Authors & Illustrators
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.
Sumner A. Jackson
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Kathryn Jackson
Type:
Author
Illustrator
Lived:
1907 - 1985
Byron Jackson
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Type:
Author
Illustrator
Lived:
1899 - 1949
Jacqueline Jackson
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Author
Illustrator
Lived:
1928 - 0 B.C.
P. K. Jackson
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Illustrator
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Holbrook Jackson
George Holbrook Jackson was a British journalist, writer and publisher. He was recognised as one of the leading bibliophiles of his time.
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Author
Editor
Lived:
1874 - 1948
Helen Hunt Jackson
Type:
Author
Lived:
1830 - 1885
Joseph Jacobs
Born in Australia, Joseph Jacobs moved to England where he collected folklore and fairy tales. He moved to the United States in 1900 where he edited the Jewish Encyclopedia.
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Author
Lived:
1854 - 1916
Leland Jacobs
Professor Leland B. Jacobs taught at Columbia University, He was known nationally for his concepts of teaching literature to the very young.
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Author
Editor
Lived:
1907 - 1992
Robin Jacques
Robin Jacques was a prolific illustrator of children’s books, known for his black & white illustration technique particularly of witches, sorcerers, trolls, and monsters.
Type:
Illustrator
Lived:
1920 - 1995
Rona Jaffe
Rona Jaffe was a novelist who wrote a single children’s book.
Type:
Author
Lived:
1931 - 2005
Will James
Type:
Author
Illustrator
Lived:
1892 - 1942
M. R. James
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Type:
Translator
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Philip James
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Sandra James
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Type:
Illustrator
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Tove Jansson
Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-speaking Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. For her contribution as a children’s writer she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1966.
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Author
Illustrator
Lived:
1914 - 2001
Lars Jansson
Lars Jansson was a Finnish author and cartoonist. His older sister was the writer Tove Jansson.
Type:
Author
Illustrator
Lived:
1926 - 2000
Faith Jaques
Faith Heather Jaques was a leading illustrator of children`s books, with over one hundred titles to her name. She worked in both black and white line drawings as well as full color picture books.
Type:
Illustrator
Lived:
1923 - 1997
Mary Louise Jarden
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Type:
Author
Lived:
1908 - 0 B.C.
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