Authors & Illustrators

Alice Cooper Bailey

Alice Cooper Bailey was an American writer of children's books and articles for periodicals. She is best known for the books Katrina and Jan and Kimo.

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Author

Lived:
1890 - 1978

Bernadine Bailey

Bernadine Freeman Bailey was a prolific writer of mostly non-fiction for children. For a time she served as directing staff editor for Childcraft.

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Author

Lived:
1901 - 1995

Philip H. Bailey

Philip H. Bailey was an American professor of literature and folklore at Brown University and at the Rhode Island School of Design.

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Author

Lived:
0 B.C. - 2012

Beryl Bailey-Jones

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Illustrator

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

Alexander Baillie-Cochrane

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Author
Editor

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

Olaf Baker

Olaf Baker was born in Britain in the 1870s. He came to America around 1902. Later he returned to England. He remained a bachelor.

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0 B.C. - 1964

Margaret J. Baker

Margaret J. Baker was born on May 21, 1918 in Reading, Berkshire, England. She attended King’s College at the University of London from 1936 to 1937.

She began writing children’s books in 1948 and published her first book, Nonsense Said the Tortoise, in 1949. This book was also the first in a series of books about a talking, intellectual tortoise named Homer.

Many of Ms. Baker’s books are family adventure stories, sometimes humorous, for middle readers. She has also several books which she describes as magic books for younger children.

Two of her books were adapted and serialized for television programs.

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Author

Lived:
1918 - 0 B.C.

Franklin T. Baker

Franklin Thomas Baker

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Author

Lived:
1864 - 1949

Nina B. Baker

A native of Kansas, Nina Brown Baker taught school in Colorado and later lived in Brooklyn Heights. She wrote many books mainly for children.

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Author

Lived:
1888 - 1957

Earl L. Baker

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Author
Editor

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

Harald Bakken

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0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

A. L. Baldry

Alfred Lys Baldry was an English art critic and painter.

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Author

Lived:
1858 - 1939

James Baldwin

James Baldwin (1841-1925) was an American editor and author. Largely self-educated, he began teaching at the age of 24. In addition to editing school books, he started writing books of his own. After the publication in 1882 of The Story of Siegfried, he went on to write more than 50 others. At one time it was estimated that of all the school books in use in the United States, over half had been written or edited by him. He is best remembered for the books of introductory historical sketches he wrote for younger students and his retellings of the legends of heroes for older students. Other works include: The Story of Roland (1883), A Story of the Golden Age (1887), Old Greek Stories (1895), Fifty Famous Stories Retold (1896), Four Great Americans (1897), Hero Tales (1904), Fifty Famous People (1912) and In My Youth (1914).

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Author
Editor

Lived:
1841 - 1925

Tatiana Balkoff-Drowne

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Translator

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

Robert Ball

Robert Edward Ball, Jr. was an American painter and illustrator.

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Illustrator

Lived:
1890 - 1975

Robert Ball, RBSA

Artist Robert Ball was born in Birmingham in England. He taught at the Birmingham School of Art, until he became principal at the Stroud Art College. He is considered the greatest printmaker of his generation.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1918 - 2008

Bill Ballantine

Bill Ballantine was a writer and illustrator of circus subjects, as well as a professional clown and Dean of the Clown College.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1910 - 1999

R. M. Ballantyne (Robert Michael Ballantyne)

Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish writer of juvenile fiction and wrote over 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy. He belonged to a famous family of printers and publishers.

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Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1825 - 1894

Joan Ballantyne

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Author

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

Jordi Ballonga

Jordi Ballonga is a Spanish artist and children's book illustrator.

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Author

Lived:
1957 - 0 B.C.