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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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Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire is an American novelist. He earned his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University.

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Lived:
1954 - 0 B.C.

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Bertha E. Mahony (Bertha Mahoney)

Bertha Everett Mahony is a figurehead of the children’s literature movement. She and her colleague Elinor Whitney founded The Horn Book Magazine. a respected arbiter of excellence in children’s publishing.... View More

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1882 - 1969

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Margaret Mahy

Born in New Zealand, Margaret Mahy was a prolific author of books for children and young adults, winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal and twice winner of the Carnegie Medal.

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Author

Lived:
1936 - 2012

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Cecil Maiden

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Author

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

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Antony Maitland

Antony Jasper Maitland was an English painter, graphic artist, jacket and children’s book illustrator. In 1961, he won the Kate Greenaway Medal.

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Illustrator

Lived:
1935 - 0 B.C.

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Anne Malcolmson

Anne Burnett Malcolmson von Storch was born in St Louis, MO and graduated from Bryn Mawr College. She wrote her first book of American folklore for her students. She won a Caldecott Honor award for “Song of Robin Hood.” We have not yet fo... View More

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1910 - 2013

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Anne Burnett Malcolmson

Anne Burnett Malcolmson von Storch graduated from the John Burroughs School in St. Louis and received her AB degree from Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA. Immediately after World War II, she worked at the Central Intelligence Group, the precursor to ... View More

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1910 - 2013

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Alida Sims Malkus

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1895 - 0 B.C.

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Anne Mallett

Anne Vaughan Mallett was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and studied art at the Museum of fine arts in Boston and at Fontainebleau, France. She worked in textile design and in the engineering department of a defense plant during WWII. She later beca... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1914 - 2001

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Euphame Mallison

Euphame Clason Mallison was born in Baltimore. She was a designer and did watercolor paintings. She was associated with Ellen Shipman landscape architecture. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you ... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1874 - 1962

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Bobbie Malone

Bobbie Malone began writing poetry and novels at the age of 10. She is an historian and educator. She was the director of School Services at the Wisconsin Historial Society.

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Author

Lived:
1940 - 0 B.C.

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Sir Thomas Malory

Sir Thomas Malroy, knight, of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire wrote his version of the Arthurian romances, Le Mort d’Arthur, while in Newgate Prison.

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Author

Lived:
1415 - 1471

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Hector Malot

Hector Malot was a French writer born in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic critic. His first book, published in 1859, was Les Amants. In total Malot wr... View More

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Author

Lived:
1830 - 1907

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Corinne Malvern

Corinne Malvern was an American artist, active as a fashion advertising artist and illustrator of children’s books.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1901 - 1956

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Dimitrii N. Mamin

Dimitrii N. Mamin wrote under the pseudonym of Mamin-Siberiak.

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Author

Lived:
1852 - 1912

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Mamin-Siberiak

This is a pseudonym of Dimitrii N. Mamin (October 25, 1852 – November 2, 1912), a Russian author most famous for his novels and short stories about life in the Ural Mountains.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1852 - 1912

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Sant Ram Mandal

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Author

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

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Ralph Manheim (Ralph Mannheim)

Ralph Frederick Manheim was an American translator of German and French literature, as well as occasional works from Dutch, Polish and Hungarian. He likened translation to acting, the role being “to impersonate his author.”

Type:
Translator

Lived:
1907 - 1992

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Olivia Manning

Olivia Mary Manning CBE was a British novelist, poet, writer and reviewer.

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Author

Lived:
1908 - 1980

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Paul Manning

Paul Manning is a British author of children’s books and non-fiction books, chiefly about the major rivers of the world. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, ple... View More

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Author

Lived:
1954 - 0 B.C.

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