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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.

Evelyn Ames (Evelyn Perkins)

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Evelyn Ames was poet, novelist and nature enthusiast.

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Author

Lived:
1909 - 1990

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Sir Kingsley Amis

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Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, various short stories, radio and television scripts, along with works of social and literary criticism. According to his biographer, Zachary Leader, Amis was “the finest English comic novelist of the second half of the twentieth century.” He was the father of British novelist Martin Amis.

In 2008, The Times ranked Kingsley Amis ninth on their list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.

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Author

Lived:
1922 - 1995

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Vera A. Amrein

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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André Amstutz

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André Amstutz was educated at the Brighton School of Art and began his career in animation. He has illustrated many children’s books.

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1925 - 0 B.C.

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And others

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Some books involved so many people that we can’t list them all. So we say “And others …”

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Illustrator
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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Hans Christian Andersen

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Hans Christian Andersen, often referred to in Scandinavia as H. C. Andersen, was a Danish author and poet.

Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales.

Andersen’s popularity is not limited to children; his stories—called eventyr, or “fairy-tales”—express themes that transcend age and nationality.

Andersen’s fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West’s collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.

They have inspired motion pictures, plays, ballets, and animated films.

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Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1914)

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Author

Lived:
1805 - 1875

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Joy Anderson

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Marilyn D. Anderson

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Marilyn D. Anderson taught instrumental and vocal music for 17 years. Then she published 18 children's books. She also wrote plays for children as well as magazine articles about writing for children.

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Author

Lived:
1943 - 0 B.C.

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Doug Anderson

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Illustrator

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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William T. Anderson

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William Anderson is an American author, historian and lecturer. He is a specialist in the subject of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her times.

His interest in the American frontier began after reading “Little House on the Prairie.” He is a director of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum in Mansfield, Missouri, and he lives and works as a teacher in Michigan.

Here is his website: http://williamandersonbooks.com

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Author
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1952 - 0 B.C.

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Robert Gordon Anderson

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Author

Lived:
1881 - 1950

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Alexander Anderson

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Dr. Alexander Anderson was an American physician and a wood engraver working in New York in the early nineteenth century. He was termed "America's First Illustrator."

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Lived:
1775 - 1870

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Dan Andreasen

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Dan Andreasen is a New York Times bestselling illustrator who has created artwork for more than fifty picture books.

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Illustrator

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

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J. Mace Andress

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James Mace Andress

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Author

Lived:
1881 - 1942

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F. Emerson Andrews

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F. Emrson Andrews was an author, publisher and staff member of several charitable foundations.

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Author

Lived:
1902 - 1978

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Roy Chapman Andrews

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Roy Chapman Andrews was an American explorer, adventurer, and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He led a series of expeditions through China into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia.

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Author

Lived:
1884 - 1960

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Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

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Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews was an American writer. She is best known for a widely-read short story about US President Abraham Lincoln.

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Author

Lived:
1860 - 1936

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Siri Andrews

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Siri Alma Andrews

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Translator

Lived:
1894 - 1973

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Raymond Andrieux

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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Marie Angel

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Marie Angel was an English author and illustrator. She established herself as one of the best animal artists of her day.

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Illustrator

Lived:
1924 - 2010

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