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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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Enid Margaret Denton

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Tomie dePaola

Tomie dePaola was born on September 15, 1934 in Meriden, Connecticut. He grew up there with his father and mother, Joseph and Florence (Downey) dePaola, and his brother and sisters, Joseph, Judie and Maureen. Tomie developed a love for books at an ea... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1934 - 2020

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Irma Dérèmeaux

Irma Dérèmeaux was an American illustrator. We have not yet found a reliable biography or 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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Illustrator

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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August Derleth

August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos genre of hor... View More

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Author

Lived:
1909 - 1971

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Derry Down Derry

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Ted Dewan

Ted Dewan is an American-born British writer and illustrator of children's books who resides in England. In 2002, he was a runner-up for the prestigious Greenaway Medal.... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1961 - 0 B.C.

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George A. B. Dewar

George Albemarle Bertie Dewar. We have not yet found a reliable biography or 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:
1862 - 1934

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Anna Dewdney

Anna Elizabeth Luhrmann Dewdney was an American author and illustrator of children’s books. She is best know for her Llama, Llama series.

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1965 - 2016

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Jennifer Dewey

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Illustrator

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

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David Díaz

David Díaz is an American illustrator of children’s books. He won the Caldecott Medal in 1995 for his illustrating of Smoky Night by Eve Bunting.... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1960 - 0 B.C.

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Gil DiCicco

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Illustrator

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Doris Dickens

Doris Dickens was a great granddaughter of Charles Dickens. We have not yet found a reliable biography or 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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Editor

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoy... View More

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Author

Lived:
1812 - 1870

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Enid Dickens (Enid Dickens Hawksley)

Monica Enid Dickens, MBE was an English writer and the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens. She wrote 13 children’s books.

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1915 - 1992

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William Croft Dickinson

Born in Leicester and raised in Yorkshire, William Croft Dickinson was an English historian and author of children’s books and ghost stories.

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1897 - 1963

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Peter Dickinson

Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL was an English author and poet, best known for children’s books and detective stories. He is one of only seven writers in history to have won the Carnegie Medal twice.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1927 - 2015

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Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Am... View More

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Author

Lived:
1830 - 1886

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Alice Dickinson

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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T. Diedricksen

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Illustrator

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Helen Dike

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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