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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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Felix Summerly (Sir Henry Cole)

Felix Summerly was a pseudonym of Sir Henry Cole, under which he wrote and published children's books in The Home Treasury series. He was the inventor of the Christmas card in 1843. He began his career as secretary to Francis Palgrave.... View More

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1808 - 1882

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Henry Cole (Sir Henry Cole)

A friend of Thomas Love Peacock and John Stuart Mill, Cole began his career as secretary to Francis Palgrave. Under the name of Felix Summerly he published children's books in The Home Treasury series.... View More

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1808 - 1882

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John Verney (Sir John Verney)

Sir John Verney (September 30, 1913 -- February 2, 1993) was a writer, painter and illustrator. He was a film director’s assistant and baronet, a Yeomanry officer and parachutist, a traveller and a lover of most things British. He was master of... View More

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Lived:
1913 - 1993

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Bernhard Stafford Good (Stafford Good)

A member of the Brandywine artists. 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:
1893 - 1969

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Thomas K. Tully (Thomas K. Tully, F.R.H.S.)

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Ed Young (Tse-Chun Young)

Born in Tianjin, China, Ed Young came to America in 1951 to study architecture. He discovered he was more interested in art and began illustrating children’s books in 1962.

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1931 - 0 B.C.

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Veronica S. Hutchinson (Veronica Somerville Hutchinson)

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W. M. L. Hutchinson (Winifred Margaret Lambart Hutchinson)

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Lived:
1868 - 0 B.C.

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