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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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Richard Findlater (Kenneth Bruce Findlater Bain)

Kenneth Bruce Findlater Bain was British theatre critic and biographer. He wrote under the pen-name Richard Findlater. Himself the author of a biography of Joseph Grimaldi, Richard Findlater edited the original autobiographical work that was rewritte... View More

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Lived:
1921 - 1985

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Aaron Fine

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Illustrator

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

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Charles Finger (Charles J. Finger)

Charles Joseph Finger (December 25, 1869 – January 7, 1941) was a British author. He was born in Willesden, England and attended King’s College London. He traveled extensively as a young man, visiting North America, South America, and Afr... View More

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Lived:
1869 - 1941

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Nancy Finlay

Nancy Finlay earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University. She is the Curator of Graphics at the Connecticut Historical Society. She has written widely on the graphic arts. We have not yet found a reliable biography or year of birth of this person. Do yo... View More

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Francis J. Finn, S.J.

Father Francis J. Finn, (1859-1928) was a American Jesuit priest who wrote a series of 27 popular novels for young people. The books contain fun stories, likeable characters and themes that remain current in today’s world. Each story conveys an... View More

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Author

Lived:
1859 - 1928

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Anne Harriet Fish

Annie Harriet Fish was a British cartoonist and illustrator. Her debut work was creating cartoons for Stephen Leacock’s humorous book Behind the Beyond.... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1890 - 1964

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Helen Dean Fish

Helen Dean Fish was born in Long Island in New York. She attended Wesley College, then taught at a private school for girls in North Carolina. She was hired by Fredrick A. Stoke’s publishing company in 1917, where she would work at for the rest... View More

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Author
Compiler

Lived:
1889 - 1953

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Margaret Fishback

Margaret Fishback, later Margaret Fishback Antolini (March 10, 1900 – September 25, 1985), was a relatively well-published American poet and prose author from the late 1920s until the 1960s. Born in Washington, DC, she earned a degree from Gouc... View More

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Author

Lived:
1900 - 1985

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Aileen Fisher

Aileen Lucia Fisher was an American writer of more than a hundred children’s books, including poetry, picture books in verse, prose about nature and America, biographies, Bible themed books, plays, and articles for magazines and journals.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1906 - 2002

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Margery Fisher

Margery Lilian Edith Fisher (née Turner) was a British literary critic and academic. She was internationally renowned for her influence in promoting the importance of good literature for children. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of... View More

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Author
Editor

Lived:
1913 - 1992

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Henry Fisher (Thomas Henry Fisher)

Thomas Henry (born Thomas Henry Fisher) was an English illustrator, best remembered for his illustrations of the William books.

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Illustrator

Lived:
1879 - 1962

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Leonard Everett Fisher

Leonard Everett Fisher was an American artist best known for illustrating children's books. From 1955 he illustrated about 250 books for younger readers including about 88 that he also wrote.

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Illustrator

Lived:
1924 - 2024

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Paul R. Fisher

Born in Utah and raised in Wyoming and Northern Utah, Paul R. Fisher has been a lifelong writer, most recently of fantasy. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please ... View More

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Author

Lived:
1960 - 0 B.C.

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Laura Matilda Fitinghoff

Laura Matilda Bernhardina Fitinghoff was a Swedish writer. She wrote novels, short stories and children’s books. She sometimes wrote under the pseudonym of Eli Heiki.

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Author

Lived:
1848 - 1908

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Christina Fitzgerald

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

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, known professionally as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist and short story writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age.

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Author

Lived:
1896 - 1940

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S. J. Adair Fitzgerald

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

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John D. Fitzgerald

John Dennis Fitzgerald (February 3, 1906 – May 21, 1988) was an American author. He was born in Price, Utah, the son of an Irish Catholic father and a Scandinavian Mormon mother. He left Utah in 1925, at the age of 18, and held a variety of job... View More

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Author

Lived:
1906 - 1988

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Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Percy Keese Fitzhugh was an American author of nearly 100 books for children and young adults. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He married Harriet (Hatti) Lloyd LePorte on July 13, 1900 in Kingston, Massachu... View More

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Author

Lived:
1876 - 1950

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Marjorie Flack

Marjorie Flack (October 22, 1897 - August 29, 1958) was an award-winning artist and writer of children’s picture books. Flack was born in Greenport, Long Island, New York in 1897. She was best known for The Story about Ping (1933), popularized ... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1897 - 1958

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