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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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Dorothy Koch

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Author

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

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Camilla Koffler

Ylla is the pseudonym of Camilla Koffler.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1911 - 1955

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Paul George Konody

Paul George Konody was a British art critic. He signed some of his work by the initials “P. G. K.” 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:
1872 - 1933

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Jenny Koralek

Jenny Koralek was born on a farm in South Africa. She studied at the University of Paris. She began writing when he children were starting to leave home. She published numerous books and short stories. Several were translated into Greek, Dutch, Itali... View More

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Elizabeth P. Korn

Elizabeth P. Korn was an American painter, illustrator and educator. She taught at Drew University in New Jersey. 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 u... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1900 - 1979

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William Kotzwinkle

William Kotzwinkle is an American novelist, children’s writer, and screenwriter.

Here is his website: http://www.kotzwinkle.com

Type:
Author

Lived:
1943 - 0 B.C.

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Frank Kramer

After a career as an insurance accountant, Frank Kramer took up the study of art and became a successful commercial artist. His style was similar to that of John R. Neill in the two Oz books he illustrated.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1905 - 1993

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Phyllis Krasilovsky

Phyllis Louise Manning Krasilovsky was born in Brooklyn. She sold her first children’s book to Doubleday just before leaving for Alaska. She was honored by the Dutch government for The Cow Who Fell in the Canal.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1926 - 2014

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Robert Kraus

Robert Kraus (June 21, 1925 – August 7, 2001) was an American children’s author, cartoonist and publisher. Founder and publisher of Windmill Books, author and illustrator of award-winning children’s books, Kraus began as a cartoonis... View More

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Author

Lived:
1925 - 2001

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Ruth Krauss

Ruth Krauss (July 25, 1901 – July 10, 1993) was an American writer of children’s books, including The Carrot Seed, and of theatrical poems for adult readers. Many of her books are still in print. She was married to Crockett Johnson. Mauri... View More

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Author

Lived:
1901 - 1993

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Fritz Kredel

Fritz Kredel was a German, later American artist and graphic designer. He produced illustrations for over 400 books in German and English and received many awards and honors. Many of his originals are now housed at the Art Library at Yale University.... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1900 - 1973

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Stephen Krensky

Stephen Krensky has published more than 100 fiction and nonfiction books for children.

His website: http://stephenkrensky.com

Type:
Author

Lived:
1953 - 0 B.C.

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Jeanette Krinsley

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

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Eva M. Kristoffersen

Eva Kristoffersen’s mother was Danish and she had a cosmopolitan education in europe, moving to the United States when she was twenty-one. She began working at the Princeton University Library, earned a scholarship and received a degree in libr... View More

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Author

Lived:
1901 - 1954

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Steven Kroll

Steven Kroll was a prolific author of 96 popular children’s books, many of them evoking his experiences growing up in what he called “the ethnic stew” of Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1941 - 2011

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Joseph Martin Kronheim

Joseph Martin Kronheim was a Germany-born illustrator who worked mainly in Britain. 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:
Illustrator

Lived:
1819 - 1896

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Joseph Krumgold

Joseph Quincy Krumgold was an American writer of books and screenplays. He was the first person to ever win the prestigious Newbery Medal twice.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1908 - 1980

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Loretta Krupinski

Loretta Krupinski is an illustrator and graphic designer and maritime artist. She is the author/illustrator of many cherished books for children. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share ... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1940 - 0 B.C.

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Beth Krush

Beth was born March 31, 1918 in Washington, DC. As a girl she enjoyed visiting the city institutions and special events and drawing at home.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1918 - 2009

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Joe Krush

Joseph Krush was born May 18, 1918 in Camden, New Jersey, and raised there. As a boy he won some prizes for drawings of boats and planes.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1918 - 0 B.C.

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