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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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Benjamin Henry Day

Benjamin Henry Day, Jr. was an illustrator and printer, best known for his invention of Ben-Day dots. 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:
Illustrator

Lived:
1838 - 1916

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Thomas Day

An English eccentric, bordering on a fool. He raised a young woman to be his ideal wife and was not happy in the marriage.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1748 - 1789

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Marguerite de Angeli

Marguerite de Angeli (March 14, 1889 – June 16, 1987) was an American writer and illustrator of children’s books including the 1950 Newbery Award winning book The Door in the Wall. She wrote and illustrated twenty-eight of her own books, ... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1889 - 1987

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Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (26 April 1711 – 8 September 1780) was a French novelist who wrote the story titled Beauty and the Beast. She had a relationship with the spy for the British Thomas Pichon (1757–1760).

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Author

Lived:
1711 - 1780

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Laurent de Brunhoff

Laurent de Brunhoff is an author and illustrator, known primarily for continuing the Babar the Elephant series of children’s books, created by his father, Jean de Brunhoff.... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1925 - 0 B.C.

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Jean de Brunhoff

Jean de Brunhoff was a French writer and illustrator, known for creating the Babar books, the first of which appeared in 1931.

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1899 - 1937

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Meindert De Jong

Meindert De Jong (March 4, 1906 – July 16, 1991), sometimes spelled de Jong, or DeJong or Dejong was a Dutch-born American writer of children’s books. He won the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1962 for his contributions as... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1906 - 1991

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Charles Paul de Kock

Charles Paul de Kock was a French banker who became the chronicler of lower and middle class Paris during the restoration in over one hundred novels. His works have been descrived as ‘rather vulgar but not immoral.'

Type:
Author

Lived:
1793 - 1871

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Walter de la Mare

Walter John de la Mare, OM, CH (April 25, 1873 – June 22, 1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children and for his poem The Listeners. He also wrote some subtle psychologi... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1873 - 1956

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Victoria de Larrea

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Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1933 - 0 B.C.

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Hendrik De Leeuw

Hendrik de Leeuw was from Amsterdam. He became a U.S. citizen. He was the author of many travel books. 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:
1891 - 1977

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Claudia de Lys

Claudia de Lys (dates unknown) is an American anthropologist and author of numerous books on customs, folklore, and superstition. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth or photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share... View More

Type:
Author

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

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Julian de Miskey

Julian de Miskey was an artist who was born in Hungary. He emigrated to the United States in 1914. He illustrated and designed covers for a number of books, including The Trouble with Jenny’s Ear (1960).... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1898 - 1976

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Maurice Boutet de Monvel

French artist and illustrator of popular children’s books. His son Bernard was also an accomplished artist.

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Author
Illustrator

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

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William De Morgan

William Frend De Morgan was an English potter, tile designer and novelist.

Type:
Illustrator

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

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Alphonse de Neuville (Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville)

Alphonse de Neuville was a French Academic painter who studied under Eugène Delacroix. His dramatic and intensely patriotic subjects illustrated episodes from the Franco-Prussian War, the Crimean War, the Zulu War and portraits of soldiers. He... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1835 - 1885

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Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (August 16, 1914—March 1, 2000) was an American writer of children’s picture books. She wrote over fifty books, ten of which were published under the pseudonym of Tamara Kitt, including The Adventures of Silly ... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1914 - 2000

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry (June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944) was a French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of Franc... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1900 - 1944

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T. De Thulstrup

Thure de Thulstrup, born Bror Thure Thulstrup in Sweden, was a leading American illustrator with contributions for numerous magazines, including three decades of work for Harper’s Weekly.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1848 - 1930

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Chretien de Troyes

Chretien de Troyes was a French poet who is credited with first writing down the Tale of Sir Lancelot.

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Author
Compiler

Lived:
1130 - 1191

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