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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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David A. Adler

David Abraham Adler is an American writer of nearly 200 books for children and young adults, most notably the Cam Jansen mystery series, the “Picture Book of ...” series, and several acclaimed works about the Holocaust for young readers.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1947 - 0 B.C.

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Arnold Adoff

Arnold Adoff is an American children's writer and anthologist. He has published more than 30 books.

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Author

Lived:
1935 - 0 B.C.

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Mary Adshead

Mary Adshead was an English painter, muralist, illustrator and designer. Working with her husband, she illustrated two children’s books.

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1904 - 1995

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Aesop

Aesop was an Ancient Greek fabulist and story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop’s Fables.

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Author

Lived:
620 B.C. - 564 B.C.

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Miriam Agatha (Agatha le Breton)

Miriam Agatha was a pseudonym used by the Australian Catholic author Agatha Magdalen le Breton. She taught in various Catholic schools in Sydney and in Queensland, and used most of her spare time writing short stories and, later, a children's novel.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1886 - 1970

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William C. Agee

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Author

Lived:
1936 - 0 B.C.

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Georgette Agnew

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Author

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

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Jessica Ahlberg

Jessica Ahlberg is an author and children's book illustrator. She is the daughter of author Allan Ahlberg and illustrator Janet Ahlberg.... View More

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Illustrator

Lived:
1978 - 0 B.C.

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Allan Ahlberg

Allan Ahlberg was born in England in 1938. He was adopted into a family in Oldbury in the West Midlands. As a child he loved to read. He finished school at age seventeen. After a series of jobs, culminating in grave-digging, he became an elementary s... View More

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Author

Lived:
1938 - 0 B.C.

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Janet Ahlberg

Janet Hall Ahlberg was born in 1944. Her parents were both artists. She met Allan Ahlberg at a teachers training college and they were married in 1969. Janet illustrated over fifty books. For Each Peach Pear Plum, she was awarded the 1978 Kate Greena... View More

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1944 - 1994

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Joan Aiken

Joan Delano Aiken MBE was an English novelist. She was born in Rye, East Sussex, into a family of writers, including her father, American poet Conrad Aiken, her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge and her brother John Aiken.

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Author

Lived:
1924 - 2004

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Conrad Potter Aiken

Conrad Potter Aiken was an American writer, whose work includes poetry, short stories, novels, a play, and an autobiography.

Type:
Author

Lived:
1889 - 1973

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Anne Ainscough

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Type:
Illustrator

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

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Gabriel Alborozo

Alborozo is an illustrator who lives in London. He also worked as a background artist and propmaker. His website.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1972 - 0 B.C.

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John Alcorn

John Alcorn was an American commercial artist and designer, and an illustrator of children’s books. He created numerous book jackets and paperback covers, and his work appeared in many major exhibits.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1935 - 1992

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Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo’s Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among m... View More

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Author

Lived:
1832 - 1888

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May Alcott (Abigail May Alcott Nieriker)

Abigail May Alcott Nieriker was an American artist and the youngest sister of Louisa May Alcott.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1840 - 1879

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Brian Alderson

Brian Alderson is a British author, editor, translator, critic and historian of children’s 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

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1930 - 0 B.C.

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Cecil Aldin

Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1870 - 1935

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Francis Aldor

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Author
Editor
Compiler

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

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