MY ACCOUNT | MY BOOKS
Treasury of Great Children's Books Logo

Browse

Authors & Illustrators

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.

Sort by in order.
advanced search

Edward German (German Edward Jones)

Edward German was a British composer of classical music. He succeeded Sir Arthur Sullivan as the pre-eminent composer of British light opera.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1862 - 1936

Details »

Roy Gerrard

Roy Gerrard was an author and illustrator who charmed children with his bouncy rhymes and thumb-shaped characters acting out their adventures -- and misadventures -- in sumptuous period settings. He was born in Atherton, Lancashire, and left school a... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1935 - 1997

Details »

Jean Gerrard

Roy Gerrard was an author and illustrator who charmed children with his bouncy rhymes and thumb-shaped characters acting out their adventures -- and misadventures -- in sumptuous period settings. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this pe... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1935 - 1997

Details »

Ruth Gervis

Ruth Gervis was the eldest sister of author Noel Streatfeild. Together they produced a novel called “Ballet Shoes” which came out in 1936. She also known for her other book illustrations such as The Buttercup Farm Family, The Pole Star Fa... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1894 - 1988

Details »

Enzo Giannini

Enzo Giannini is a published illustrator. A published credit of Enzo Giannini is Watch Me Read: A Great Place for Llama (Invitations to Literacy). We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share... View More

Type:
Illustrator

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

Details »

George Gibbs

George Fort Gibbs was the son of a naval surgeon. He dropped out of Annapolis to study art and was soon a successful commercial artist and author.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1870 - 1942

Details »

C. Armstrong Gibbs

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs was a prolific and versatile English composer, best known for his output of songs.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1889 - 1960

Details »

Charles Dana Gibson

Charles Dana Gibson was an American graphic artist, best known for his creation of the Gibson Girl. He published his illustrations in magazines and in books.

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1867 - 1944

Details »

Katherine Gibson

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.

Type:
Author

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

Details »

Josephine Gibson

Sesyle Joslin Hine has been an editor, book columnist, motion picture production assistant and author. She wrote under the names Josephine Gibson and G. B. Kirtland with her husband Al Hine. She received a Caldecott Honor in 1959.... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1929 - 0 B.C.

Details »

Henry Gilbert

Henry Gilbert was a popular children’s author, and the paternal grandfather of Molly Holden. His books continue to be reprinted as late as 2009, nearly 100 years after their original publication. His books are noted for both their historical ac... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1868 - 1937

Details »

W. S. Gilbert (Sir William Schwenck Gilbert)

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as the Savoy operas) produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1836 - 1911

Details »

C. Allan Gilbert

Charles Allan Gilbert, better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was a prominent American illustrator. He illustrated Booth Tarkington’s Gentle Julia (1922).... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1873 - 1929

Details »

Paul T. Gilbert (Paul Thomas Gilbert)

Paul Thomas Gilbert was a pioneering American newspaper columnist, starting out at the Chicago Tribune.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1876 - 1953

Details »

Pamela Gilbert

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.

Type:
Author

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

Details »

Yvonne Gilbert

Anne Yvonne Gilbert was born in 1950 or 1951. She is a British artist and book illustrator. Her art has been called "fantastically elaborate".

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1950 - 0 B.C.

Details »

Frank B. Gilbreth

Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. (March 17, 1911 – February 18, 2001) was co-author, with his sister Ernestine, of Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on Their Toes. Under his own name, he wrote Time Out for Happiness and Ancestors of the Dozen.... View More

Type:
Author

Lived:
1911 - 2001

Details »

Marie Gilchrist (Marie Emilie Gilchrist)

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.

Type:
Author

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

Details »

Giles

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.

Type:
Illustrator

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

Details »

Margery Jean Gill

Margery Jean Gill was a Scottish-born British illustrator of children’s books.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1925 - 2008

Details »

Sign up for our free book-of-the-week email!

Looking for updates from the Treasury of Great Children's books? Look no further, our Book-of-the-Week email is free and will keep you informed of the latest happenings!

Please fill out the form to subscribe:

* indicates required