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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.
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
Lawton B. Evans (Lawton Bryan Evans)
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Lived:
1862 - 1934
Louise H. Seaman (Louise Seaman Bechtel)
American children’s librarian, editor and author.
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Lived:
1894 - 1985
Mrs. William Brown Meloney (Marie Mattingly Meloney)
Marie Mattingly Meloney, who used Mrs. William B. Meloney as her professional and social name, was one of the leading woman journalists of the United States. She was a magazine editor and socialite.
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Editor
Lived:
1878 - 1943
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.
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
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (Mother Mary Alphonsa, O.P.)
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Lived:
1851 - 1926
Herbert Strang (Mrs. Herbert Strang)
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Lived:
1866 - 1958
Nina Rojankovsky (Nina)
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Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Richard H. Horne (Richard Hengist Horne, Richard Henry Hengist Horne)
Richard Hengist Horne, born Richard Henry Hengist Horne, was a real person. He often wrote under the pseudonym of Mrs. Fairstar.
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Lived:
1802 - 1884
Marjorie Barrows (Ruth Marjorie Barrows)
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Lived:
1892 - 1983
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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1834 - 1924
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
Felix Summerly (Sir Henry Cole)
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Lived:
1808 - 1882
John Verney (Sir John Verney)
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Lived:
1913 - 1993
Lawrence Weaver (Sir Lawrence Weaver)
Sir Lawrence Weaver (1876–1930) was a British architectural writer and civil servant.
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Lived:
1876 - 1930
O. F. Morshead (Sir Owen Frederick Morshead)
Sir Owen Frederick Morshead was a British Army officer and librarian. He served as Royal Librarian from 1926 to 1958.
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Lived:
1893 - 1977
Thomas K. Tully (Thomas K. Tully, F.R.H.S.)
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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.