

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Author
Translator

Lived:
1910 - 1952

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Marcia J. Brown

Marcia Joan Brown (born July 13, 1918) is an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children’s books. She has won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, recognizing the year’s best U.S. picture book ... View More

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Author
Illustrator
Translator

Lived:
1918 - 0 B.C.

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Palmer Brown

Palmer Brown (1920-2012) was born in Chicago and attended Swarthmore and the University of Pennsylvania. He was the author and illustrator of far too few books for children, including Something for Christmas, Beyond the Pawpaw Trees and its sequel Th... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1920 - 2012

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Edith Brown

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Author

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

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Marion Brown (Marion Marsh Brown)

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Author

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

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Frieda Brown (Frieda K. Brown)

Frieda Kenyon (later Brown) was an American author. She lived with her husband on a tree farm. She cared for horses and dogs and cats. She also wrote novels for an adult readership under the name of Frieda. K. Franklin. We have not yet found a reliab... View More

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Author

Lived:
1920 - 2011

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Marbury Brown

Marbury Hill Brown was born in California and studied there and in Kansas. After moving to New York City had had a long career as an illustrator and commercial artist. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any inform... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1925 - 0 B.C.

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Bob Brown (Robert Carlton Brown)

An author who wrote widely in many genres, Bob Brown was a leftist and member of the early twentieth century American avant-garde.

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1886 - 1959

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Gordon Browne

Gordon Browne was the younger son of Dickens’ illustrator Hablot Knight (Phiz) Browne. He was the illustrator of many popular children’s books. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you co... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1858 - 1932

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Hablot K. Browne (H. K. Browne)

Hablot Knight Browne (12 July 1815 – 8 July 1882) was an English artist. Well-known by his pen name, Phiz, he illustrated books by Charles Dickens, Charles Lever, and Harrison Ainsworth.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1815 - 1882

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Maggie Browne (Margaret Hamer Andrewes)

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Type:
Author

Lived:
1867 - 1939

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