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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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Ruth L. Holberg (Ruth Langland Holberg)

Ruth Langland Holberg was an American author of children’s books. She married Richard Holberg, an artist 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, pl... View More

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Author

Lived:
1889 - 1984

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Florence Holbrook

Florence May Holbrook was an educator and author involved in the peace movement during the early years of the 20th century.

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Author

Lived:
1860 - 1932

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John Holder

John Holder works in the classic tradition of humorous illustration dating back to Victorian times. He uses an old-fashioned drawing pen and then watercolor. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth of this person. Do you have any information y... View More

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Illustrator

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

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S. Reynolds Hole (Samuel Reynolds Hole)

Samuel Reynolds Hole was an English Anglican priest, author, and horticulturalist.

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Author

Lived:
1819 - 1904

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Henry Holiday

Henry Holiday was an English historical genre and landscape painter, stained-glass designer, illustrator and sculptor.

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Illustrator

Lived:
1839 - 1927

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Adelaide Holl

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Lester Earl and Bertie Hinkle, Adelaide Hinkle Holl is well known for her many writings and illustrations of children’s books. Ms. Has been married twice, first to Walter E. Holl, then to Leonard Davis Wesson... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1920 - 0 B.C.

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Rupert Sargent Holland

Rupert Sargent Holland was an American author. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. 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

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Author

Lived:
1878 - 1952

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Lily Holland

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Author
Editor
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Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Janice Holland

Janice Holland was an author and illustrator of children's books such as They Built a City and The Blue Cat of Castle Town. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1913 - 1962

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Holling C. Holling

Holling Clancy Holling (born Holling Allison Clancy, August 2, 1900 – September 7, 1973) was an American author and illustrator, best known for the book “Paddle to the Sea,” which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1942. Paddle to the Se... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1900 - 1973

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Lucille Webster Holling

Lucille Webster Holling was born on Dec. 8, 1900 in Valparaiso, Indiana. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, where she met Holling Clancy Holling. She designed theatrical scenery and costumes, and drew for fashion publ... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1900 - 1989

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Allen Partridge Hollis

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1895 - 1980

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Felice Holman

Felice Holman is an American author and poet.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1919 - 0 B.C.

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Bryan Holme

Bryan Holme was an author and publisher of photographic and art books. He was the head of Studio Books, a subsidiary of Viking Press based in Manhattan. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could... View More

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Author
Editor

Lived:
1913 - 1990

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Charles Holme

Charles Holme was an English journalist and art critic, and the founding editor of The Studio from 1893.

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Author
Editor

Lived:
1848 - 1923

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a physician. But he is most famous as a writer. He is one of the best regarded American poets of the 19th century.

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Author

Lived:
1809 - 1894

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Isabella Holt

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Author

Lived:
1892 - 1962

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Abigail Adams Homans

Scion of the revolutionary war figure Samuel Adams, Abigail Adams Homans moved in the highest social and political circles at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Author

Lived:
1879 - 1974

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Homer

In the Western classical tradition, Homer is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence ... View More

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Author

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

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Jacomb Hood (George Percy Jacomb Hood)

George Percy Jacomb-Hood was an English painter, etcher and illustrator. He was a founding member of the New English Art Club and the Society of Portrait Painters.

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Illustrator

Lived:
1857 - 1929

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