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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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Thylias Moss

Thylias Moss is an American poet, writer, experimental filmmaker, sound artist and playwright, of African-American, Native American, and European heritage. She has published a number of children's books.

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Author

Lived:
1954 - 0 B.C.

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Frank Moss (Capt. Frank Moss)

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Author
Illustrator

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

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Mother Goose

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Author

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

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Françoise Mouly

Françoise Mouly is the art editor of The New Yorker. She is the publisher of TOON Books. She is married to cartoonist Art Spiegelman.

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1955 - 0 B.C.

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Roberta Moynihan

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Illustrator

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

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Charles Mozley

Charles Alfred Mozley was a British artist and teacher. He was a prolific book illustrator and designer of book covers, posters and prints. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with u... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1914 - 1991

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Mrs. Fairstar

Mrs. Fairstar is a pseudonym for Richard Hengist Horne (born Richard Henry Horne) (December 31, 1802 – March 13, 1884), an English poet and critic most famous for his poem Orion.

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Author
Editor

Lived:
1802 - 1884

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Mrs. Gaskell (E .C. Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell)

Mrs. Gaskell (September 29, 1810 – November 12, 1865) was a British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and are of inter... View More

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Author

Lived:
1810 - 1865

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Malcolm Muggeridge

Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge, known professionally as Malcolm Muggeridge, was a British journalist, author, media personality, and satirist. He is credited with helping bring Mother Teresa to popular attention in the West and stimulating debate about Ca... View More

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Author
Editor

Lived:
1903 - 1990

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Jesse Muir

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Type:
Translator

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

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Lynette R. Muir

Lynette R. Muir was reader in the Department of French Language and Literature and director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds in England.

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Author

Lived:
1930 - 2007

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Dhan Gopal Mukerji

Dhan Gopal Mukerji was the first successful Indian man of letters in the United States and winner of the Newbery Medal.

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Author

Lived:
1890 - 1936

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Stockton Mulford (Mitchell Stockton "Sox" Mulford )

Stockton Mulford grew up drawing pictures. He moved to New York City and studied at the Art Students League. Then he became a full-time freelance artist. He did the illustrations for a very famous children's book called Pollyanna (1913).... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1886 - 1960

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Rosa Mulholland (Lady Gilbert)

Rosa Mulholland, also known as Lady Gilbert, was an Irish novelist, poet and playwright. Charles Dickens highly valued her work. She produced a great number of novels.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1841 - 1921

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Dean Mullaney

Dean Mullaney is an American editor, publisher, and designer. He founded a comic-book company called Eclipse Enterprises. And he established an imprint at IDW Publishing called “The Library of American Comics.”

Type:
Editor

Lived:
1954 - 0 B.C.

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Charles G. Muller (Charles Geoffrey Muller)

Charles George Muller was a graduate of Cornell University class of 1918. He was a journalist, historian and author of children’s books. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share wit... View More

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Author

Lived:
1897 - 1987

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Dinah Maria Mulock

Dinah Maria Mulock (20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She often wrote her books under the name of Miss Mulock. In 1864, Mulock married George Lillie Craik a partner with Alexander Macmillan in the publ... View More

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Author

Lived:
1826 - 1887

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Miss Mulock

Dinah Maria Mulock was a real person. She wrote under the pseudonyms of Miss Mulock, Dinah Maria Craik and Mrs. Craik.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1826 - 1887

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Claude Muncaster

Claude Grahame Muncaster was an English artist. He was born as Grahame Hall. He changed his name to Claude Muncaster so as to overcome any suggestion that his gained from the name of his famous father. He painted conventional landscapes and some larg... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1903 - 1974

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Arnold Munk

Born in Europe, Arnold Munk first came to love books as a 14-year old, when he became an errand boy in a Chicago bookstore, at $2.50 a week. He became the owner and publisher of Platt & Munk. He wrote books under the pseudonym of Watty Piper.... View More

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Lived:
0 B.C. - 1957

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