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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.
Mary Britton Miller (Isabel Bolton)
Type:
Author
Lived:
1883 - 1975
Ivy Eastwick (Ivy O. Eastwick)
Ivy O. Eastwick was an English author. She wrote stories and poems for children.
Type:
Author
Lived:
1901 - 1986
John Callcott Horsley (J. C. Horsley)
John Callcott Horsley was a British genre painter and illustrator. He drew the first Christmas card for Sir Henry Cole.
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Illustrator
Lived:
1817 - 1903
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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Author
Editor
Compiler
Lived:
1798 - 1874
J. Walker McSpadden (J. Walker MacSpadden, Joseph Walker McSpadden)
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Type:
Author
Lived:
1874 - 1960
James C. Bowman (James Cloyd Bowman)
Type:
Author
Lived:
1880 - 1961
Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt)
James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet. He introduced Keats, Shelley, Browning and Tennyson to the public.
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Author
Lived:
1784 - 1859
James H. Fassett (James Hiram Fassett)
Type:
Author
Editor
Compiler
Lived:
1869 - 1930
James L. Mursell (James Lockhart Mursell)
Professor James Mursell wrote extensively about music education and the use of music in a classroom setting.
Type:
Author
Lived:
1893 - 1963
James Orchard Halliwell (James Orchard Halliwell-Phillips)
Type:
Author
Editor
Compiler
Lived:
1820 - 1889
James Otis (James Otis Kaler)
Beginning as a journalist in the Civil War, his first children’s book, Toby Tyler was so successful that he took to that line full time.
Type:
Author
Lived:
1848 - 1912
Jamie McEwan (James Patrick McEwan)
Type:
Author
Lived:
1952 - 2014
Paul Creswick (James Paul Creswick)
Type:
Author
Lived:
1866 - 1947
James R. Planché (James Robinson Planché)
James Robinson Planché was a British dramatist, antiquary and officer of arms. He wrote, adapted, or collaborated on 176 plays.
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Author
Lived:
1796 - 1880
Jane McIlvaine (Jane S. McIlvaine McClary)
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Jane Tompkins (Jane Tompkins McConnell)
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Author
Lived:
1898 - 0 B.C.
Jane Werner Watson (Jane Watson)
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Author
Editor
Lived:
1915 - 2004
Janet Van Duyn (Janet H. Dunning Van Duyn)
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Jean Fritz (Jean Guttery Fritz)
Born to American missionaries in Hankow, China, Jean Guttery Fritz came to America when she was in the eight grade. She wrote many award-winning books for children.
Type:
Author
Lived:
1915 - 2017
Jean Thomas (Jeannette Bell Thomas)
Jean Bell Thomas was an American folk festival promoter, author and photographer. She specialized in the music, crafts, and language patterns of the Appalachian region of the United States.
Type:
Author
Lived:
1881 - 1982