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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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Doris Gates

Doris Gates was one of America’s first writers of realistic children’s fiction. Her novel Blue Willow was a Newbery Honor Book in 1941.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1901 - 1987

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Eleanor Gates

Eleanor Gates was an American playwright. Seven of her plays were staged on Broadway.

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Author

Lived:
1874 - 1951

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Attilio Gatti

Attilio Gatti was an Italian-born explorer, author, and documentary filmmaker. He traveled extensively in Africa in the first half of the 20th century. His books, articles, and photos have become invaluable scientific and anthropological resources.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1896 - 1969

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Horatia K. F. Gatty (Horatia Katherine Frances Gatty Eden)

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Author

Lived:
1846 - 1945

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Annie Gauger

Annie Gauger is an English scholar. She studied at Oxford University, and is one of the world’s leading experts on Kenneth Grahame. A fellow at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, she is a member of... View More

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Editor

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

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Bon Gaultier

This is a pseudonym of William Edmondstoune Aytoun and Theodore Martin.

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Author

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

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Mary V. Gaver

Mary Virginia Gaver was an American librarian. She was considered by one source to be one of the most important leaders in library science in the 20th century.

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Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1906 - 1991

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Zhenya Gay

Author-illustrator Zhenya Gay is best known for her delightful illustrations of baby animals, the result of her lifetime fascination with animals and the discoveries surrounding her woodland home in the Catskill Mountain foothills. She wrote and/or i... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1906 - 1978

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Clifford N. Geary

Clifford N. Geary was an American illustrator of science fiction, especially Robert A. Heinlein's "juvenile series" from 1948 to 1956. 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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Illustrator

Lived:
1916 - 2008

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Leopold Gedo

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Author
Illustrator

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

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Charles Geer

Charles Hand Geer was an American illustrator of children’s books. He lived in Rockland, Maine where he enjoyed sailing and building boats. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share ... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1922 - 2008

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Theodor Seuss Geisel (Theodor Geisel)

Theodor Seuss Geisel was a real person. He wrote under the pseudonyms of Dr. Seuss, Dr. Theophrastus Seuss, Theo LeSieg, and Rosetta Stone.

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1904 - 1991

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Madeleine Gekiere

Madeleine Gekiere was a Zurich-born, New York-based artist, filmmaker, illustrator, and author. She was a warm presence in the New York Arts scene for more than 60 years,

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1919 - 2014

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Kathleen Gell

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Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1913 - 1997

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Evelyn Gendel

Evelyn Gendel was educated at Barnard College. She was a senior editor at Arbor House and then at Simon Schuster, and then at the Bobbs‐Merrill Company. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth or photograph of this person. Do you have any in... View More

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Author

Lived:
0 B.C. - 1977

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R. A. Genders

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Illustrator

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

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no first name George

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

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Jean Craighead George

Jean Craighead George was born in a family of naturalists. Her father, mother, brothers, aunts and uncles were students of nature. On weekends they camped in the woods near their Washington, D.C. home, climbed trees to study owls, gathered edible pla... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1919 - 2012

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Bill George

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Illustrator

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

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Tibor Gergely

Tibor Gergely (1900-1978) was an artist best known for his work in several popular children’s books. Born in Budapest in 1900, he studied art briefly in Vienna before emigrating to the United States in 1939, where he settled in New York City. L... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1900 - 1978

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