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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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E. Lucas (Florence Elizabeth Gertrude Lucas)

Florence Elizabeth Gertrude Griffin was an English writer. 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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Author

Lived:
1873 - 1951

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Florence Lamborn (Florence Lamborn Johnson)

She translated many of Astrid Lindgren’s books into English. Born in Gothenburg, Sweden, she came to the United States in 1943. She began translating from the Swedish and later became a foreign correspondent, covering the Korean War.

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Author
Translator

Lived:
1913 - 2013

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Florence E. Matthews (Florence Matthews Tchaika)

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Author

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

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Frances Elizabeth Atchinson (Frances Atchinson Bacon)

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Author
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Compiler

Lived:
1903 - 1982

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Frances Courtenay Baylor (Frances Courtenay Baylor Barnum)

The daughter of an army officer, Frances Courtenay Baylor was born at Fort Smith Arkansas and lived for a time in England. Her family was from Virginia and she spent the latter part of her life there.

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Author

Lived:
1848 - 1920

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Frances Fullerton (Frances Fullerton Chubb)

Frances Fullerton Chubb lived in Idaho. She was a painter and educator.

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Author

Lived:
1913 - 1979

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Bret Harte (Francis Bret Harte)

Francis Bret Harte was an American short story writer and poet. He is best remembered for featuring romantic figures of the California Gold Rush.

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Author

Lived:
1836 - 1902

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F. L. Stevens (Frank Leonard Stevens)

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Author

Lived:
1898 - 0 B.C.

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Frank Bullen (Frank T. Bullen)

Frank Thomas Bullen (1857–1915), British author and novelist, was born of poor parents in Paddington, London, on 5 April 1857, and was educated for a few years at a dame school and Westbourne school, Paddington. At the age of 9 he left school a... View More

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Author

Lived:
1857 - 1915

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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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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1902 - 1971

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Cyril Kay-Scott (Frederick Creighton Wellman)

Frederick Creighton Wellman was an American physician specialising in tropical medicine. He was also a scientist, author, playwright, teacher, artist and engineer. As an author, he wrote under the pseudonyms Cyril Kay-Scott and Richard Irving Carson.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1879 - 1960

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F. J. Gould (Frederick James Gould)

Frederick James Gould was an English teacher, writer, and pioneer secular humanist.

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Author

Lived:
1855 - 1938

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F. J. Harvey Darton (Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton)

F. J. Harvey Darton was the scion of a long line of British publishers. He wrote, among others, several retellings of traditional English romances. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could shar... View More

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Author
Editor

Lived:
1878 - 1936

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Fred Pegram (Frederick Pegram)

A Britsh artist and illustrator, contemporary of Aubrey Beardsley, he drew many advertisements for Kodak. 

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1870 - 1937

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F. S. Ellis (Frederick Startridge Ellis)

Frederick Startridge Ellis was a British book dealer, publisher and poet.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1830 - 1901

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Frieda Brown (Frieda K. Brown)

Frieda Kenyon (later Brown) was an American author. She lived with her husband on a tree farm. She cared for horses and dogs and cats. She also wrote novels for an adult readership under the name of Frieda. K. Franklin. We have not yet found a reliab... View More

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Author

Lived:
1920 - 2011

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George Walter Stonier (G.W. Stonier)

George Walter Stonier (or G. W. Stonier) was an English critic, novelist and radio playwright, and a literary editor of the New Statesman. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us... View More

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Author

Lived:
1903 - 1985

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Anthony Armstrong (George Anthony Armstrong Willis)

Anthony Armstrong was the pseudonym of (George) Anthony Armstrong Willis, an English author of novels, plays, children’s stories and pieces for Punch. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you c... View More

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Author

Lived:
1897 - 1976

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George du Maurier (George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier)

George du Maurier was a Franco-British author and illustrator. He was the grandfather of the Llewlyn Davies boys, who served as the model for Peter Pan.

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1834 - 1896

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G. Manville Fenn (George Manville Fenn)

George Manville Fenn was a prolific English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist.

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Author

Lived:
1831 - 1909

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