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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.

G. Montague Ellwood (George Montague Ellwood)

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Type:
Author

Lived:
1875 - 1955

Jacomb Hood (George Percy Jacomb Hood)

George Percy Jacomb-Hood was an English painter, etcher and illustrator. He was a founding member of the New English Art Club and the Society of Portrait Painters.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1857 - 1929

G. P. Griggs (George Philip Griggs)

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Type:
Editor

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

Randall Parrish (George Randall Parrish)

George Randall Parrish was an American lawyer, journalist, ordained minister, and writer. In particular, he was an author of dime novels.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1858 - 1923

George Elgood (George Samuel Elgood)

George Samuel Elgood was an English artist and illustrator who became well known for his paintings of formal gardens.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1851 - 1943

Edward German (German Edward Jones)

Edward German was a British composer of classical music. He succeeded Sir Arthur Sullivan as the pre-eminent composer of British light opera.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1862 - 1936

G. E. Brunefille (Gertrude Elizabeth Blood, Lady Colin Campbell)

Gertrude Elizabeth, Lady Colin Campbell (née Blood) was an Irish-born journalist, author, playwright, and editor.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1857 - 1911

Gertrude Duby Blom (Gertrude Elizabeth Lortscher)

Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom was a Swiss ethnographer, journalist and photographer. She spent five decades chronicling the Mayan cultures of the Chiapas region of Mexico.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1901 - 1993

Gertrude Elliott (Gertrude Elliott Espenscheid)

Gertrude Elliott was a children’s book illustrator best known for the classic Little Golden Book Two Little Gardeners, written by Margaret Wise Brown.... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1911 - 1993

Gertrude Linnell (Gertrude H. Linnell)

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Type:
Author

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

Gertrude Howe (Gertrude Herrick Howe)

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Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1902 - 0 B.C.

Gillian Tyler (Gill Tyler)

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Type:
Illustrator

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

Giovanni Guareschi (Giovannino Guareschi)

Giovannino Oliviero Giuseppe Guareschi was an Italian journalist, cartoonist and humorist whose most famous creation is the priest Don Camillo.

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1908 - 1968

G. M. Hickman (Gladys Hickman)

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Type:
Author

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

Grace W. McGavran (Grace Winifred McGavran)

Grace Winifred McGavran was born in India. Her parents were foreign missionaries. After getting her M.A. from Boston University, she herself worked for missionary organizations. Then she became an author.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1896 - 1985

Carveth Wells (Grant Carveth Wells)

Grant Carveth Wells was a British adventurer, travel writer, and television personality in the mid-twentieth century. He was the author of eighteen travel-related books.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1887 - 1957

Michel Regnier (Greg)

Michel Régnier, best known by his pseudonym Greg, was a Belgian cartoonist. He became the editor of Tintin magazine.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1931 - 1999

Greville MacDonald (Greville MacDonald, M.D.)

Greville MacDonald was a notable ear, nose and throat doctor. He wrote on subjects ranging from medicine to ethical issues to fairy tales.

Type:
Author
Editor

Lived:
1856 - 1944

Hablot K. Browne (H. K. Browne)

Hablot Knight Browne (12 July 1815 – 8 July 1882) was an English artist. Well-known by his pen name, Phiz, he illustrated books by Charles Dickens, Charles Lever, and Harrison Ainsworth.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1815 - 1882

Henry Cruse Murphy, Jr. (H.C. Murphy)

Born in Brooklyn, New York, H.C. Murphy switched from electrical engineering to art in college. He published in the pulps as well as some of the more upscale magazines such as Field and Stream.

Type:
Illustrator
Editor

Lived:
1886 - 1931

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