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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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Frances Elizabeth Atchinson (Frances Atchinson Bacon)

We have not yet found a reliable biography or photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please contact us.

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Lived:
1903 - 1982

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Ogden Nash (Frederic Ogden Nash)

Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, The New York Times said his “droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country&rsquo... View More

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Lived:
1902 - 1971

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Harvey Thomas Dunn (H.T. Dunn)

Born in Manchester, South Dakota, Harvey Dunn studied with Howard Pyle. He was greatly influenced by his experience as a combat artist with the AEF in World War I. He had a long career in illustration and was especially influential as a teacher.... View More

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Lived:
1884 - 1952

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Hildegarde Hawthorne (Hildegarde Hawthorne Oskison)

Hildegarde Hawthorne wrote 23 books ranging from biographies to travel narratives.

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Lived:
1871 - 1952

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James Edward Austen-Leigh (J. E. Austen-Leigh)

Nephew of Jane Austen who wrote a memoir of her life based on recollections of her surviving relatives.

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Lived:
1798 - 1874

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James H. Fassett (James Hiram Fassett)

James Hiram Fassett was an American author and school superintendent. 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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Lived:
1869 - 1930

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James Orchard Halliwell (James Orchard Halliwell-Phillips)

James Orchard Halliwell was a British Shakespearian scholar, folklore collector, and all-around literary expert. He may have stolen a quarto Hamlet from his wife's father, prior to eloping with her. Which the father regretted the most is uncertain, b... View More

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Lived:
1820 - 1889

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Jennie D. Lindquist (Jennie Dorothea Lindquist)

An American of Swedish ancestry Jennie Lindquist was a librarian, author and editor at The Hornbook. She received Newbery Honors for her book “The Golden Name Day” in 1956.... View More

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Lived:
1899 - 1977

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Constance Strachey (Lady Constance Strachey, Constance Braham, Baroness Strachey)

Constance Strachey was the wife of 1st Baron Strachie, a daughter of Charles Bampfylde Braham, and a niece of Frances, Countess Waldegrave. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with u... View More

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Lived:
1856 - 1936

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Cynthia Asquith (Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith)

Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris) was an English writer and socialite, now known for her ghost stories and diaries.

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Lived:
1887 - 1960

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Lawton B. Evans (Lawton Bryan Evans)

Lawton B. Evans was an American educator and school superintendant and prolific author. During World War II, an American military ship was renamed after him. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you ... View More

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Lived:
1862 - 1934

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Lee Kingman (Mary Lee Kingman-Natti)

Lee Kingman was an artist and children’s book author and editor. While at Houghton Mifflin she was Virginia Lee Burton’s editor.

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Lived:
1919 - 0 B.C.

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May Byron (May Clarissa Gillington Byron)

May Byron was a British author who wrote many biographies, cook books, children’s books and adaptations of Peter Pan for younger readers.

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Lived:
1861 - 1936

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Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (Mother Mary Alphonsa, O.P.)

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop was the daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne. After the death of her husband, she founded a hospice for cancer patients under the patronage of St. Rose of Lima. In 1900 she became foundress of a Dominican order named The Servants of... View More

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Lived:
1851 - 1926

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Herbert Strang (Mrs. Herbert Strang)

Herbert Strang was the pseudonym of two English authors, George Herbert Ely and Charles James L’Estrange. Both men were staff members of Oxford University Press. They specialized in writing adventure stories for boys, both historical and modern... View More

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Lived:
1866 - 1958

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Nina Rojankovsky (Nina)

Nina Rojankovsky was the wife of Feodor Rojankovsky. She sometimes wrote under the pen name of Nina. We have not yet found a reliable biography or photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please contact u... View More

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

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Robert Lawson (Robert (Rob, Robin) Ripley Lawson)

Robert Lawson was an American author and illustrator. He is considered one of the finest creators of children’s books of his time. Lawson was the first to receive both of the top two American prizes in this field: the Caldecott Medal for They W... View More

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Lived:
1892 - 1957

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Marjorie Barrows (Ruth Marjorie Barrows)

Ruth Marjorie Wescott Barrows was born in Chicago. We have not yet found a reliable biography or 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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Lived:
1892 - 1983

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S. Baring-Gould (Sabine Baring-Gould)

As curate he married a mill hand’s daughter, was both squire and parson of his estates, wrote extensively, published collections of English folk songs and was related to Baring’s Bank.

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Lived:
1834 - 1924

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Sara Teasdale (Sarah Trevor Teasdale Filsinger)

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Sarah Trevor Teasdale Filsinger was a successful poet and anthologist.

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Lived:
1884 - 1933

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