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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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James Montgomery Flagg

By the age of 14 James Montgomery Flagg was a contributing artist for Life. A successful commercial artist and illustrator he painted the iconic recruiting poster ‘I Want YOU for the U.S. Army.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1877 - 1960

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Ardo Flakkeberg

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Type:
Author

Lived:
1927 - 0 B.C.

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Zena Flax

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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Barthold Fles

Barthold Fles was a Dutch-American literary agent, author, translator, editor and publisher. 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:
1902 - 1989

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Peter Fletcher

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Type:
Author

Lived:
1896 - 0 B.C.

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John Gould Fletcher

John Gould Fletcher was an Imagist poet, author and authority on modern painting. He was the first Southern poet to win the Pulitzer Prize,

Type:
Author

Lived:
1886 - 1950

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Helen Jill Fletcher

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Type:
Author

Lived:
1910 - 0 B.C.

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Anne Fleur (Sari)

Anne Fleur studied at the Art Students’ League. She started in commercial illustration, then later did children’s books as both as author and illustrator. She was active in the mid-twentieth century. We have not yet found a reliable year ... View More

Type:
Illustrator

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

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Svend Fleuron

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Type:
Author

Lived:
1874 - 1966

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Richard Floethe

Richard Floethe was a German illustrator. He is remembered “always having a pencil in his hand.” He designed more than 100 books for children and adults.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1901 - 1988

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Valerie Flournoy

Valerie Flournoy is an American author. She writes for children. She also visits schools across the United States, giving presentations on her work.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1952 - 0 B.C.

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Thomas J. Fogarty

In addition to his work in illustration Thomas Fogarty was a long time instructor at the Art Students’ League in New York. Norman Rockwell was among his students and credited Fogarty with getting him his first job. We have not yet found a relia... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1873 - 1938

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John Foley

Cedric John Foley MBE was a British army officer, author, broadcaster, and public relations specialist. He drew on his military experience for writing Bull and Brass. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any informa... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1917 - 1974

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Charles Folkard

Charles James Folkard was an English artist and a prolific illustrator of children’s books. He was still actively illustrating ten days before his death.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1878 - 1963

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Beulah Folmsbee

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Author
Editor
Compiler

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

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Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely-read poet. He is known above all for his Fables.... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1621 - 1695

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Samuel Foote

Samuel Foote was a British mimic, satirist, playwright and actor.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1720 - 1777

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Mary Hollock Foote

Mary Hallock Foote was an American author and illustrator. In the 1870s and 1880s, she was one of America's best-known women illustrators.

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1847 - 1938

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Edith Emerson Forbes

Edith Emerson Forbes was the daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Her grandparents were Richard Warren and Francis Cooke, who signed the Mayflower Compact.... View More

Type:
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1841 - 1929

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Duncan Forbes

Born in Kinnard, Perthshire, Duncan Forbes was illiterate until the age of thirteen. He went on to earn advanced degrees and became Professor of Oriental Languages at King’s College, London. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this p... View More

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Author
Editor
Translator
Compiler

Lived:
1798 - 1868

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