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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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Mary Louisa Molesworth (Mrs. Molesworth)

Mary Louisa Molesworth, née Stewart, was an English writer of children’s stories. She wrote under the names of Mrs Molesworth, Ennis Graham, and M. L. S. Molesworth.

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Author

Lived:
1839 - 1921

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Ferenc Molnár

Ferenc Molnár (born Ferenc Neumann) was a Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist who adopted American citizenship.

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Author

Lived:
1878 - 1952

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Ann Scott Moncrieff (Ann Scott-Moncrieff)

Ann Scott-Moncrieff was a Scottish author. She wrote The White Drake and Other Tales.

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Author
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Lived:
1914 - 1943

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Helen Albee Monsell

Helen Albee Monsell was an author. She wrote many biographies for children. We have not yet found a reliable 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:
1895 - 1971

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Anthony R. Montalba (Anthony Reubens Montalba)

Anthony Whitehill was a Swedish-born British naturalized citizen who spent much of the latter part of his life in Venice. He was a painter and had four daughters who became successful artists. He sometimes worked under the alias of Anthony R. Montalb... View More

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Author
Editor
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Lived:
1812 - 1884

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L. M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud Montgomery)

Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE, called “Maud” by family and friends and publicly known as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author. She is best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. In her books, he... View More

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Author

Lived:
1874 - 1942

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Rutherford Montgomery (Rutherford George Montgomery)

Rutherford George Montgomery (April 12, 1894 – July 3, 1985) was an American writer of children’s books. Beside his own name he used several pseudonyms: A. A. Avery, and Al Avery, and Art Elder, and E. P. Marshall, and Everitt Proctor.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1894 - 1985

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Isabelle de Montolieu

Isabelle de Montolieu was a Swiss novelist and translator. She wrote in and translated to the French language. She penned a few original novels and over 100 volumes of translations.

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Author
Translator

Lived:
1751 - 1832

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Grace Moon

Grace Purdie Moon was an American children’s author, publishing many works on Native American themes. Her most notable work was Runaway Papoose, which won the Newbery Honor in 1929.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1884 - 1947

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Anne Carroll Moore

Anne Carroll Moore was an American educator, writer and advocate for children's libraries. She held three doctorates. One of her books, Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story, won the prestigious Newbery Honor in 1925.... View More

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Author
Editor

Lived:
1871 - 1961

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Larry Moore

Larry Moore is an award-winning American illustrator and instructor. His website. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please contact us.... View More

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Illustrator

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

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Clement C. Moore

Clement C. Moore inherited a large tract of land in New York City which he developed into the Chelsea neighborhood. He was a professor of Greek and Hebrew at the General Episcopal Seminary and wrote A Visit from St. Nicholas for his children.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1779 - 1863

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Colleen Moore (Kathleen Morrison)

Colleen Moore was an American film actress, who later became a partner at Merrill Lynch.

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Author

Lived:
1899 - 1988

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Inga Moore

Inga Moore is a British illustrator. She produces a richly detailed and textural style, in the midst of trends toward minimal children’s book illustration. She has a multi-media approach, using pencil, ink, watercolor, colored pencil and occasi... View More

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Illustrator

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

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Lilian Moore

Lilian Moore was born Lilian Levenson in the Bronx in 1909 to Yiddish-speaking immigrants from Russia. She graduated from Hunter College in 1930. She became a writer of books for children, a poet and an editor. She helped make children’s books ... View More

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Author

Lived:
1909 - 2004

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Walt Morey

Walter “Walt” Morey (February 3, 1907 – January 12, 1992 in Wilsonville, Oregon), was an award-winning author of numerous works of children’s fiction, set in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Alaska, the places where Morey lived ... View More

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Author

Lived:
1907 - 1992

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Ike Morgan

Isaac "Ike" Morgan was a well-known newspaper illustrator for several big newspapers in Chicago and New York. Morgan was a good friend and colleague with L. Frank Baum and shared a studio with W. W. Denslow, both joint creators of The Wonderful Wizar... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1871 - 1913

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Wallace Morgan

Wallace Morgan studied at the National Academy of Design. He worked at the New York Herald, then opened his own studio. He was an artist for the United States Army during World War I.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1875 - 1948

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Mary A. de Morgan

Mary de Morgan was an English writer and the author of three volumes of fairy tales. We have not yet found a reliable 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:
1850 - 1907

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Shirley Morgan

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Author

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

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