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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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Charles Kerr

Charles Henry Malcolm Kerr, also known as C. H. M. Kerr or Charles Kerr, was a British portrait, genre, landscape painter and illustrator of the late Victorian era.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1858 - 1907

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George F. Kerr

George F. Kerr was an American artist. He had a long career in journalism and juvenile book illustration. He provided illustrations for the second edition of L. Frank Baum's American Fairy Tales. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this pe... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1869 - 1953

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Hank Ketcham

Henry King Ketcham, better known as Hank Ketcham, was an American cartoonist who created the Dennis the Menace comic strip, writing and drawing it from 1951 to 1994, when he retired from drawing the daily cartoon and took up painting full time in his... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1920 - 2001

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John Kettelwell

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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Peter Kettle

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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Doritie Kettlewell

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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Francis Scott Key

As a member of a prisoner exchange commission, attorney Francis Scott Key watched the bombardment of Fort McHenry, Baltimore during the War of 1812 from on-board the British warship HMS Tonnant. The poem he wrote about his experience became the Ameri... View More

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Author

Lived:
1779 - 1843

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Joan Kiddell-Monroe

Joan Kiddell-Monroe was an English children’s book illustrator who specialized in folk tales. She spent much time in Africa. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so,... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1908 - 1972

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John Kieran

John Francis Kieran was an American author, journalist, amateur naturalist and radio and television personality. He and his wife Margaret Kieran wrote John James Audubon.... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1892 - 1981

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Margaret Ford Kieran

Margaret Ford was a feature writer in Brookline, Massachusetts. She and her husband John Kieran wrote John James Audubon. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please c... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1905 - 2003

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Joyce Kilmer (Alfred Joyce Kilmer)

The American Roman Catholic poet and apologist was killed in action at the second battle of the Marne, leaving a widow and five children.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1886 - 1918

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Madeline Kilpatrick

Madeline Kilpatrick was an editor at Reilly & Lee. She rewrote L. Frank Baum's Animal Fairy Tale, The Story of Jaglon as Jaglon and the Tiger Fairies. 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
Editor

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

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Francis Kilvert (Robert Francis Kilvert)

This British diarist died at the age of thirty-eight, likely from a ruptured appendix. He was a rural Anglican curate who worked in the Welsh marches.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1840 - 1879

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Robert Kinerk

Robert Kinerk grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska. He has been a newspaperman, playwright and now a children’s author. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please co... View More

Type:
Author

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

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Clive King

David Clive King is an English author. He wrote nineteen children’s stories. He is best known for his children’s book Stig of the Dump (1963).... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1924 - 0 B.C.

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Julius King

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Type:
Author

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

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Jessie M. King (Jessie Marion King Taylor)

Jessie Marion King was a Scottish illustrator known for her illustrated children’s books. She also designed jewellery and fabric, and painted pottery.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1875 - 1949

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Elizabeth Marriot King

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Type:
Author

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

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Ruth King

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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W. B. King

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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