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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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Ilo Orleans

Born in London, England, Ilo Orleans was educated in New York City, graduating from law school in 1919. He went on to have a career in law and was a successful writer of poetry.

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Author

Lived:
1897 - 1962

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Jan Ormerod

Jan Ormerod born Janet Louise Hendry (23 September 1946 - 23 January 2013) was an Australian illustrator of children’s books. She first came to prominence from her wordless picture book Sunshine which won the 1982 Mother Goose Award. Her work w... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1946 - 2013

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Robert E. Ornstein

Robert Evan Ornstein is an American psychologist, researcher and author.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1942 - 0 B.C.

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Helen Fuller Orton

Helen Fuller Orton was an American author. Her goal was to include history in the lives of ordinary people. 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

Type:
Author

Lived:
1872 - 1955

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Edith Osswald

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Type:
Author

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

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James Otis (James Otis Kaler)

Beginning as a journalist in the Civil War, his first children’s book, Toby Tyler was so successful that he took to that line full time.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1848 - 1912

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Margaret Glover Otto (Margaret G. Otto)

Having worked in a bookstore and for a New York publisher, Margaret Otto opened a literary agency. 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

Type:
Author

Lived:
1909 - 1976

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Ouida

Ouida is the pseudonym of Maria Louise Ramé.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1839 - 1908

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Odille Ousley

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Type:
Author
Editor

Lived:
1896 - 1979

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Alicia O’Reardon Overbeck

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Type:
Author

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

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Russell Owen

Russell Owen was an American journalist employed by The New York Times. He covered Arctic and Antarctic exploration, both as a reporter and in books.

Type:
Author

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

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Marilyn Owen

Marilyn Owen is a retired school teacher and children’s book author. 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

Type:
Author

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

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Gail Owens

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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Marjorie Owens

Marjorie Owens is a British illustrator best known for illustrating the popular Rupert series. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth or photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please contact us.... View More

Type:
Illustrator

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

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Helen Oxenbury

Helen Gillian Oxenbury is an English illustrator and writer of children’s picture books. She won the Greenaway Medal twice, and was the Highly Commended runner-up four times. Her Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1999) was named one of th... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1938 - 0 B.C.

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Marten Gabriel Leijonskold Oxenstierna

Having spent his family fortune in defense of its honor, he gave up his life as a dandy and became a government employee in the coast guard, an author and artist.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1834 - 1905

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Andrew Packard

Andrew Packard is a teuthologist, who specializes in the ceaphalopod molluscs -- octopuses, squids and cuttlefishes.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1929 - 0 B.C.

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J. Otho Paget (John Otho Paget)

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Type:
Author

Lived:
1860 - 0 B.C.

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Sidney Paget

Sidney Edward Paget (4 October 1860 – 28 January 1908) was a British illustrator of the Victorian era, best known for his illustrations that accompanied Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand magazine.... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1860 - 1908

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Albert Bigelow Paine

Albert Bigelow Paine (10 July 1861 – 9 April 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. Paine was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Committee and wrote in several genres, including fiction, humour, and ver... View More

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Author

Lived:
1861 - 1937

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