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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.
Peter Matthiesen
Peter Matthiesen founded the Paris Review where he hired William Pene du Bois as art director. He went on to become a novelist and nature writer.
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Author
Lived:
1927 - 2014
Hyde Matzdorff
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
Louise Maude
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Translator
Lived:
1855 - 1939
W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham, CH, better known as W. Somerset Maugham, was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era.
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Editor
Lived:
1874 - 1965
Uncle Maurice
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
André Maurois
André Maurois was a French author. His name at birth was Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog.
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Author
Lived:
1885 - 1967
Jean West Maury
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Author
Editor
Compiler
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.
William Hamilton Maxwell
William Hamilton Maxwell was an Irish novelist. He started the school of rollicking military fiction.
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Author
Lived:
1792 - 1850
Robert L. May
Robert Lewis May was an American writer. At a very difficult time of his life, as a gift for his daughter, he created Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
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Author
Lived:
1905 - 1976
Sophie May (Rebecca Sophia Clarke)
Rebecca Sophia Clarke was an American author of children's fiction. Her work was published using the pseudonym of "Sophie May." She wrote realistic stories about children.
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Author
Lived:
1833 - 1906
Mercer Mayer
Mercer Mayer is an American children’s book writer and illustrator. He has published over 300 books using a wide range of styles.
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Editor
Lived:
1943 - 0 B.C.
Mercer Mayer
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Author
Illustrator
Lived:
1943 - 0 B.C.
Marianna Mayer
Marianna Mayer is a children’s book author and illustrator who published her first book at age nineteen.
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Author
Lived:
1945 - 0 B.C.
Ardath Mayhar
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Author
Lived:
1930 - 2012
Horace Mayhew
Horace Mayhew was an English author and journalist. He wrote for Punch.
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Author
Lived:
1816 - 1872
William Mayne
William Mayne was an English writer of children’s fiction.The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature calls him one of the outstanding children’s authors of the 20th century.
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Author
Lived:
1928 - 2010
R. Elizabeth Mayo (Rosalie Elizabeth Mayo)
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Author
Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.