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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.
C. S. Evans (Charles Seddon Evans)
Type:
Author
Lived:
1883 - 1944
Charles G. Shaw (Charles Shaw)
Charles Green Shaw was an American painter and writer, poet and collector. His work is part of most major collections of American Art.
Type:
Illustrator
Lived:
1892 - 1974
Charlotte Elizabeth Guest (Charlotte Elizabeth Schreiber)
Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest was an English aristocrat. She was an expert in seven languages. She was the first to translate the Red Book of Hergest into English.
Type:
Author
Translator
Compiler
Lived:
1812 - 1895
Clara W. Hunt (Clara Whitehill Hunt)
Clara Whitehill Hunt was an American teacher, librarian, author, and advocate for children’s library services.
Type:
Author
Lived:
1871 - 1958
Claude A. Shepperson (Claude Allin Shepperson)
Type:
Illustrator
Lived:
1867 - 1921
Marie Queen of Roumania (Consort of Ferdinand I, King of Romania )
Marie of Edinburgh, more commonly known as Marie of Romania (Marie Alexandra Victoria was the last Queen of Romania. She published 34 books and short stories.
Type:
Author
Lived:
1875 - 1938
Cora Annett (Cora Annett Pepitone Scott)
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Theobald Raoul William (Count de Vismes et de Ponthieu)
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Type:
Author
Lived:
1832 - 1878
Jacket art (Cover art)
Some books have cover art for which we cannot find the name of the artist.
Type:
Illustrator
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Coy Ludwig (Coy L. Ludwig)
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Type:
Author
Lived:
1939 - 0 B.C.
C. Northcote Parkinson (Cyril Northcote Parkinson)
Cyril Northcote Parkinson was a British naval historian and author of some 60 books.
Type:
Author
Lived:
1909 - 1993
Desiderius Erasmus (Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus)
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian.
Type:
Author
Lived:
1466 - 1536
Lucienne Bloch (Dimitroff Lucienne Bloch)
Lucienne Bloch was a Switzerland-born American artist and photographer.
Type:
Illustrator
Lived:
1909 - 1999
Doris Adelberg (Doris Orgel)
Doris Adelberg was born in Vienna, Austria. She married Shelley Orgel. She currently lives in New York City and is a full-time children’s author.
Type:
Author
Lived:
1929 - 0 B.C.
Dorothy Canfield (Dorothy Frances Canfield Fisher)
Type:
Author
Editor
Translator
Compiler
Lived:
1879 - 1958
D. K. Broster (Dorothy Kathleen Broster)
Type:
Author
Lived:
1877 - 1950
Wag (Dorothy Wagstaff)
This is the pseudonym under which Dorothy Wagstaff published. Her best known work is Stories of Little Brown Koko.
Type:
Author
Illustrator
Lived:
1922 - 2005
Douglas Jerrold (Douglas William Jerrold)
Douglas William Jerrold was a popular British dramatist and humourist.
Type:
Author
Lived:
1803 - 1857
Milton Carleton (Dr. Reginal Milton Carleton)
Type:
Author
Editor
Lived:
1899 - 1986