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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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Cynthia Asquith (Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith)

Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris) was an English writer and socialite, now known for her ghost stories and diaries.

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1887 - 1960

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Dianna Hutts Aston

Dianna Hutts Aston is an American author specializing in books on science and nature, especially for children. Her website.

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Author

Lived:
1964 - 0 B.C.

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Frances Elizabeth Atchinson (Frances Atchinson Bacon)

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1903 - 1982

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J. C. Atkinson (John Christopher Atkinson)

John Christopher Atkinson was an English author, antiquary, and priest. 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

Lived:
1814 - 1900

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Mabel Lucie Attwell

Mabel Lucie Attwell was a British illustrator. She was one of the first to make extensive use of merchandising, including pottery.

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Author
Illustrator
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1879 - 1964

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Richard Atwater

Richard Atwater was a professor of classics at the University of Chicago who, along with his wife Florence wrote “Mr. Popper’s Penguins.” It went on to win both a Newbery Honor award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.... View More

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Author

Lived:
1892 - 1948

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Florence Atwater

Florence Hasseltine Carroll Atwater earned a masters degree in French literature. She married Richard Tupper Atwater and had two children. After her husband was disabled by a stroke, she revised his children’s book, “Mr. Popper’s Pe... View More

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Author

Lived:
1896 - 1979

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John James Audubon

John James Audubon (born Jean Rabin) was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He identified 25 new bird species.

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1785 - 1851

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Norman Ault (Thomas Norman Ault)

Norman Ault was a British illustrator and anthologist.

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Illustrator

Lived:
1880 - 1950

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John Austen (John Archibald Austen)

John Archibald Austen was an English illustrator.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1886 - 1948

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism, biting irony and social commentary have gained her histori... View More

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Author

Lived:
1775 - 1817

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Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh was the grandson of Jane Austen's nephew James-Edward Austen-Leigh. He was the author of A Memoir of Jane Austen (1871).... View More

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1872 - 1961

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James Edward Austen-Leigh (J. E. Austen-Leigh)

Nephew of Jane Austen who wrote a memoir of her life based on recollections of her surviving relatives.

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1798 - 1874

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William Austen-Leigh

William Austen-Leigh was the youngest son of Jane Austen's nephew James-Edward Austen-Leigh, author of A Memoir of Jane Austen. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, pl... View More

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1843 - 1921

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Robert Austin

Robert Austin was an English engraver and illustrator. 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:
1895 - 1973

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Mary Austin (Mary Hunter Austin)

Mary Hunter Austin was one of the early nature writers of the American Southwest. Her most famous work is The Land of Little Rain (1903).... View More

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Author

Lived:
1868 - 1934

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Authorized Version

The Authorized Version (AV), also known as the King James Version (KJV) and as the King James Bible (KJB), is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611. The books of the King James Ver... View More

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Author

Lived:
1611 - 0 B.C.

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Esther Averill

Esther Holden Averill (July 24, 1902 – May 19, 1992) was an American author and illustrator best known for The Cat Club Series, a collection of 13 stories featuring Jenny Linsky, a small black cat who wore a red scarf in all of her adventures.... View More

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Author
Illustrator
Editor
Translator

Lived:
1902 - 1992

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Gillian Avery

Gillian (Elise) Avery (born 30 September 1926) is a British children’s novelist and historian of childhood education and children’s literature. She and A Likely Lad won the annual Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize in 1972, a once-in... View More

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Author
Editor

Lived:
1926 - 2016

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Harold Avery

Harold Avery was an English author of children’s literature. He wrote over 50 books, mainly school stories. 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 u... View More

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Author

Lived:
1867 - 1943

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