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children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...
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Verna Aardema Verna Norberg Aardema Vugteveen (June 6, 1911 – May 11, 2000), best known by the name Verna Aardema, was an American writer of children's books. Verna Norberg was born in New Era, Michigan. She graduated from Michigan State University with ...
(1911–2001) – '' Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears'' * Rafael Ábalos (born 1956) – ''Grimpow'' *
Jacob Abbott Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. Early life On November 14, 1803, Abbott was born in Hallowell, Maine to Jacob Abbott II and Betsey Chandler. He attended the Hallowell Academy. ...
(1803–1879) – ''Rollo'' series, ''Cousin Lucy's Conversations'', ''Bruno'' *
Tony Abbott Anthony John Abbott (; born 4 November 1957) is a former Australian politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Abbott was born in Londo ...
(born 1952) – '' The Secrets of Droon'', '' Danger Guys'' * Deborah Abela (born 1966) – ''Max Remy Superspy'', ''Grimsdon'' * Joan Abelove (born 1945) – ''Go and Come Back'' * Chris van Abkoude (1880–1960) – ''
Pietje Bell ''Pietje Bell'' (orig. Dutch: ''Pietje Bell boeken'') is a series of children's books written by the Dutch writer Chris van Abkoude. The story has been adapted to film twice. Once, in 1964, as '' De Avonturen van Pietje Bell'', by Henk van der ...
'' series, ''Little Crumb'' * Socorro Acioli (born 1975) – ''The Ghost Dancer'' * Richard Adams (1920–2016) – ''
Watership Down ''Watership Down'' is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in Berkshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natura ...
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Jean Adamson Jean Adamson, (born 29 February 1928) is a British writer and illustrator of children's books. She is best known for the '' Topsy and Tim'' books, the first of which was published in 1960 and which were relaunched in 2003. Life and career Ad ...
(born 1928) – '' Topsy and Tim'' * C. S. Adler (born 1932) – ''Magic of the Glits'', ''Ghost Brother'' * David A. Adler (born 1947) – ''Cam Jansen'' series, ''The Babe and I'' *
Aesop Aesop ( or ; , ; c. 620–564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as ''Aesop's Fables''. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales c ...
(6th century BCE) – ''
Fables Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrates or leads to a particular moral ...
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Joan Aiken Joan Delano Aiken (4 September 1924 – 4 January 2004) was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. In 1999 she was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature. For ''The ...
(1924–2004) – '' The Wolves of Willoughby Chase'', ''Arabel and Mortimer'' series, ''A Necklace of Raindrops'' *
Ahmad Akbarpour Ahmad Akbarpour ( fa, احمد اکبرپور) ''Ahmad Akbarpūr'' , born July 31, 1970, in Chah Varz, Lamerd, Fars Province, is a novelist and author of short stories and children's books. Biography Ahmad Akbarpour was born on 31 July 1970 in ...
(born 1970) – ''If I Were a Pilot'' * Vivien Alcock (1924–2003) – ''
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer ''The Haunting of Cassie Palmer'' is a British television drama for children produced in 1981 by TVS (Television South) for the ITV network and first broadcast on 26 February 1982. The series was based on a novel by Vivien Alcock. In the Unit ...
'' * Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) – '' Little Women'', ''
The Brownie and the Princess ''The Brownie and the Princess: And Other Stories'' () is a book of ten children's stories by the American author, Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). The stories were published in various children's magazines during her lifetime. They were also pr ...
'' * Kwame Alexander (born 1958) – ''
The Crossover ''The Crossover'' is a 2014 children's book by American author Kwame Alexander and the winner of the 2015 Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award Honor. The book, which is told entirely through verse, was first published in the United States ...
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Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was an American author of more than 40 books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. Over his seven-decade career, Alexander wrote 48 books, and his work has been tran ...
(1924–2007) – ''
The Chronicles of Prydain ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' is a pentalogy of children's high fantasy Bildungsroman novels written by American author Lloyd Alexander and published by Henry Holt and Company. The series includes: ''The Book of Three'' (1964), ''The Black Cauld ...
'' series, '' Westmark'' trilogy * Sue Alexander (1933–2008) – ''Nadia the Willful'' *
Horatio Alger, Jr. Horatio Alger Jr. (; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through good works. His wri ...
(1832–1899) – ''
Ragged Dick ''Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks'' is a ''Bildungsroman'' by Horatio Alger Jr., which was serialized in '' The Student and Schoolmate'' in 1867 and expanded for publication as a full-length novel in May 1868 by the ...
'' * Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998) – ''Over the Sea to School'', ''Ballet for Drina'', ''The Ballet Family'' * David Almond (born 1951) – '' Skellig'', '' Heaven Eyes'', '' Kit's Wilderness'' * Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919) – ''The Young Trailers'' series, ''The Civil War'' series *
Julia Alvarez Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels ''How the García Girls Lost Their Accents'' (1991), '' In the Time of the Butterflies'' (1994), and ''Yo!'' ...
(born 1950) – ''Tia Lola'' series * Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) – "
The Snow Queen "The Snow Queen" ( da, Snedronningen) is an original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published 21 December 1844 in '' New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection'' (''Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samli ...
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The Little Mermaid "The Little Mermaid" ( da, Den lille havfrue) is a literary fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a ...
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The Ugly Duckling "The Ugly Duckling" ( da, Den grimme ælling) is a Danish literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). It was first published on 11 November 1843 in '' New Fairy Tales. First Volume. First Collection'' ...
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The Emperor's New Clothes "The Emperor's New Clothes" ( da, Kejserens nye klæder ) is a literary Folklore, folktale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, about a vain emperor who gets exposed before his subjects. The tale has been translated into over 100 l ...
", " The Princess and the Pea", " Thumbelina" * Lena Anderson (born 1939) – ''Tea for Ten'', ''Tick-Tock'' * Verily Anderson (1915–2010) – Brownie series * Sam Angus (born 1967) – ''Soldier Dog'', ''The House on Hummingbird Island'' * Charlotte Anley (1796–1893) – ''Influence: A Moral Tale for Young People'' (1822) * K. A. Applegate (born 1956) – ''
Animorphs ''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of children's books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all ...
'', '' Remnants'', '' Everworld'' series, '' The One and Only Ivan'' *
Victor Appleton Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and its successors, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books. The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton and Victor Apple ...
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from 1910) – ''
Tom Swift Tom Swift is the main character of six series of American juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention, and technology. First published in 1910, the series totals more than 100 volumes. The character was ...
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Philip Ardagh Philip Ardagh is an English children's author, primarily known for the Eddie Dickens series of books. He has written more than 100 books including adult fiction and children's non-fiction. During 2004 and 2005 Ardagh collaborated with Sir Pa ...
(born 1961) – Eddie Dickens series, '' Unlikely Exploits'' series * Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979) – ''Tim All Alone'', ''Tim and the Brave Sea Captain'' (self-illustrated) * Laura Adams Armer (1874–1963) – '' Waterless Mountain'' * William H. Armstrong (1914–1999) – '' Sounder'' * Elizabeth Arnold (born 1944) – ''The Parsley Parcel'' * Tedd Arnold (born 1949) – '' No Jumping on the Bed!'', '' Parts'' * Ruth M. Arthur (1905–1979) – '' A Candle in Her Room'', '' Portrait of Margarita'', '' Requiem for a Princess'' * Frank Asch (born 1946) – '' I Can Blink'' * Bernard Ashley (born 1935) – ''The Trouble with Donovan Croft'', ''Dodgem'', ''Little Soldier'' * Ros Asquith (living) – ''Teenage Worrier'' series * M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974) – ''August Adventure'', ''Smugglers' Gap'', ''Mystery Manor'' * Margaret Atwood (born 1939) – ''Up in the Tree'', ''Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut'', ''Wandering Wenda and Widow Wallop's Wunderground Washery '' *
Cécile Aubry Cécile Aubry (3 August 1928 – 19 July 2010) was a French film actress, author, television screenwriter and director. Life and career Born Anne-José Madeleine Henriette Bénard, Aubry began her career as a dancer. At age 20, she was signe ...
(1928–2010) – '' Belle et Sébastien'' * Martin Auer (born 1951) – '' Now, Now, Markus'', ''
The Blue Boy ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
'' * Steve Augarde (born 1950) – ''The Various'', '' Celandine'' * Jonathan Auxier (born 1981) – ''The Night Gardener'', ''Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster'' *
Esther Averill Esther Averill (July 24, 1902 – May 19, 1992) was an American writer and illustrator best known for the Cat Club picture books, a collection of 13 stories featuring Jenny Linsky, a small black cat who always wears a red scarf. She was also an e ...
(1902–1992) – ''The Cat Club'', ''The Fire Cat'' *
Gillian Avery Gillian Elise Avery (30 September 1926 – 31 January 2016) was a British children's novelist, and a historian of childhood education and children's literature. She won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1972, for ''A Likely Lad.'' It ...
(1926–2016) – ''The Warden's Niece'', ''The Elephant War'', ''A Likely Lad'' * Harold Avery (1869–1943) – ''The Triple Alliance'', ''Play the Game'' * Avi (born 1937) – '' Crispin: The Cross of Lead'', ''
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle ''The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle'' is a historical novel by the American author Avi published in 1990. The book is marketed towards children at a reading level of grades 5–8. The book chronicles the evolution of the title character a ...
'' * Christopher Awdry (born 1940) – ''
The Railway Series ''The Railway Series'' is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry. Tw ...
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Thomas the Tank Engine Thomas the Tank Engine is an anthropomorphised fictional tank locomotive in the British ''Railway Series'' books by Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher, published from 1945. He became the most popular and famous character in the series, ...
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Wilbert Awdry Wilbert Vere Awdry (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997) was an English Anglican minister, railway enthusiast, and children's author. He was best known for creating Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas and several other characters he created appeared i ...
(1911–1997) – ''
The Railway Series ''The Railway Series'' is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry. Tw ...
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* Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016) – ''
Tuck Everlasting ''Tuck Everlasting'' is an American children's novel about immortality written by Natalie Babbitt and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1975. It has sold over 5 million copies and has been called a classic of modern children's literature ...
'', '' Knee-Knock Rise'', '' The Search for Delicious'' * Maria Baciu (born 1942) – ''Ghetuţele copilăriei'' *
Enid Bagnold Enid Algerine Bagnold, Lady Jones, (27 October 1889 – 31 March 1981) was a British writer and playwright known for the 1935 story ''National Velvet''. Early life Enid Algerine Bagnold was born on 27 October 1889 in Rochester, Kent, daughte ...
(1889–1981) – ''
National Velvet ''National Velvet'' is a novel by Enid Bagnold (1889–1981), first published in 1935. It was illustrated by Laurian Jones, Bagnold's daughter, who was born in 1921. Plot summary ''National Velvet'' is the story of a 14-year-old girl named ...
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Bob Balaban Robert Elmer Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, author, comedian, director and producer. He was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for ''Gosford Park'' (2001), in which he also appeared. Balab ...
(born 1945) – ''McGrowl'' series * R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894) – ''
The Coral Island ''The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean'' (1857) is a novel written by Scottish author . One of the first works of juvenile fiction to feature exclusively juvenile heroes, the story relates the adventures of three boys marooned on a ...
'' * Blue Balliett (born 1955) – '' Chasing Vermeer'', '' The Wright 3'', '' The Calder Game'' * Lynne Reid Banks (born 1929) – '' The Indian in the Cupboard'' series *
Helen Bannerman Helen Brodie Cowan Bannerman (' Watson; 25 February 1862 – 13 October 1946) was a Scottish author of children's books. She is best known for her first book, ''Little Black Sambo'' (1899). Life Bannerman was born at 35 Royal Terrace, Edinbur ...
(1862–1946) – ''
Little Black Sambo ''The Story of Little Black Sambo'' is a children's book written and illustrated by Scottish author Helen Bannerman and published by Grant Richards in October 1899. As one in a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children ...
'' * Shirley Barber (born 1935) – ''The Tale of Martha B. Rabbit'', ''A Wedding in Fairyland'' *
Ralph Henry Barbour Ralph Henry Barbour (November 13, 1870 – February 19, 1944) was an American novelist, who primarily wrote popular works of sports fiction for boys. In collaboration with L. H. Bickford, he also wrote as Richard Stillman Powell, notably ''Phyll ...
(1870–1944) – ''The Half Back'', ''For the Honor of the School'', ''Tom, Dick and Harriet'' *
Clive Barker Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English novelist, playwright, author, film director, and visual artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the ''Books of Blood'', which established him as a leading h ...
(born 1952) – '' The Thief of Always'' * Joyce Barkhouse (1913–2012) – ''
Pit Pony A pit pony, otherwise known as a mining horse, was a horse, pony or mule commonly used underground in mines from the mid-18th until the mid-20th century. The term "pony" was sometimes broadly applied to any equine working underground.English ...
'' * Jill Barklem (1951–2017) – '' Brambly Hedge'' * Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore – '' Outernet'' series * Kitty Barne (1883–1961) – ''She Shall Have Music'', '' Family Footlights'', '' Visitors from London'', ''Rosina Copper'' * Kelly Barnhill (living) – ''The Girl Who Drank the Moon'' *
J. M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (; 9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several succ ...
(1860–1937) – ''
Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythi ...
'' * T. A. Barron (born 1952) – '' The Lost Years of Merlin'' * Dave Barry (born 1947) – '' Peter and the Starcatchers'' series *
Margaret Stuart Barry Margaret Stuart Barry (born Margaret Stuart Bell on 7 December 1927) is an English children's writer, and is best known for creating the Simon and the Witch series of books. She has written other series for young readers, including the Attic T ...
(born 1927) – ''
Simon and the Witch ''Simon and the Witch'' is a children's book by Margaret Stuart Barry, published by Collins, illustrated by Linda Birch. It also refers to the name of the series, which follows on. Simon is a very sensible young schoolboy, who has a friend wh ...
'' * Graeme Base (born 1958) – '' Animalia'' *
L. Frank Baum Lyman Frank Baum (; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the ''Oz'' series, plus 41 other novels (not includ ...
(1856–1919) – ''
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz afte ...
'' series * Hans Baumann (1914–1988) – ''Sons of the Steppe'', ''I Marched with Hannibal'' * Nina Bawden (1925–2012) – ''
Carrie's War ''Carrie's War'' is a 1973 English children's novel by Nina Bawden set during the Second World War. It follows two young London evacuees, Carrie and her younger brother Nick, into a Welsh village. It is often read in schools for its literary a ...
'', '' The Witch's Daughter'', ''The Peppermint Pig'' * "BB" (D. J. Watkins-Pitchford) (1905–1990) – '' The Little Grey Men'', ''Down the Bright Stream'', '' Bill Badger and the Pirates'' * S. G. Hulme Beaman (1887–1932) – '' Toytown'' stories * Jerome Beatty Jr (1916–2002) – ''
Matthew Looney Matthew Looney is the title character in a series of four science fiction books for children by Jerome Beatty Jr (1916—2002). Matthew's sister Maria Looney is the title character in Beatty's three subsequent books. The entire Looney series is ...
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Aaron Becker Aaron Becker (born 1974) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He is best known for his wordless children's book ''Journey'', which received positive reviews in the ''New York Times'' and the ''Wall Street Journal'' and a Ca ...
(born 1974) – ''
Journey Journey or journeying may refer to: * Travel, the movement of people between distant geographical locations ** Day's journey, a measurement of distance ** Road trip, a long-distance journey on the road Animals * Journey (horse), a thoroughbred ra ...
'', ''Quest'', ''Return'' *
Thea Beckman Theodora Beckmann (née Petie; 23 July 1923 – 5 May 2004), better known by her pen name Thea Beckman, was a Dutch author of children's books. Biography At a young age, Beckman knew she wanted to be a writer. As a teenager, she would write num ...
(1923–2004) – '' Crusade in Jeans'', ''Children of Mother Earth'' series * Frank Beddor – '' The Looking Glass Wars'' series *
John Bellairs John Anthony Bellairs (January 17, 1938 – March 8, 1991) was an American author best known for his fantasy novel '' The Face in the Frost'' and many Gothic mystery novels for children featuring the characters Lewis Barnavelt, Rose Rita Potti ...
(1938–1991) – '' The House with a Clock in Its Walls'' *
Hilaire Belloc Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (, ; 27 July 187016 July 1953) was a Franco-English writer and historian of the early twentieth century. Belloc was also an orator, poet, sailor, satirist, writer of letters, soldier, and political activist. H ...
(1870–1953) – ''Cautionary Tales for Children'', '' The Bad Child's Book of Beasts'', ''More Beasts for Worse Children'' *
Ludwig Bemelmans Ludwig Bemelmans (April 27, 1898 – October 1, 1962) was an Austrian-American writer and illustrator of children's books and adult novels. He is known best for the ''Madeline'' picture books. Six were published, the first in 1939. Early life ...
(1898–1962) – ''
Madeline ''Madeline'' is a media franchise that originated as a series of children's books written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans, an Austrian-American author. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series ...
'' * Derek Benz (born 1971) – '' Grey Griffins'' *
Berechiah ha-Nakdan Berechiah ben Natronai Krespia ha-Nakdan ( he, ברכיה בן נטרונאי הנקדן; ) was a Jewish exegete, ethical writer, grammarian, translator, poet, and philosopher. His best-known works are '' Mishlè Shu'alim'' ("Fox Fables") and ''S ...
(12th – 13th century) – ''Mishle Shualim'', ''Fables of a Jewish Aesop'' *
Stan and Jan Berenstain Stanley Melvin Berenstain (September 29, 1923 – November 26, 2005) and Janice Marian Berenstain (née Grant; July 26, 1923 – February 24, 2012) were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book seri ...
(1923–2005 and 1923–2012) – ''The
Berenstain Bears The ''Berenstain Bears'' is a children's literature franchise created by the late Stan and Jan Berenstain and continued by their son, Mike Berenstain, who assumed partial authorship in 2002, and full authorship in 2012 following Jan's death. ...
'' series * Elisabeth Beresford (1928–2010) – ''
The Wombles ''The Wombles'' are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures created by Elisabeth Beresford and originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968. They live in burrows, where they aim to help the environment by collecting and recyc ...
'', ''Awkward Magic'' * Leila Berg (1917–2012) – ''
Nippers Nippers are young surf lifesavers, usually aged between 5 and 14 years old, in clubs across Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Unlike senior surf lifesavers, the majority of them do not patrol the beaches. The focus for Nippers tends t ...
'' series * Paul Berna (1908–1994) – ''A Hundred Million Francs'', ''The Street Musician'', ''Flood Warning'' * Elsa Beskow (1874–1953) *
Luc Besson Luc Paul Maurice Besson (; born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed or produced the films ''Subway'' (1985), '' The Big Blue'' (1988), and '' La Femme Nikita'' (1990). Besson is associated with the ' ...
(born 1958) – ''
Arthur and the Minimoys ''Arthur and the Invisibles'' or ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' (French: ''Arthur et les Minimoys'') is a 2006 English-language French Fantasy film, fantasy Adventure film, adventure Comedy film, comedy Films with live action and animation, animated ...
'' series * Vitaly Bianki (1894–1959) – ''Whose Nose is Better?'' * David Biedrzycki (born 1955) – '' Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective'', ''Me and My Dragon'', ''Santa Retires'' *
Paul Biegel Paulus Johannes "Paul" Biegel (; 25 March 1925 – 21 October 2006) was a successful and prolific Dutch writer of children's literature. Biography Paul Biegel was born in Bussum in 1925. His father, Hermann Biegel, was of German descent, and ow ...
(1925–2006) – '' The King of the Copper Mountains'', ''The Little Captain'', ''The Elephant Party'' * Margaret Biggs (born 1929) – ''Melling School'' series * Franny Billingsley (born 1954) – ''Well Wished'', ''Big Bad Bunny'' * Claire Huchet Bishop (1899–1993) – '' The Five Chinese Brothers'', '' All Alone'', ''The Big Loop'' * Christina Björk (born 1938) – ''Linnea in Monet's Garden'' *
Holly Black Holly Black (''née'' Riggenbach; born November 10, 1971) is an American writer and editor best known for her children's and young adult fiction. Her most recent work is the ''New York Times'' bestselling young adult ''Folk of the Air'' series. ...
(born 1971) – '' The Spiderwick Chronicles'', '' Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles'', ''Tithe'', ''Valiant'' *
Malorie Blackman Malorie Blackman is a British writer who held the position of Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She primarily writes literature and television drama for children and young adults. She has used science fiction to explore social and ethica ...
(born 1962) – '' Noughts & Crosses'', '' Pig Heart Boy'', ''
Cloud Busting ''Cloud Busting'' is a 2004 children's novel by Malorie Blackman. It is written in verse, with each chapter using a different type of poetry. The novel won the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Silver Award and was longlisted for the Carnegie Med ...
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Clair Blank Clarissa Mabel Blank (August 5, 1915August 15, 1965) was an American author. She wrote the ''Beverly Gray'' mystery series and four other novels. Biography Clarissa Mabel Blank was born on August 5, 1915 in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Bessie and ...
(1915–1965) – ''
Beverly Gray The Beverly Gray Mystery Stories, comprising 26 novels published between 1934 and 1955, were written by Clair Blank whose pen name was Clarissa Mabel Blank Moyer. The series began as a series of school stories, and followed Beverly's progress th ...
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Judy Blume Judith Blume (née Sussman; born February 12, 1938) is an American writer of children's, young adult and adult fiction. Blume began writing in 1959 and has published more than 25 novels. Among her best-known works are ''Are You There God? It's Me ...
(born 1938) – '' Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret'', ''
Fudge Fudge is a type of confection that is made by mixing sugar, butter and milk, heating it to the soft-ball stage at , and then beating the mixture while it cools so that it acquires a smooth, creamy consistency. In texture, this crystalline can ...
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Enid Blyton Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have b ...
(1897–1968) – ''Noddy'' series, ''The Famous Five'' series, ''
The Secret Seven The Secret Seven or Secret Seven Society is a fictional group of child detectives created by Enid Blyton and based on the publisher’s children. They appear in one of several adolescent detective series which Blyton wrote. The Secret Seve ...
'' series, '' The Faraway Tree'' series, '' Sunny Stories'' magazine *
Godfried Bomans Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans (2 March 1913 – 22 December 1971) was a Dutch author and television personality. Much of his work remains untranslated into English. Life and career Godfried Bomans was born in The Hague and grew up in and arou ...
(1913–1971) – '' Eric in the Land of the Insects'', ''The Wily Wizard and the Wicked Witch'', ''Pim, Frits en Ida'' *
Michael Bond Thomas Michael Bond (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017) was a British author. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold ...
(1926–2017) – ''
Paddington Bear Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in the children's book ''A Bear Called Paddington'' and has been featured in more than twenty books written by British author Michael Bond, a ...
'' series * Nancy Bond (born 1945) – '' A String in the Harp'' *
Ruskin Bond Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Anglo-Indian author . His first novel, '' The Room on the Roof'', was published in 1956, and it received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957. Bond has authored more than 500 short stories, essays, and ...
(born 1934) – ''
The Room on the Roof ''The Room on the Roof'' is a novel written by Ruskin Bond. It was Bond's first literary venture. Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957. The novel revolves around Rusty, an orphaned seventeen-ye ...
'', '' The Blue Umbrella'', '' Angry River'' * Veronica Bonilla (born 1962) – ''The Platanario'' series, ''Magic Dream'' * Arna Bontemps (1902–1970) – '' Sad-Faced Boy'', ''Lonesome Boy'', ''Mr. Kelso's Lion'' * Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990) – ''
Green Knowe Green Knowe is a series of six children's novels written by Lucy M. Boston, illustrated by her son Peter Boston, and published from 1954 to 1976. It features a very old house, Green Knowe, based on Boston's home at the time, The Manor in Hemin ...
'' series * J. Allan Bosworth (1925–1990) – ''White Water, Still Water'', ''All the Dark Places'' * Marie Marguerite Bouvet (1865–1915) – ''Sweet William'', ''Little Marjorie's Love Story'', ''Prince Tip–Top'' * Chris Bradford (born 1974) – ''
Young Samurai ''Young Samurai'' is a series of martial arts/action-adventure stories written by Chris Bradford, set in Edo period, 17th century Japan, following the exploits of an English boy, Jack Fletcher, as he strives to be the first gaijin samurai. Introdu ...
'' series * Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (born 1967) – '' The War That Saved My Life'' * Tony Bradman (born 1954) – ''Dilly the Dinosaur'' series * Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956) – ''The Dragon and the Thief'', ''The Land of Gold'', ''Beyond the North Wind'' *
Christianna Brand Mary Christianna Lewis (née Milne; 17 December 1907 – 11 March 1988), known professionally as Christianna Brand, was a British crime writer and children's author born in British Malaya. Biography Christianna Brand was born Mary Chris ...
(1907–1988) – '' Nurse Matilda'' series (adapted as
Nanny McPhee ''Nanny McPhee'' is a 2005 comedy drama fantasy film based on the Nurse Matilda character by Christianna Brand. It was directed by Kirk Jones, coproduced by StudioCanal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Working Title Films, Three Strange Angel ...
) * Ann Brashares (born 1967) – ''
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' is a series of five bestselling young adult novels by Ann Brashares: '' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001),'' ''The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (2003),'' '' Girls in Pants'' (2005), '' Fore ...
'' series * Angela Brazil (1868–1947) – ''The Nicest Girl in the School'', ''For the Sake of the School'', ''The Jolliest Term on Record'' * Petronella Breinburg (1931–2019) – ''My Brother Sean'', ''Sally-Ann's Umbrella'' *
Elinor Brent-Dyer Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (6 April 1894 – 20 September 1969) was an English writer of children's literature who wrote more than one hundred books during her lifetime, the most famous being the '' Chalet School'' series. Early life and education B ...
(1894–1969) – ''
Chalet School The Chalet School is a series of 64 school story novels by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, initially published between 1925 and 1970. The fictional school was initially located in the Austrian Tyrol, before it was moved to Guernsey in 1939 following th ...
'' series *
Jan Brett Jan Brett (born December 1, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer of children's picture books. Her colorful, detailed depictions of a wide variety of animals and human cultures range from Scandinavia to Africa. Her titles include ''The Mitte ...
(born 1949) – ''Trouble with Trolls'' * Thomas Brezina (born 1963) – '' The Knickerbocker Gang'', ''
Tom Turbo Tom Turbo is a series of books created by Austrian author Thomas Brezina in 1993. The stories feature Tom Turbo, a bike who is able to talk and do one hundred and eleven tricky things. He and his friends Karo (Karolin Klicker) and Klaro (Konstanti ...
'' * Rae Bridgman – ''The MiddleGate Books'': ''The Serpent's Spell'', ''Amber Ambrosia'', ''Fish & Sphinx'' *
Katharine Mary Briggs Katharine Mary Briggs (8 November 1898 – 15 October 1980) was a British folklorist and writer, who wrote ''The Anatomy of Puck'', the four-volume ''A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language'', and various other books on fairi ...
(1898–1980) – ''Hobberdy Dick'', ''Kate Crackernuts'' * Robert Bright (1902–1988) – ''Georgie'' *
Carol Ryrie Brink Carol Ryrie Brink (December 28, 1895 – August 15, 1981) was an American writer of over thirty juvenile and adult books. Her novel ''Caddie Woodlawn'' won the 1936 Newbery Medal and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958. Lifetime Caroline S ...
(1895–1981) – ''
Caddie Woodlawn ''Caddie Woodlawn'' is a children's historical fiction novel by Carol Ryrie Brink that received the Newbery Medal in 1936 and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958. The original 1935 edition was illustrated by Newbery-award-winning author and illu ...
'', '' Baby Island'' * Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003) – '' Pastures of the Blue Crane'', ''Longtime Dreaming'' *
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (; 18 April 1874 – 21 September 1938) was a Croatian writer. Within her native land, as well as internationally, she has been praised as the best Croatian writer for children. Early life She was born on 18 April 1874 i ...
(1874–1938) – '' The Marvelous Adventures and Misadventures of Hlapić the Apprentice'', '' Tales of Long Ago'' * Frances Freeling Broderip (1830–1878) – ''Funny Fables for Little Folks'' * Lauren Brooke – '' Heartland'' series, '' Chestnut Hill'' series * Walter R. Brooks (1886–1958) – ''
Freddy the Pig Freddy the Pig is the central figure in a series of 26 children's books written between 1927 and 1958 by American author Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese, consisting of 25 novels and one poetry collection. The books focus on the adven ...
'' series * Marc Brown (born 1946) – ''
Arthur Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...
'' series * Marcia Brown (1918–2015) – ''
Puss in Boots "Puss in Boots" ( it, Il gatto con gli stivali) is an Italian fairy tale, later spread throughout the rest of Europe, about an anthropomorphic cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for ...
'' * Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952) – '' Goodnight Moon'', ''The Runaway Bunny'' * Pamela Brown (1924–1989) – '' The Swish of the Curtain'' * Frances Browne (1816–1879) – ''Granny's Wonderful Chair'' *
Jean de Brunhoff Jean de Brunhoff (; 9 December 1899 – 16 October 1937) was a French writer and illustrator remembered best for creating the Babar series of children's books concerning a fictional elephant, the first of which was published in 1931. Early life D ...
(1899–1937) – ''
Babar the Elephant Babar the Elephant (, ; ) is an elephant character who first appeared in 1931 in the French children's book ''Histoire de Babar'' by Jean de Brunhoff. The book is based on a tale that Brunhoff's wife, Cécile, had invented for their children. ...
'' series * Ashley Bryan (1923–2022) – ''
Freedom Over Me ''Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan'' is a young adult picture book written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2016. It is set in a slave-owning st ...
'', ''Sing to the Sun'' *
Jan Brzechwa Jan Brzechwa (), (15 August 1898 – 2 July 1966) was a Polish poet, author and lawyer, known mostly for his contribution to children's literature. He was born Jan Wiktor Lesman to a Polish family of Jewish descent.
(1900–1966) – '' Pan Kleks'' series, and many poems for children * Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004) – ''
Jennings Jennings is a surname of early medieval English origin (also the Anglicised version of the Irish surnames Mac Sheóinín or MacJonin). Notable people with the surname include: *Jennings (Swedish noble family) A–G *Adam Jennings (born 1982), A ...
'' school stories *
Maria Elizabeth Budden Maria Elizabeth Budden, (née Halsey, c. 1780 – 26 April 1832) was a novelist, translator and writer of didactic children's books, who frequently signed her work "M. E. B." or "A Mother". Her ''True Stories...'' series of history books for youn ...
(c. 1780–1832) – ''Always Happy!!: Or, Anecdotes of Felix and his Sister Serena. A Tale'' * Kir Bulychev (1934–2003) – '' Alisa Selezneva'' series * Elizabeth C. Bunce (living) – ''A Curse Dark as Gold'', ''StarCrossed'', Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery series ''Premeditated Myrtle'', ''Cold-Blooded Myrtle'' * Eve Bunting (born 1928) – ''
Smoky Night ''Smoky Night'' is a 1994 children's book by Eve Bunting. It tells the story of a Los Angeles riot and its aftermath through the eyes of a young boy named Daniel. The ongoing fires and looting force neighbors who previously disliked each other to ...
'' *
John Bunyan John Bunyan (; baptised 30 November 162831 August 1688) was an English writer and Puritan preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory ''The Pilgrim's Progress,'' which also became an influential literary model. In addition ...
(1628–1688) – ''Pilgrim's Progress'' *Robert J. Burch (1925–2007) – ''Queenie Peavy'', ''Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain'' *Della Burford (born 1946) – ''Journey to Dodoland'', ''Magical Earth Secrets'', ''Miracle Galaxy'' *Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) – ''A Long Trip to Tea Time'', ''The Land Where the Ice Cream Grows'' *Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) – ''Goops'' series, and many poems for children including "Purple Cow" *Thornton Burgess (1874–1965) – ''The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse'', ''Old Mother West Wind'' *Doris Burn (1923–2011) – ''Andrew Henry's Meadow'', ''The Summerfolk'' *Alice Hale Burnett (fl. early 20th c.) – ''The Merryvale Boys'' *Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) – ''A Little Princess'', ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'', ''The Secret Garden'' *Sheila Burnford (1918–1984) – ''The Incredible Journey'' *Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950) – ''Tarzan'' series *Hester Burton (1913–2000) – ''Time of Trial'' *Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968) – ''The Little House'', ''Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel'' *A. J. Butcher – ''Spy High'' series *Betsy Byars (1928–2020) – ''Summer of the Swans'', ''Tornado (novel), Tornado'' *Georgia Byng (born 1965) – ''Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism'', ''Molly Moon Stops the World''


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*Meg Cabot (born 1967) – ''The Princess Diaries'', ''Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls'' *Eleanor Cameron (1912–1996) – ''The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet'', ''The Court of the Stone Children'' *Joanna Campbell (born 1946) – ''Thoroughbred (series), Thoroughbred'' series *Cao Wenxuan (born 1954) – ''Bronze and Sunflower'' *William Cardell (1780–1828) – ''The Story of Jack Halyard, the Sailor Boy'' *Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909) – ''Not Like Other Girls'', ''Heriot's Choice'' *Eric Carle (1929–2021) – ''The Very Hungry Caterpillar'', ''The Very Busy Spider'' *Natalie Savage Carlson (1906–1997) – ''The Happy Orpheline'', ''The Family Under the Bridge'', ''The Empty Schoolhouse'' *Isobelle Carmody (born 1958) – ''The Legend of Little Fur'', ''Magic Night'', ''Obernewtyn Chronicles'' *Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) – ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'', ''Through the Looking-Glass'' *Anne Laurel Carter (born 1953) – ''The Shepherd's Granddaughter'', ''Under a Prairie Sky'' *Peter Carter (author), Peter Carter (1929–1999) – ''The Sentinels'', ''Children of the Book'', ''Borderlands (novel), Borderlands'' *Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969) – ''Five Tales'', ''Tales from Sundervan'', ''Pankhudiyaan'', ''Chanda'' *Scott Chantler (born 1972) – ''Two Generals'', ''Three Thieves (graphic novel series), Three Thieves'', ''NorthWest Passage'' *Charles III (born 1948) – ''The Old Man of Lochnagar'' *Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400) – ''The Nun's Priest's Tale, Chanticleer and the Fox (from The Canterbury Tales)'' *Nan Chauncy (1900–1970) – ''They Found a Cave'', ''Tiger in the Bush'', ''Devils' Hill'', ''Tangara'' *Simon Cheshire (born 1954) – ''Saxby Smart: Private Detective'', ''Pants on Fire'', ''Operation Sting'' *Ruth Chew (1920–2010) – ''The Wednesday Witch'', ''What the Witch Left'', ''The Trouble with Magic'' *Lauren Child (born 1965) – Charlie and Lola series, Clarice Bean series *Irma Chilton (1930–1990) – ''Take Away the Flowers'' *Samuel Youd, John Christopher (1922–2012) – ''Sword of the Spirits, The Prince in Waiting'' series, ''The Tripods'' trilogy *Matt Christopher (1917–1997) – ''Wild Pitch (novel), Wild Pitch'', ''The Kid Who Only Hit Homers'', ''Tough to Tackle'' *Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969) – ''Moydodyr'' *Mrs. Henry Clarke (1853–1908) – ''Miss Merivale's Mistake'', ''Put to the Proof'' *Pauline Clarke (1921–2013) – ''The Twelve and the Genii'' *Beverly Cleary (1916–2021) – ''Ramona Quimby'' series *Andrew Clements (1949–2019) – ''Frindle'', ''A Week in the Woods'' *Eleanor Clymer (1906–2001) – ''The Trolley Car Family'' *Susan Clymer (born 1951) – Animals in Room 202 series *Joanna Cole (author), Joanna Cole (1944–2020) – ''The Magic School Bus (book series), The Magic School Bus'' series *Chris Colfer (born 1990) – ''The Land of Stories'' *Eoin Colfer (born 1965) – ''Artemis Fowl (series), Artemis Fowl'' series *Sneed B. Collard III (born 1959) – ''Hangman's Gold'', ''The Governor's Dog is Missing!'', ''Dog 4491'' *Suzanne Collins (born 1962) – ''The Underland Chronicles'', ''The Hunger Games trilogy'' *Carlo Collodi (1826–1890) – ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' *Joséphine Colomb (1833–1892) – ''La fille de Carilès'' *Padraic Colum (1881–1972) – ''The King of Ireland's Son'' *John Amos Comenius (1592–1670) – ''Orbis Pictus, Orbis Sesualim Pictis'' (The Visible World in Pictures) *Ying Chang Compestine (born 1963) – ''Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier'', ''The Chinese Emperor's New Clothes'' *Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) – ''Molly the Drummer Boy'', ''Janet of the Dunes'' *Jane Leslie Conly (born 1948) – ''Racso and the Rats of NIMH'', ''R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH'', ''Crazy Lady!'' *Susan Coolidge (1835–1905) – ''What Katy Did'' series *Barbara Cooney (1917–2000) – ''Chanticleer and the Fox'', ''Miss Rumphius'' *Susan Cooper (born 1935) – ''The Dark Is Rising Sequence, The Dark Is Rising'' series, ''The Boggart'' *Esther Copley (1786–1851) – ''Early Friendships'' *Zizou Corder – ''Lionboy'' series *William Corlett (1938–2005) – ''The Magician's House'' series *Rachel Cosgrove (1922–1998) – ''The Hidden Valley of Oz'' *John Cotton (Puritan), John Cotton (1585–1652) – ''Milk for Babes'' catechism *Bruce Coville (born 1950) – ''Space Brat'', ''My Teacher is an Alien'', ''Aliens Ate My Homework'', ''The Unicorn Chronicles'', ''Magic Shop Books, Magic Shop'' series *Joy Cowley (born 1936) – ''The Silent One'', ''Bow Down Shadrach'' *Palmer Cox (1840–1924) – ''The Brownies'' series *John Coy (born 1958) – ''Night Driving'', ''Crackback'' *Joe Craig (writer), Joe Craig (born 1981) – ''Jimmy Coates'' series *Ion Creangă (1837–1889) – ''Childhood Memories (book), Childhood Memories'', ''The Goat and Her Three Kids'', ''Harap Alb'', ''Ivan Turbincă'', ''Dănilă Prepeleac'' *Sharon Creech (born 1945) – ''Walk Two Moons'', ''Ruby Holler'', ''Heartbeat (novel), Heartbeat'' *Helen Cresswell (1934–2005) – ''The Bagthorpe Saga'' *Richmal Crompton (1890–1969) – ''Just William'' *Michael Cronin (actor), Michael Cronin (born 1942) – ''Against the Day'' series *Gillian Cross (born 1945) – ''Wolf (novel), Wolf'', ''The Great Elephant Chase'', ''The Demon Headmaster'' series *Sarah Crossan – ''The Weight of Water'', ''Apple and Rain'', ''One'' *Kevin Crossley-Holland (born 1941) – ''Storm (novella), Storm'', ''The Seeing Stone'' *Catherine Crowe (1790–1872) – ''Pippie's Warning; or, Mind Your Temper'' *Gabriella Csire (born 1938) – ''Turpi'' series *John Cunliffe (author), John Cunliffe (1933–2018) – ''Postman Pat'' series; ''Rosie & Jim'' series *Jane Louise Curry (born 1932) – ''Abaloc'' series, ''Poor Tom's Ghost'', ''The Egyptian Box'', ''The Black Canary''


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*Debbie Dadey (born 1959) – ''Bailey School Kids, The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids'' *Roald Dahl (1916–1990) – ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'', ''Matilda (novel), Matilda'', ''The BFG'', ''James and the Giant Peach'', ''The Witches (book), The Witches'', ''Fantastic Mr Fox'' *Alice Dalgliesh (1893–1979) – ''The Bears on Hemlock Mountain'', ''The Courage of Sarah Noble'', ''The Silver Pencil'' *Annie Dalton (born 1948) – ''Angels Unlimited'' series, ''Afterdark'' series *David Scott Daniell (1906–1965) – ''Young English'', ''Mission for Oliver'', ''The Dragon and the Rose'', ''By Jiminy'' *Ben M. Baglio, Lucy Daniels (born 1960) – ''Animal Ark'', ''Dolphin Diaries'' *Paula Danziger (1944–2004) – ''The Cat Ate My Gymsuit'', ''Amber Brown'' series *James Dashner (born 1972) – ''The 13th Reality'' series *Alan Davidson (author), Alan Davidson (born 1943) – ''Annabel'' series, ''Light'', ''The Bewitching of Alison Allbright'' *Stephen Mark Davies (born 1976) – ''Sophie'' series, ''Hacking Timbuktu'', ''Outlaw'' *Lavinia R. Davis (1909–1961) – ''The Wild Birthday Cake'', ''Buttonwood Island'', ''Donkey Detectives'' *Mary Hayes Davis (c.1884–1948) – ''Chinese Fables and Folk Stories'' (with Chow Leung) *Jean D'Costa (born 1937) – ''Escape to Last Man Peak'' *Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908) – ''Heart (novel), Heart'' (''Cuore'') *Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987) – ''The Door in the Wall (novel), The Door in the Wall'', ''Black Fox of Lorne'', ''Bright April'' *Jeanne de Cavally (1926–1992) – ''Pouê-pouê, le petit cabri'' *Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) – ''The Three Mulla Mulgars'', ''Songs of Childhood'', ''Peacock Pie'', ''Collected Stories for Children'' *Silvana De Mari (born 1953) – ''The Last Dragon (novel), The Last Dragon'' *Terry Deary (born 1946) – ''The Fire Thief (novel), The Fire Thief'', ''Master Crook's Crime Academy'' series *Jan Deberitz (1950–2014) *Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) – ''Robinson Crusoe'' *Meindert DeJong (1906–1991) – ''The Wheel on the School'', ''The House of Sixty Fathers'' *Lavinia Derwent (1909–1989) – ''Tammy Troot'', ''Sula'' *Kate DiCamillo (born 1964) – ''Because of Winn Dixie'', ''The Tale of Despereaux'', ''The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane'', ''Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures'' *Charles Dickens (1812–1870) – ''A Christmas Carol'', ''Oliver Twist'', ''s:The Magic Fishbone, The Magic Fishbone'' *Peter Dickinson (1927–2015) – ''The Changes (TV series), The Changes'' trilogy, ''Tulku'', ''City of Gold (book), City of Gold'', ''Eva (novel), Eva'', ''The Kin'' *Miep Diekmann (1925–2017) – ''The Haunted Island'', ''Just a Street'', ''Slave Doctor'' *Anne Digby (born 1935) – ''Trebizon'' series *Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008) – ''The Brave Little Toaster (novel), The Brave Little Toaster'', ''The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars'' *Tony DiTerlizzi (born 1969) – '' The Spiderwick Chronicles'', '' Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles'' *Franklin W. Dixon ( Stratemeyer house
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from 1927) – ''The Hardy Boys'' series *Rex Dixon (1908–1971) – ''Pocomoto'' series *Chris D'Lacey (born 1954) – ''The Fire Within (novel), The Fire Within'' series *Lynley Dodd (born 1941) – ''Hairy Maclary'', ''Slinky Malinki'' *Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905) – ''Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates'' *Julia Donaldson (born 1948) – ''The Gruffalo'', ''Monkey Puzzle (book), Monkey Puzzle'', ''The Troll'' *Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) – ''A Little Girl'' series, ''Helen Grant'' series, ''A Modern Cinderella'' *Siobhan Dowd (1960–2007) – ''The London Eye Mystery'', ''Bog Child'' *Debra Doyle (1952–2020) – ''School of Wizardry'', ''Knight's Wyrd'' *Roddy Doyle (born 1958) – ''Not Just for Christmas'', ''Wilderness'' *Tonke Dragt (born 1930) – ''The Letter for the King'', ''The Secrets of the Wild Wood'' *Crescent Dragonwagon (born 1952) – ''Always, Always'', ''Home Place'', ''Half a Moon and One Whole Star'' *Anna Harriett Drury (also Harriet, 1824–1912) – ''The Three Half-Crowns: a story for boys'', ''Richard Rowe's Parcel'' *William Pène du Bois (1916–1993) – ''The Twenty-One Balloons'' *Diane Duane (born 1952) – ''So You Want to Be a Wizard'' *Ursula Dubosarsky (born 1961) – ''The Red Shoe'', ''The Golden Day'', ''The Blue Cat'' *Tessa Duder (born 1940) – ''Alex Archer'' series, ''Tiggie Tompson'' series *Florence Dugdale (1879–1937) – ''The Book of Baby Birds'' *Lois Duncan (1934–2016) – ''I Know What You Did Last Summer (novel), I Know What You Did Last Summer'', ''A Gift of Magic'' *Jeanne DuPrau (born 1944) – ''The City of Ember, The Books of Ember'' series *Christine Dzidrums (born 1971) – ''Cutters Don't Cry'', ''Gabby Douglas: Golden Smile, Golden Triumph''


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*Edward Eager (1911–1964) – ''Half Magic'', ''Magic by the Lake'', ''Knight's Castle'', ''The Time Garden'', ''The Well-Wishers'', ''Magic or Not'', ''Seven-Day Magic'' *Marion Eames (1921–2007) – ''Sionyn a Siarli'', ''Huw a'r Adar Aur'', ''Y Tir Tywyll'' (in Welsh) *Martin Ebbertz (born 1962) – ''Little Mr. Jaromir'' *Irmengarde Eberle (1898–1979) *Walter D. Edmonds (1903–1998) – ''The Matchlock Gun'', ''Bert Breen's Barn'' *Dorothy Edwards (children's writer), Dorothy Edwards (1914–1982) – ''My Naughty Little Sister'', ''The Witches and the Grinnygog'' *Julie Andrews, Julie Edwards (Dame Julie Andrews) (born 1935) – ''The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles'' *Leo Edwards (1884–1944) – ''Jerry Todd'' series, ''Poppy Ott'' series *Monica Edwards (1912–1998) – ''Punchbowl Farm'' series, ''Romney Marsh'' series *Stephen Elboz (born 1956) – ''The Byzantium Bazaar'' *T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) – ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' *E. C. Eliott (1908–1971) – ''Kemlo'' and ''Tas (series), Tas'' series *David Elliott (children's author), David Elliott (born 1947) – ''Bull'', ''Evangeline Mudd and the Great Mink Escapade'', ''Knitty Kitty'' *Janice Elliott (1931–1995) – ''The Sword and the Dream'' *Sarah Ellis (author), Sarah Ellis (born 1952) – ''Pick-Up Sticks (novel), Pick-Up Sticks'' *Jonathan Emmett (born 1965) – ''Bringing Down the Moon'', ''Someone Bigger'', ''The Princess and the Pig'' *Michael Ende (1929–1995) – ''The Neverending Story'', ''Momo (novel), Momo'', ''Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver'' *Margarita Engle (born 1951) – ''The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom'' *Elizabeth Enright (1909–1968) – ''The Saturdays (Elizabeth Enright novel), The Melendy series'', ''Thimble Summer'', ''Gone-Away Lake'' *Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929–2022) – ''The Number Devil'', ''Where Were You, Robert?'' *Louise Erdrich (born 1954) – ''The Birchbark House'', ''The Game of Silence'' *John R. Erickson (born 1943) – ''Hank the Cowdog'' *Eleanor Estes (1908–1988) – ''The Moffats'', ''Rufus M.'', ''The Hundred Dresses'', ''Ginger Pye'' *Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841–1885) – ''A Flat Iron for a Farthing'', ''The Story of a Short Life''


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*John Meade Falkner (1858–1932) – ''Moonfleet (novel), Moonfleet'' *Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965) – ''Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard'', ''The Little Bookroom'' *Walter Farley (1915–1989) – ''The Black Stallion'' series *Nancy Farmer (author), Nancy Farmer (born 1941) – ''The House of the Scorpion'', ''The Ear, the Eye and the Arm'', ''A Girl Named Disaster'' *Penelope Farmer (born 1939) – ''Charlotte Sometimes (novel), Charlotte Sometimes'', ''The Summer Birds'', ''A Castle of Bone'' *G. E. Farrow (1862 – c. 1920) – ''The Wallypug of Why'', ''The Little Panjandrum's Dodo'' *Gertrude Minnie Faulding (1875–1961) – ''Old Man's Beard and Other Tales'' *Tim Federle – ''Better Nate Than Ever'', ''The Great American Whatever'' *Eliza Fenwick (1766–1840) – ''Mary and Her Cat'', ''Visits to the Junior Library'' *Ruby Ferguson (1899–1966) – ''Jill's Gymkhana'', ''A Stable for Jill'', ''Jill's Pony Trek'' *Chitra Fernando (1935–1998) – ''Glass Bangles'', ''The Adventures of Senerat Bandara'', ''Bempi Appu'' *Eugene Field (1850–1895) – ''Wynken, Blynken, and Nod'' *Sarah Fielding (1710–1768) – ''The Governess, or The Little Female Academy'' *Anne Fine (born 1947) – ''The Tulip Touch'', ''Mrs. Doubtfire, Madame Doubtfire'', ''Flour Babies'' *Nadia Fink (born 1977) – Anti-Princess Series and Anti-Hero Series, ''Anti-Princess'' series and ''Anti-Hero'' series *Martha Finley (1828–1909) – ''Elsie Dinsmore'' series, ''Mildred Keith'' series *Aileen Fisher (1906–2002) – ''We Alcotts'', ''I Heard a Bluebird Sing'' *Catherine Fisher (born 1957) – ''The Snow-Walker'', ''The Book of the Crow'', ''The Oracle (novel), The Oracle'', ''Corbenic'' *Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958) – ''Understood Betsy'' *John D. Fitzgerald (1906–1988) – ''The Great Brain'' series *Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974) – ''Harriet the Spy'', ''Nobody's Family Is Going to Change'' *Philippe Fix (born 1937) *Marjorie Flack (1897–1958) – ''The Story of Ping'', ''Angus and the Ducks'' *John Flanagan (author), John Flanagan (born 1944) – ''Ranger's Apprentice'' series *Paul Fleischman (born 1952) – ''Bull Run (novel), Bull Run'', ''Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices'' *Sid Fleischman (1920–2010) – ''The Whipping Boy'', ''By The Great Horn Spoon!'' *Ian Fleming (1908–1964) – ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (novel), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' *Shamini Flint (born 1969) – ''Ten: A Soccer Story'', ''Diary of a Soccer Star'', ''The Seeds of Time'', ''Sasha Visits'' series *Esther Forbes (1891–1967) – ''Johnny Tremain'' *Antonia Forest (1915–2003) – ''Autumn Term'', ''Falconer's Lure'' and other Marlow Family books *Elena Fortún (1886–1952) – ''Celia, lo que dice'', ''Celia en el colegio'' *Helen Fox (born 1962) – ''Eager (novel), Eager'' series *Anne Frank (1929–1945) – ''The Diary of a Young Girl'' *Barbara C. Freeman (1906–1999) – ''Two-Thumb Thomas'', ''Timi, the Tale of a Griffin'' *Don Freeman (1908–1978) – ''Corduroy (book), Corduroy'' *Pamela Freeman (born 1960) – ''The Willow Tree's Daughter'', ''The Black Dress'', ''Cherryblossom and the Golden Bear'' *Jackie French (born 1953) – ''Hitler's Daughter'', ''Diary of a Wombat'', ''Pete the Sheep'', ''School for Heroes'' *Frieda Friedman (born 1905, date of death unknown) – ''Dot for Short'', ''Pat and Her Policeman'', ''Carol from the Country'' *Cornelia Funke (born 1958) – ''The Thief Lord'', Inkheart series, ''Inkheart'' series *Sandy Fussell (born 1960) – ''Samurai Kids'' series, ''Polar Boy'' *Rose Fyleman (1877–1957) – ''Fairies and Chimneys'', ''The Fairy Green'', ''The Dolls' House'' *Fynn (pseudonym of Sydney Hopkins, 1919–1999) – ''Mister God, This Is Anna''


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*Jostein Gaarder (born 1952) – ''Sophie's World'', ''The Christmas Mystery'' *Eva Roe Gaggin (1879–1966) – ''Down Ryton Water'', ''An Ear for Uncle Emil'' *Arkady Gaidar (1904–1941) – ''Timur and His Squad'' *Neil Gaiman (born 1960) – ''Coraline'', ''The Graveyard Book'' *Paul Gallico (1897–1976) – ''The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk, The Snow Goose'', ''Manxmouse'', ''Jennie'', ''The Day the Guinea-Pig Talked'' *Sally Gardner – ''The Countess's Calamity'', ''I, Coriander'', ''The Red Necklace'' *Leon Garfield (1921–1996) – ''Devil-in-the-Fog'', ''Smith'', ''The God Beneath the Sea'', ''John Diamond'' *Howard R. Garis (1873–1962) – ''Uncle Wiggily Longears'' series *Alan Garner (born 1934) – ''The Owl Service'', ''The Weirdstone of Brisingamen'', ''The Moon of Gomrath'', ''Elidor'', ''Red Shift (novel), Red Shift'', ''The Stone Book Quartet'' *Eve Garnett (1900–1991) – ''The Family from One End Street'' *Doris Gates (1901–1987) – ''Blue Willow'' *Margaret Gatty (1809–1873) – ''Parables from Nature'', ''Aunt Judy's Tales'' *Jamila Gavin (born 1941) – ''Coram Boy'', ''Grandpa Chatterji'' *Béatrice Lalinon Gbado (born 1984) – ''Beautiful Debo'', ''Bovi'' series, ''Kaïvi'' series *Anna Genover-Mas (born 1963) – ''The Grumpy Gardener'' *Jean Craighead George (1919–2012) – ''My Side of the Mountain'', ''Julie of the Wolves'' *Jessica Day George (born 1976) – ''Princess of the Midnight Ball'', ''Dragon Slippers'' *Adèle Geras (born 1944) – ''Apricots at Midnight'', ''The Girls in the Velvet Frame'', ''The Fabulous Fantoras'' *Charles Ghigna, Charles "Father Goose" Ghigna (born 1946) – ''Mice Are Nice'', ''Riddle Rhymes'', ''A Fury of Motion: Poems for Boys'' *May Gibbs (1877–1969) – ''Snugglepot and Cuddlepie'' *Patricia Reilly Giff (1935–2021) – ''The Polk Street School'' series, ''Lily's Crossing'', ''Pictures of Hollis Woods (book), Pictures of Hollis Woods'', ''Eleven'', ''Storyteller'' *Fred Gipson (1908–1973) – ''Old Yeller'' *Debi Gliori (born 1959) – ''Pure Dead series, Pure Dead'' series, ''Mr Bear'' series, ''Witch Baby'' series, ''The Tobermory Cat'', ''What's the Time, Mr Wolf?'' *Rumer Godden (1907–1998) – ''The Doll's House'', ''The Mousewife'', ''The Diddakoi'' *Glenda Goertzen (born 1967) – ''The Prairie Dogs'', ''City Dogs'' *John Henry Goldfrap (1879–1917) – ''The Ocean Wireless Boys'', ''The Boy Aviators'', ''The Dreadnought Boys'' *Julia Golding (born 1969) – ''The Diamond of Drury Lane'', ''Secret of the Sirens'' *Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774) – ''The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes'' *Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984) – ''The Little White Horse'', ''Linnets and Valerians'' *Candy Gourlay (born 1962) – ''Tall Story'', ''Shine'', ''Bone Talk'' *Harry Graham (poet), Harry Graham (1874–1936) – ''Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes'' *Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932) – ''The Wind in the Willows'' *Hardie Gramatky (1907–1979) – ''Little Toot'' *Mary Grannan (1900–1975) – ''Just Mary'', ''Maggie Muggins'' *John Grant (children's author), John Grant (1930–2014) – ''Little Nose'' stories *Nicholas Stuart Gray (1922–1981) – ''Grimbold's Other World'', ''The Seventh Swan'' *Alain Grée (born 1936) *John Green (born 1977) – ''Looking for Alaska'', ''An Abundance of Katherines'', ''Paper Towns'', ''The Fault in Our Stars'', ''Will Grayson, Will Grayson'', ''Let It Snow (novel), Let It Snow'' *Roger Lancelyn Green (1918–1987) – ''King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table'', ''The Luck of Troy'' *Kate Greenaway (1846–1901) – ''Under the Window'' *Frances Nimmo Greene (1867-1937) — ''Legends of King Arthur and His Court'' *Graham Greene (1904–1991) – ''The Little Train'', ''The Little Fire Engine'', ''The Little Horse Bus'', ''The Little Steamroller'' *James Greenwood (journalist), James Greenwood (1832–1929) – ''The True History of a Little Ragamuffin'' *Kristiana Gregory (born 1951) – ''Earthquake at Dawn'', ''The Stowaway'', ''Jenny of the Tetons'' *Andy Griffiths (author), Andy Griffiths (born 1961) – ''The Bad Book'', ''Just Tricking'', ''The 13-Storey Treehouse'', ''Treasure Fever!'' *Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863 and 1786–1859) – ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' *Maria Gripe (1923–2007) – ''Hugo and Josephine'', ''In the Time of the Bells'', ''Elvis and His Secret'' *John Grisham (born 1955) – ''Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer'' series *Annie Groovie (born 1970) – ''Léon'' series *Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) – ''Raggedy Ann'' series *Jacqueline Guest () — ''Free Throw'', ''Triple Threat'', ''Death by Dinosaur'' *Dan Gutman (born 1955) – ''The Million Dollar Shot'', ''Baseball Card Adventures'', ''My Weird School'' series *Bethan Gwanas (born 1962) – ''Llinyn Trôns'', ''Sgôr''


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*Maria Hack (1777–1844) – ''Winter Evenings'', ''Harry Beaufoy, or, The Pupil of Nature'' *Margaret Peterson Haddix (born 1964) – ''Shadow Children'' series *Mark Haddon (born 1962) – ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'', ''Agent Z'' series *Matt Haig (born 1975) – ''Shadow Forest'', ''A Boy Called Christmas'' *Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002) – ''M. C. Higgins the Great'' *Leif Hamre (1914–2007) – ''Otter Three Two Calling'', ''Contact Lost'', ''Blue Two ... Bale Out'' *H. Irving Hancock (c. 1866–1922) – ''High School Boys'' series, ''West Point'' series, ''Young Engineers'' series *Joyce Hansen (born 1942) – ''The Gift-Giver'', ''The Captive'', ''I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly'' *Frances Hardinge (born 1973) – ''Fly by Night (Hardinge novel), Fly by Night'', ''The Lie Tree'' *Roger Hargreaves (1935–1988) – ''Mr. Men'' series, ''Little Miss'' series *Cynthia Harnett (1893–1981) – ''The Wool-Pack'', ''The Load of Unicorn'', ''The Writing on the Hearth'' *Amanda Bartlett Harris (1824–1917) – ''How We Went Birds' Nesting'', ''Little Folks' Every Day Book'' *Joel Chandler Harris (1845–1908) – ''Uncle Remus'' *Rosemary Harris (writer), Rosemary Harris (1923–2019) – ''The Moon in the Cloud'', ''A Quest for Orion'', ''Zed'' *Edith Ogden Harrison (1862–1955) – ''Prince Silverwings'', ''The Star Fairies'' *Lisi Harrison (born 1970) – The Clique (series), ''The Clique'' series, ''Alpha'' series, Monster High#Books, ''Monster High'' books *Peter Härtling (1933–2017) – ''Oma'', ', ' *Sonya Hartnett (born 1968) – ''The Silver Donkey'', ''The Children of the King'' *Juanita Havill (born 1949) – ''Jamaica'' series, ''Eyes Like Willy's'' *Charles Hawes (1889–1923) – ''The Dark Frigate'', ''The Great Quest'' *Barbara Haworth-Attard (born 1953) – ''TruthSinger'', ''To Stand on My Own'', ''A Trail of Broken Dreams'' *Carolyn Haywood (1898–1990) – ''Betsy'' series, ''Eddie'' series *Helen Haywood (1907–1995) – ''Peter Tiggywig'' series *Carol Hedges – ''Jigsaw'', ''Spy Girl'' series *Florence Parry Heide (1919–2011) – ''The Shrinking of Treehorn'' *Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) – ''Rocket Ship Galileo'', ''Have Space Suit—Will Travel'' *Racey Helps (1913–1970) – ''Barnaby Littlemouse'' series *Zenna Henderson (1917–1983) – ''Ingathering: The Complete People Stories'' *Marguerite Henry (1902–1997) – ''King of the Wind'', ''Misty of Chincoteague'' *G. A. Henty (1832–1902) – ''Out on the Pampas'', ''The Young Buglers, A Tale of the Peninsular War, The Young Buglers'', ''The Cat of Bubastes'', ''With Lee in Virginia, A Story of the American Civil War, With Lee in Virginia'', ''Beric the Briton'' *James Herriot (1916–1995) – ''All Creatures Great and Small'', ''James Herriot's Treasury for Children'' *Karen Hesse (born 1952) – ''Out of the Dust'', ''The Music of Dolphins'' *Carl Hiaasen (born 1953) – ''Hoot (novel), Hoot'' *Clifford B. Hicks (1920–2010) – ''First Boy on the Moon'', ''The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald'' *Edmund Wallace Hildick, E. W. Hildick (1925–2001) – ''Jack McGurk'' mysteries, ''Jim Starling'' series *Lorna Hill (1902–1991) – ''A Dream of Sadler's Wells'' *Nigel Hinton (born 1941) – ''Buddy (Hinton novel), Buddy'', ''Beaver Towers'' *S. E. Hinton (born 1948) – ''The Outsiders (novel), The Outsiders'', ''That Was Then, This Is Now'', ''Rumble Fish (novel), Rumble Fish'' *Russell Hoban (1925–2011) – ''The Mouse and His Child'' *Will Hobbs (born 1947) – ''Bearstone'', ''Beardream'', ''Ghost Canoe'', ''Go Big or Go Home'' *Michael Hoeye (born 1947) – ''Hermux Tantamoq'' series *E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) – ''The Nutcracker and the Mouse King'' *Mary Hoffman (born 1945) – ''Stravaganza'' series, ''Amazing Grace'' *Barbara Hofland (1770–1844) – ''The Son of a Genius'', ''The Blind Farmer and His Children'', ''The Young Crusoe'' *Christophe Honoré (born 1970) – ''Tout contre Léo'' *Laura Lee Hope ( Stratemeyer house
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from 1904) – ''Bobbsey Twins'' series *Anthony Horowitz (born 1955) – ''Alex Rider'' series, ''The Diamond Brothers'' series, ''The Power of Five, The Gatekeepers'' series *Hasan Hourani (1974–2003) – ''Hassan Everywhere'' *Janni Howker – ''The Nature of the Beast'', ''Badger on the Barge'' *Carol Hughes (author), Carol Hughes (born 1955) – ''Jack Black and the Ship of Thieves'', ''Dirty Magic'', ''The Princess and the Unicorn'' *Ted Hughes (1938–1998) – ''The Iron Man (novel), The Iron Man'' *Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) – ''Tom Brown's School Days'' *Shirley Hughes (1927–2022) – ''Dogger (book), Dogger'', ''Hero on a Bicycle'', ''Ella's Big Chance'', ''Alfie'' series *John Hulme (author), John Hulme (born 1970) – ''The Seems'' series *Irene Hunt (1907–2001) – ''Up a Road Slowly'', ''The Lottery Rose'' *Erin Hunter (joint pseudonym from 2003) – ''Warriors (novel series), ''Warriors'' series, ''Seekers (novel series), ''Seekers'' series *Norman Hunter (author), Norman Hunter (1899–1995) – ''Professor Branestawm'' series *Emily Huws (born 1942) – ''Cyfres Corryn: Chwannen'', ''Lol neu Lwc?'' *Zach Hyman (born 1992) – ''The Magician's Secret'', ''Hockey Hero'', ''The Bambino and Me''


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*Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010) – ''Which Witch? (novel), Which Witch?'', ''The Secret of Platform 13'', ''Journey to the River Sea'' *Theodor Illek (born 1984) – ''The Golden Key'' *Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) – ''Mopsa the Fairy'' *Mick Inkpen (born 1962) – ''Kipper the Dog'' series, ''Wibbly Pig'' series *Mary E. Ireland (1834–1927) – ''Timothy and His Friends'' *Washington Irving (1783–1859) – ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'', ''Rip Van Winkle'' *Koji Ishikawa (illustrator), Koji Ishikawa (born 1963) – ''Colorful Animals Hide and Seek'' series *Petre Ispirescu (1830–1887) – ''Legende sau basmele românilor, Romanian Legends or Fairy Tales'', ''Greuceanu'' *Oksana Ivanenko (1906–1997), ''Forest Tales''


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*Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916) – ''English Fairy Tales'', ''Celtic Fairy Tales'', ''European Folk and Fairy Tales'' *Brian Jacques (1939–2011) – ''Redwall'' series, ''Castaways of the Flying Dutchman'' *Grace James – ''John and Mary'' series, ''Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales'' *James Janeway (1636–1674) – ''A Token for Children'' *Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003) – ''If I Were a Grown-Up'', ''Who Does This Kid Take After?'' *Tove Jansson (1914–2001) – ''Moomin'' series *Annie Jay (born 1957) – ''Complot à Versailles'', ''À la poursuite d'Olympe'' *Richard Jefferies (1848–1887) – ''Wood Magic'', ''Bevis'' *Theodora Robinson Jenness (1847–1935) – ''Two Young Homesteaders'', ''Piokee'', ''Above the Range'' *Paul Jennings (Australian author), Paul Jennings (born 1943) – ''Unreal!'', ''Undone!'', ''Unbelievable!'', ''The Paw Thing'', ''The Gizmo'', ''Wicked'' series *W. E. Johns (1893–1968) – ''Biggles'' series *Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) – ''The Little Colonel'', ''Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman'' *Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) – ''Chrestomanci'' series, ''Howl's Moving Castle'', ''Dogsbody (novel), Dogsbody'' *Lara Jones (1975–2010) – ''Poppy Cat'' series *Marcia Thornton Jones (born 1958) – ''Bailey School Kids, The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids'' series, ''Ghostville Elementary'' series *T. Llew Jones (1915–2009) – ''Trysor Plas y wernen'', ''Anturiaethau Twm Siôn Cati: Y Ffordd Beryglus'' *Terry Jones (1942–2020) – ''Fairy Tales (Jones book), Fairy Tales'', ''The Saga of Erik the Viking'', ''Squire'' series *Jacqueline Jules (born 1956) – ''Zapato Power'' series, ''Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation'' *Norton Juster (1929–2021) – ''The Phantom Tollbooth'', ''The Hello, Goodbye Window'' *May Justus (1898–1989) – ''Gabby Gaffer'', ''Luck for Little Lihu'', ''New Boy in School''


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*Keri Kaa (1942–2020) – ''Taka Ki Ro Wai'' *Cynthia Kadohata (born 1956) – ''Kira-Kira'', ''Weedflower'', ''The Thing About Luck'' *Eiko Kadono (born 1935) – ''Kiki's Delivery Service (novel), Kiki's Delivery Service'' *Joan Kahn (1914–1994) – ''Ladies and Gentlemen, said the Ringmaster'', ''Seesaw'', ''You Can't Catch Me'' *Maira Kalman (born 1949) – ''Fireboat'', ''Max Stravinsky: Poet-Dog'' series *Ulrich Karger (born 1957) – ''The Scary Sleepover'' *Jan Karon (born 1937) – ''Miss Fannie's Hat'' *Erich Kästner (1899–1974) – ''Emil and the Detectives'', ''Lottie and Lisa'', ''The Flying Classroom'' *Elizabeth Kay (born 1949) – The Divide trilogy, ''The Divide'' trilogy *Annie Keary (1825–1879) – ''Heroes of Asgard'' *Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983) – ''The Snowy Day'', ''Whistle for Willie'', ''Goggles!'' *Carolyn Keene ( Stratemeyer house
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from 1930) – ''Nancy Drew'' mystery series *Charles Keeping (1924–1988) – ''Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary'' *Harold Keith (1903–1998) – ''Rifles for Watie'' *Eric P. Kelly (1884–1960) – ''The Trumpeter of Krakow'' *Gene Kemp (1926–2015) – ''The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler'', ''The Pride of Tamworth Pig'' *Louise Andrews Kent (1886–1969) – ''He Went with Marco Polo'', ''He Went with Hannibal'', ''Two Children of Tyre'' *Judith Kerr (1923–2019) – ''When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit'', ''The Tiger Who Came To Tea'' *Lady Amabel Kerr (1846–1906), ''A Bible Picture Book for Catholic Children'', ''Lives of the Saints for Children'' *P. B. Kerr (1956–2018) – ''Children of the Lamp'' series *Alexander Key (1904–1979) – ''Escape to Witch Mountain'', ''The Forgotten Door'', ''The Case of the Vanishing Boy'' *Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836) – ''The Life and Perambulation of a Mouse'' *Garry Kilworth (born 1941) – ''The Welkin Weasels'' series, ''Knights of Liöfwende'' series, ''Attica (novel), Attica'' *Clive King (1924–2018) – ''Stig of the Dump'' *Dick King-Smith (1922–2011) – ''The Sheep-Pig'', ''The Queen's Nose'' *Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) – ''The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby, The Water Babies'', ''The Heroes'' *Jeff Kinney (writer), Jeff Kinney (born 1971) – Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series), ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series *Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) – ''Just So Stories'', ''The Jungle Book'', ''Puck of Pook's Hill'' *Ole Lund Kirkegaard (1940–1979) *Jim Kjelgaard (1910–1959) – ''Kalak of the Ice'', ''Fire-Hunter'', ''The Spell of the White Sturgeon'', ''Wolf Brother'' *Jon Klassen (born 1981) – ''This Is Not My Hat'' *Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953) – ''Blood and Chocolate (novel), Blood and Chocolate'' *Anne Knight (children's writer), Anne Knight (1792–1860) – ''School-Room Lyrics'', ''Mary Gray'' *E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013) – ''From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler'', ''The Second Mrs. Giaconda'', ''The View from Saturday'' *Robin Koontz (born 1954) – ''In a Cabin in a Wood'', ''Leaps and Creeps: How Animals Move to Survive'' *Janusz Korczak (1878–1942) – ''King Matt the First'', ''Kaytek the Wizard'' *Conor Kostick (born 1964) – ''Epic (novel), Epic'', ''Saga'', ''Edda'', ''Move'', ''The Book of Curses'', ''The Book of Wishes'' *Erik P. Kraft – ''Chocolatina'', ''Lenny and Mel'' series, ''Miracle Wimp'' *Ruth Krauss (1901–1993) – ''The Carrot Seed'' *Adrienne Kress – ''Alex and the Ironic Gentleman'', ''Timothy and the Dragon's Gate'' *Uma Krishnaswami (born 1956) – ''Naming Maya'', ''Monsoon'' *Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir (born 1963) – ''Fiasol'' series *Joseph Krumgold (1908–1980) – ''...And Now Miguel'', ''Onion John'' *Guus Kuijer (born 1942) – ''Madelief'' series, ''Polleke'' series *Jane Kurtz (born 1952) – ''River Friendly River Wild, Water Hole Waiting''


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*María Hortensia Lacau (1910–2006) – ''País de Silvia'', ''Chingola y Hornerín'', ''Yo y Hornerín'', ''El libro de Juancito Maricaminero'' *Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) – ''The Wonderful Adventures of Nils'' *Elizabeth Laird (author), Elizabeth Laird (born 1943) – ''The Garbage King'', ''Crusade (Laird novel), Crusade'' *Charles Lamb (1775–1834) and Mary Lamb (1764–1847) – ''Tales from Shakespeare'' *Derek Landy (born 1974) – Skulduggery Pleasant, ''Skulduggery Pleasant'' series *Andrew Lang (1844–1912) – ''The Blue Fairy Book'', ''The Red Fairy Book'', ''The Red Romance Book'' *Noel Langley (1911–1980) – ''The Land of Green Ginger'' *Katherine Langrish – ''Troll Fell'', ''Troll Mill'', ''Troll Blood'' *Jane Langton (1922–2018) – ''The Hall Family Chronicles'' series *Jennifer Lanthier (born 1964) – ''The Mystery of the Martello Tower'', ''The Stamp Collector'' *Kirby Larson – ''The Magic Kerchief'', ''Hattie Big Sky'' *Kathryn Lasky (born 1944) – ''Guardians of Ga'hoole'' series, ''The Night Journey'' *Dorothy P. Lathrop (1891–1980) – ''The Fairy Circus'', ''The Dog in the Tapestry Garden'' *Caroline Lawrence (born 1954) – ''The Roman Mysteries'' *Michael Lawrence (writer), Michael Lawrence (born 1943) – ''The Snottle'' and other Jiggy McCue books, ''Young Dracula and Young Monsters, Young Dracula'', ''The Aldous Lexicon'' *Robert Lawson (author), Robert Lawson (1892–1957) – ''Rabbit Hill'', ''Ben and Me'', ''They Were Strong and Good'' *Ervin Lázár (1936–2006) – ''The Seven Headed Fairy'', ''The Little Boy and the Lions'', ''The Square Round Wood'' *Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) – ''Earthsea (book series), Earthsea'' series, ''Very Far Away from Anywhere Else'', ''Catwings'' series, ''Annals of the Western Shore'' series *Munro Leaf (1905–1976) – ''The Story of Ferdinand'' *Sarah Lean – ''A Dog Called Homeless'' *Edward Lear (1812–1888) – "The Owl and the Pussycat", '':s:A Book of Nonsense, A Book of Nonsense'' *Diana Lebacs (1947–2022) – ''Nanco van Bonaire'', ''Caimins geheim'' *Dennis Lee (author), Dennis Lee (born 1939) – ''Alligator Pie'' *Harper Lee (1926–2016) – ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' *Robert Leeson (1928–2013) – ''The Third Class Genie'', ''It's My Life'' *Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) – ''A Wrinkle in Time'', ''Meet the Austins'' *Lois Lenski (1893–1974) – ''Phebe Fairchild: Her Book'', ''Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison'', ''Strawberry Girl'' *Lois Gladys Leppard (1924–2008) – ''Mandie'' series *Peter Lerangis (born 1955) – ''Seven Wonders (series), Seven Wonders'' series, ''The Sword Thief'' and ''The Viper's Nest'' in ''The 39 Clues'' collaborative series, ''Spy X'' series, ''Abracadabra'' series *Helen Lester (born 1936) – ''Tacky the Penguin'' *Gail Carson Levine (born 1947) – ''Ella Enchanted'', ''The Two Princesses of Bamarre'', ''Fairest (novel), Fairest'', ''Dave at Night'', ''The Wish (novel), The Wish'' *Ted Lewin (1935–2021) – ''Peppe the Lamplighter'' *C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) – ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' series *Hilda Lewis (1896–1974) – ''The Ship That Flew'', ''The Gentle Falcon'' *J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942) – ''A Hippopotamusn't'', ''Swan Song'', ''The House'' *J. S. Lewis (born 1972) – '' Grey Griffins'' *Naomi Lewis (1911–2009) – English translations of the works of Hans Christian Andersen *Grace Lin (born 1974) – ''Where the Mountain Meets the Moon'', ''The Year of the Dog'' *Anne Lindbergh (1940–1993) – ''The People of Pineapple Place'', ''The Worry Week'', ''Nick of Time'' *Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) – ''Pippi Longstocking'', ''Ronia the Robber's Daughter'' *Eva Lindström (born 1952) – ''The Cat Hat'', ''Olli och Mo'', ''My Dog Mouse'' *Eric Linklater (1899–1974) – ''The Wind on the Moon'', ''The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea'' *Leo Lionni (1910–1999) – ''Inch by Inch'', ''Swimmy'', ''Frederick'', ''Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse'' *Jean Little (1932–2020) – ''Mine for Keeps'', ''From Anna'', ''Orphan at My Door'' *Penelope Lively (born 1933) – ''The Ghost of Thomas Kempe'', ''A Stitch in Time (Lively novel), A Stitch in Time'' *Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948) – ''Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (novel series), Sítio do Picapau Amarelo'' series *Mira Lobe (1913–1995) – ''The Snowman Who Went for a Walk'', ''Little I Am Me'' *Hugh Lofting (1886–1947) – ''Doctor Dolittle'' series *Jack London (1876–1916) – ''The Call of the Wild, White Fang'' *Lois Lowry (born 1937) – ''Number the Stars'', ''The Giver'', ''Anastasia Krupnik'' series *Nina Lugovskaya (1918–1993) – ''The Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl, 1932–1937'' *Janet Lunn (1928–2017) – ''The Root Cellar'', ''The Hollow Tree'' *Patricia Lynch (c. 1894–1972) – ''The Turf-Cutter's Donkey'', ''Brogeen'' series *Elinor Lyon (1921–2008) – ''The House in Hiding'', ''Carver's Journey'', ''Run Away Home''


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*Amy MacDonald (writer), Amy MacDonald (born 1951) – ''Little Beaver and the Echo'', ''Rachel Fister's Blister'' *Betty MacDonald (1908–1958) – ''Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle'' series *George MacDonald (1824–1905) – ''At the Back of the North Wind'', '' The Princess and the Goblin'' *Ellen MacGregor (1906–1954) – ''Miss Pickerell'' series *Reginald James MacGregor – ''The Young Detectives'' *D. J. MacHale (born 1955) – ''The Pendragon Adventure'' *Angus MacVicar (1908–2001) – ''The Lost Planet (novel), The Lost Planet'' *Sandra Magsamen (born 1959) – ''The Gift'' *Margaret Mahy (1936–2012) – ''The Haunting (Mahy novel), The Haunting'', ''The Changeover'', ''Maddigan's Fantasia'', ''Memory'' *Hector Malot (1830–1907) – Sans Famille, ''Nobody's Boy'' (''Sans Famille'') *Clare Mallory (1913–1991) – ''Merry Begins'', ''Juliet Overseas'', ''The League of the Smallest'' *Ruth Manning-Sanders (1888–1988) – ''A Book of Dragons'' and other anthologies of fairy tales from around the world (''A Book of ...'' series) *Daniel P. Mannix (1911–1997) – ''The Fox and the Hound (novel), The Fox and the Hound'' *Alicia Catherine Mant (1788–1869) – ''Christmas, a Happy Time'', ''Ellen, or The Young Godmother'' *Margaret Manuel () — ''I See Me'' *Emilia Marryat (c. 1835–1875) – ''Amongst the Maoris'' *Frederick Marryat (1792–1848) – ''The Children of the New Forest'' *John Marsden (writer), John Marsden (born 1950) – Tomorrow series, ''Tomorrow'' series *Katherine Marsh (born 1974) – ''The Night Tourist'', ''Jepp, Who Defied the Stars'' *James Marshall (author), James Edward Marshall (1942–1992), as James Marshall and/or Edward Marshall – ''Fox in Love, Fox and His Friends, Fox on Wheels'' *Ann M. Martin (born 1955) – ''The Babysitters Club'' series *Emily Winfield Martin – ''Dream Animals'', ''Oddfellow's Orphanage'' *J. P. Martin (1880–1966) – ''Uncle'' series *Cissy van Marxveldt (1889–1948) – ''Joop ter Heul'' series *John Masefield (1878–1967) – ''The Midnight Folk'', ''The Box of Delights'' *Cotton Mather (1663–1728) – ''A Token for the Children of New England'' *André Maurois (1885–1967) – ''Fattypuffs and Thinifers'' *Mercer Mayer (born 1943) – ''Little Critter'' series, ''Little Monster'' series *James Mayhew (born 1964) – ''Miranda the Explorer'', ''Ella Bella Ballerina'', ''The Knight Who Took All Day'' *William Mayne (1928–2010) – ''A Swarm in May'' (Choir School series), ''A Grass Rope'', ''Earthfasts'', ''Low Tide'' *Geraldine McCaughrean (born 1951) – ''Peter Pan in Scarlet'', ''A Pack of Lies'' *Robert McCloskey (1914–2003) – ''Make Way for Ducklings'', ''Time of Wonder'', ''Blueberries for Sal'' *Eloise McGraw (1915–2000) – ''The Golden Goblet'', ''The Moorchild'', ''The Rundelstone of Oz'' *Lauren Lynn McGraw (1915–2000) – ''Merry Go Round in Oz'' *Lurline Wailana McGregor () — ''Between the Deep Blue Sea and Me'' *Sharon E. McKay (born 1954) – ''Charlie Wilcox'', ''Our Canadian Girl: Penelope'' series *David McKee (born 1935) – ''Toucan Two Can'' *Robin McKinley (born 1952) – ''The Hero and the Crown'', ''The Blue Sword'', ''Spindle's End'' *Patricia McKissack (1944–2017) – ''Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters'', ''Never Forgotten'' *Colin McNaughton (born 1951) – ''Captain Abdul's Pirate School'' *Janet McNeill (1907–1994) – ''My Friend Specs McCann'', ''The Battle of St. George Without'' *Karen McQuestion – ''Celia and the Fairies'', ''Edgewood'' *Geoffrey McSkimming (born 1962) – ''Cairo Jim'' series *L. T. Meade (1854–1914) – ''A World of Girls'' *Stephen W. Meader (1892–1977) – ''Boy with a Pack'' *Joe Medicine Crow (1913–2016) — ''Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond'' *Milton Meltzer (1915–2009) – ''The Black Americans'', ''The American Revolutionaries'', ''Mark Twain Himself'' *Jean Merrill (1923–2012) – ''The Pushcart War'' *Laurence Meynell (1899–1989) – ''The Old Gang'' *Karin Michaëlis (1872–1950) – ''Bibi'' *Richard Michelson (born 1953) – ''Animals That Ought to Be: Poems about Imaginary Pets'', ''Across the Alley'' *Katherine Milhous (1894–1977) – ''The Egg Tree'' *Olive Beaupre Miller (1883–1968) – ''My Book House'' series *A. A. Milne (1882–1956) – ''Winnie-the-Pooh'', ''The House at Pooh Corner'', ''When We Were Very Young'' *Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002) – Silver Brumby, ''Silver Brumby'' series *Ingvar Moe (1936–1993) – ''Dei må ikkje skyta Garm'' (They Musn't Shoot Garm) *Walter Moers (born 1957) – ''The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear'' *John Mole (poet), John Mole (born 1941) – "Variations on an old Rhyme" *Chris Monroe (born 1962) – ''Monkey with a Tool Belt'', ''Sneaky Sheep'' *Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) – ''Anne of Green Gables'' series, ''Emily of New Moon'' *Susanna Moodie (1803–1885) – ''The Little Quaker'', ''The Sailor Brother'' *Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863) – "A Visit From St. Nicholas" *Pat Mora (born 1942) – ''Pablo's Tree'', ''A Library for Juana'', ''Confetti'', ''Doña Flor'', ''A Birthday Basket for Tia'' *Yuyi Morales (born 1968) – ''Niño Wrestles the World'', ''Viva Frida'', ''Little Night'' *Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975) – ''A Boy Born from Mold and Other Delectable Morsels'', ''The Goodbye Family'' *John A. Moroso (1874–1957) – ''Nobody's Buddy'' *Michael Morpurgo (born 1943) – ''Why the Whales Came'', ''The Wreck of the Zanzibar'', ''Private Peaceful'' *Farley Mowat (1921–2014) – ''Lost in the Barrens'', ''Owls in the Family'' *Robert Muchamore (born 1972) – ''CHERUB'' series, ''Henderson's Boys'' series *Dhan Gopal Mukerji (1890–1936 – ''Kari the Elephant'', ''Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon'', ''Hindu Fables for Little Children'' *Clara Mulholland (1849–1934) – ''The Strange Adventures of Little Snowdrop and Other Tales'' *Brandon Mull (born 1974) – ''Fablehaven'' series *Robert Munsch (born 1945) – ''Love You Forever'', ''The Paper Bag Princess'' *Jill Murphy (1949–2021) – ''The Worst Witch'', ''The Last Noo-Noo'' *Andrew Murray (children's writer), Andrew Murray (born 1970) – ''Ghost Rescue'' *Susan Musgrave (born 1951) – ''Gullband'', ''Dreams Are More Real Than Bathtubs''


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*Beverley Naidoo (born 1943) – ''Journey to Jo'burg'', ''The Other Side of Truth'' *Claire Julie de Nanteuil (1834–1897) – ''Capitaine'', ''L'Épave mystérieuse'' *John Neal (writer), John Neal (1793–1876) – ''Great Mysteries and Little Plagues'' *Violet Needham (1876–1967) – ''The Black Riders'', ''The Stormy Petrel'', ''The Woods of Windri'' *John R. Neill (1877–1943) – ''The Wonder City of Oz'', ''The Scalawagons of Oz'', ''Lucky Bucky in Oz'' *Marilyn Nelson (born 1946) – ''A Wreath for Emmett Till'', ''Snook Alone'', ''Ostrich and Lark'' *Božena Němcová (1820–1862) – ''Slovak Fairy Tales and Legends'', ''The Grandmother'' *Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) – ''The Story of the Treasure Seekers'' (Bastable series), ''The Railway Children'', ''Five Children and It'', ''The Phoenix and the Carpet'', ''The Story of the Amulet'' *Patrick Ness (born 1971) – Chaos Walking trilogy, ''A Monster Calls'', ''More Than This (novel), More Than This'' *John Newbery (1713–1767) – ''A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, intended for the Amusement of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly with Two Letters from Jack the Giant Killer'' *Sally Nicholls (born 1983) – ''Ways to Live Forever'', ''Season of Secrets'', ''Things a Bright Girl Can Do'' *Jenny Nimmo (born c. 1944) – ''The Snow Spider'' trilogy, ''Children of the Red King, Children of the Red King/Charlie Bone'' series *Garth Nix (born 1963) – ''The Old Kingdom, The Old Kingdom/Abhorsen'' series, ''The Keys to the Kingdom'' series, ''The Seventh Tower'' series *Joan Lowery Nixon (1927–2003) – ''Colonial Williamsburg'' series, ''Orphan Train'' series *Ethel Nokes (1883–1976) – ''The Fourth Form Gang'', ''Nibs: The Story of a Pony'' *Andrew Norriss (born 1947) – ''Aquila'', ''The Unluckiest Boy in the World'' *Grace May North (1876–1960) – ''Bobs, a Girl Detective'', ''Meg of Mystery Mountain'', ''Sisters'', the ''Adele Doring'' series *Jessica Nelson North (1891–1988) – ''The Giant Shoe'' *Sterling North (1906–1974) – ''Rascal'', ''The Wolfing'' *Carol Norton – pen name under which certain works of Grace May North (1876–1960) were reprinted *Mary Norton (author), Mary Norton (1903–1992) – ''The Borrowers'' series, ''Bedknob and Broomstick'' *Nikolay Nosov (1908–1976) – ''Dunno, The Adventures of Dunno and his Friends'' *Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018) – ''Fly Away Home'' *Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) – ''The Secret of Pooduck Island'', ''Daddy Fell into the Pond and Other Poems for Children'' *Sevinj Nurugizi (born 1964) – ''Kite''


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*Graham Oakley (born 1929) – ''The Church Mice'' series, ''Magical Changes'' *Robert C. O'Brien (author), Robert C. O'Brien (1918–1973) – ''Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH'', ''Z for Zachariah'' *Jane O'Connor (born 1947) – ''Fancy Nancy'' series *Scott O'Dell (1898–1989) – ''Island of the Blue Dolphins'', ''The King's Fifth'', ''The Black Pearl (Scott O'Dell), The Black Pearl'' *Charles Ogden (children's writer), Charles Ogden (Star Farm Productions
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from 2003) – ''Edgar & Ellen'' series *Ian Ogilvy (born 1943) – ''Measle and the Wrathmonk'', ''Measle and the Dragodon'' *Nnedi Okorafor (born 1974) – ''Zahrah the Windseeker'', ''Akata Witch'' series *Jenny Oldfield (born 1949) – ''My Magical Pony'', ''Home Farm Twins'', ''Horses of Half-Moon Ranch'' series *Sibylle von Olfers (1881–1916) – ''The Root Children'', ''Little Princess in the Wood'' *Carola Oman (1897–1978) – ''Ferry the Fearless'' *Kenneth Oppel (born 1967) – Silverwing (series), Silverwing series, ''Airborn (Oppel novel), Airborn'' *Uri Orlev (born 1931) – ''The Island on Bird Street'' *Edward Ormondroyd (born 1925) – ''David and the Phoenix'', ''Castaways on Long Ago'', ''Time at the Top'' *Mary Pope Osborne (born 1949) – Magic Tree House series *Pat O'Shea (author), Pat O'Shea (1931–2007) – ''The Hounds of the Morrigan'' *Elsie J. Oxenham (1880–1960) – Abbey Series, Abbey series


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*Roopa Pai – ''Taranauts'', ''The Gita for Children'' *Bernard Palmer (1914–1998) – Danny Orlis series, ''Danny Orlis'' series, ''Felicia Cartwright'' series *Christopher Paolini (born 1983) – ''Inheritance Cycle'' *Peggy Parish (1927–1988) and Herman Parish – ''Amelia Bedelia'' series *Barbara Park (1947–2013) – ''Skinnybones'', ''Junie B. Jones'' series *Linda Sue Park (born 1960) – ''A Single Shard'' *Jenny Marsh Parker (1836–1913) – ''The Boy Missionary'', ''What a Little Child Should Know'' *Peter Parnall (born 1936) – ''Winter Barn'', ''Apple Tree'', ''Woodpile'' *Anne Parrish (1888–1957) – ''The Dream Coach'', ''Floating Island'', ''The Story of Appleby Capple'' *Katherine Paterson (born 1932) – ''The Master Puppeteer'', ''Bridge to Terabithia (novel), Bridge to Terabithia'', ''The Great Gilly Hopkins'', ''Jacob Have I Loved'' *Jill Paton Walsh (1937–2020) – ''Gaffer Samson's Luck'', ''The Emperor's Winding Sheet'' *James Patterson (born 1947) – ''Maximum Ride'' series, ''The Dangerous Days of Daniel X'' *Gary Paulsen (1939–2021) – ''Hatchet (novel), Hatchet'', ''The Time Hackers'' *Michelle Paver (born 1960) – ''Chronicles of Ancient Darkness'' series *Philippa Pearce (1920–2006) – ''Tom's Midnight Garden'' *Kit Pearson (born 1947) – ''The Sky Is Falling (Pearson novel), The Sky Is Falling'', ''Awake and Dreaming'' *Ridley Pearson (born 1953) – '' Peter and the Starcatchers'' series, ''The Kingdom Keepers'' series *Howard Pease (1894–1974) – ''Secret Cargo'', ''Highroad to Adventure'', ''Bound for Singapore'' *Dale Peck (born 1967) – ''Drift House: The First Voyage, Drift House'' series *Ethel Pedley (1859–1898) – ''Dot and the Kangaroo'' *Mary Louise Peebles, a.k.a. Lynde Palmer (1833–1915) – ''The Magnet Stories'' *Bill Peet (1915–2002) – ''The Wump World'', ''Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure'' *Daniel Pennac (born 1944) – ''The Eye of the Wolf'' *Ethel Penrose (1857–1938) – ''Clear as the Noon Day'' *Lucy Fitch Perkins (1865–1937) – ''Twins'' series *Lynne Rae Perkins (born 1956) – ''Criss Cross (novel), Criss Cross'', ''All Alone in the Universe'' *Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins (1824-1905) - ''Alice and Her Friends'', ''Eugene Cooper'' *Charles Perrault (1628–1703) – ''Tales of Mother Goose'', ''Little Red Riding Hood'' *K. M. Peyton (born 1929) – ''Flambards'', ''Fly-by-Night (Peyton novel), Fly-by-Night'', ''Prove Yourself a Hero'', ''Blind Beauty'' *LeUyen Pham (born 1973) – ''Big Sister, Little Sister '' *Rodman Philbrick (born 1951) – ''Freak The Mighty'', ''Max the Mighty'', ''The Last Book in the Universe'', ''The Fire Pony'' *Joan Phipson (1912–2003) – ''The Boundary Riders'', ''The Family Conspiracy'', ''Polly's Tiger'' *Tamora Pierce (born 1954) – ''Tortall'' series, ''Circle of Magic'' series *Clara D. Pierson (1868–1952) – "Among the People" series *Christopher Pike (author), Christopher Pike (born 1954) – ''Spooksville'' series *Dav Pilkey (born 1966) – ''Captain Underpants'' series *Elizabeth Pinchard (fl. 1791–1820) – ''The Blind Child, or, Anecdotes of the Wyndham Family'', ''The Two Cousins'' *Daniel Pinkwater (born 1941) – ''The Big Orange Splot'', ''The Hoboken Chicken Emergency'' *Saviour Pirotta (born 1958) – ''The Orchard Book of First Greek Myths'' *Annabel Pitcher (born 1982) – ''My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece'', ''Ketchup Clouds'' *Sarah Pitt (fl. 1881–1900) *Kin Platt (1911–2003) – ''Big Max'' series, ''The Blue Man'' *Peter Pohl (born 1940) – ''Johnny, My Friend'' *Josephine Pollard (1834–1892) – ''The Brave Little Tailor'', ''The Life of Washington, A Child's History of America: Told in One-Syllable Words'', ''Bible Stories for Children'' *Delia Lyman Porter (1858–1933) – "Time and Tommy", "How Polly Saw the Aprons Grow" *Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920) – ''Pollyanna'' *Tracey Porter – ''Billy Creekmore'' *Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) – ''The Tale of Peter Rabbit'', ''The Tailor of Gloucester'' *Ellen Potter (born ) – ''Olivia Kidney'' series *Rhoda Power (1890–1957) – Rhoda Power#Redcap Runs Away, ''Redcap Runs Away'' *Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) – ''The Nome Trilogy'', ''Johnny Maxwell'' series, ''The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents'', ''Tiffany Aching'' series *Otfried Preussler (1923–2013) – ''The Robber Hotzenplotz'', ''The Curse of the Darkling Mill'' *Willard Price (1887–1983) – ''Amazon Adventure'', The Adventure Series (Willard Price), ''Adventure'' series *Elise Primavera (born 1955) – ''The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls'' *Alison Prince (1931–2019) – ''My Royal Story'' *Alf Prøysen (1914–1970) – ''Mrs. Pepperpot'' series *Christine Pullein-Thompson (1925–2005) – ''We Rode to the Sea'' *Diana Pullein-Thompson (1925–2015) – ''I Wanted a Pony'' *Josephine Pullein-Thompson (1924–2014) – ''Six Ponies'' *Philip Pullman (born 1946) – ''His Dark Materials'' trilogy, ''Clockwork (novel), Clockwork'', ''The Firework-Maker's Daughter'' *Howard Pyle (1853–1911) – ''Otto of the Silver Hand'', ''The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''Men of Iron''


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*Gwynedd Rae (1892–1977) – ''Mary Plain'' series *Janette Rallison (born 1966) – ''Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List'' *María Cristina Ramos (born 1952) – ''La luna lleva un silencio'', ''El trasluz'' *Arthur Ransome (1884–1967) – Swallows and Amazons series, ''Swallows and Amazons'' series *Ellen Raskin (1928–1984) – ''The Westing Game'', ''Figgs & Phantoms'' *Onjali Q. Raúf (born 1981) – ''The Boy at the Back of the Class'', ''The Great (Food) Bank Heist'' *Marjorie Rawlings (1896–1953) – ''The Yearling'', ''The Secret River (Rawlings book), The Secret River'' *Wilson Rawls (1913–1984) – ''Where the Red Fern Grows'', ''Summer of the Monkeys'' *Sukumar Ray (1887–1923) – ''HaJaBaRaLa'', ''Abol Tabol'', ''Pagla Dashu'' *Talbot Baines Reed (1852–1893) – ''The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's'' *W. Maxwell Reed (1871–1962) – ''The Earth for Sam'', ''The Stars for Sam'' *Celia Rees (born 1949) – ''The Bailey Game'', ''Witch Child'', ''Pirates!'' *David Rees (author), David Rees (1936–1993) – ''The Exeter Blitz'', ''The Flying Island'' *Gwyneth Rees (born 1968) – ''The Mum Hunt'', ''Fairy Dust'' series, ''Mermaid Magic'' *Philip Reeve (born 1966) – ''Buster Bayliss'', ''Mortal Engines'', ''Larklight'' *Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991) – ''Beyond the Wide World's End'' *Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883) – ''The Boy Hunters'', ''The Young Voyageurs'', ''The Boy Tar'' *Kathryn Reiss (born 1957) – ''Time Windows'', ''Paint by Magic'', ''Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge'' *Ren Rongrong (born 1923) – ''Nobrain'' and ''Neverhappy'' *Adam Rex (born 1973) – ''The True Meaning of Smekday'', ''Cold Cereal'', ''Fat Vampire'', ''Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich'' *H. A. Rey (1898–1977) and Margret Rey (1906–1996) – ''Curious George'' series, ''Pretzel (picture book), Pretzel'' *Lou Rhodes – ''The Phlunk'', ''The Phlunk's Worldwide Symphony'' *Charles Hamilton (writer), Frank Richards (1876–1961) – Greyfriars School stories featuring Billy Bunter *Justin Richards (born 1961) – ''The Invisible Detective'' series *Laura E. Richards (1850–1943) – ''Captain January (novel), Captain January'', ''Tirra Lirra'', ''Eletelephony'' *Chris Riddell (born 1962) – ''The Edge Chronicles'', ''Barnaby Grimes'' *E. V. Rieu (1887–1972) – ''The Flattered Flying Fish and Other Poems'' *Rick Riordan (born 1964) – ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'', ''The Heroes of Olympus'', ''The Kane Chronicles'', ''The Maze of Bones'' *Jamie Rix (born 1958) – ''The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury, Alistair Fury'' series, ''Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids'' series *Keith Robertson (writer), Keith Robertson (1914–1991) – ''Henry Reed (fictional character), Henry Reed'' series *Hilary Robinson (author), Hilary Robinson (born 1962) – ''Mixed Up Fairy Tales'', ''Where The Poppies Now Grow'' *Joan G. Robinson (1910–1988) – ''Teddy Robinson'' series, ''When Marnie Was There'' *Gary D. Robson (born 1958) – ''Who Pooped?'' series *Gianni Rodari (1920–1980) – ''Telephone Tales (Favole al telefono)'', ''Tales Told by a Machine (Novelle fatte a macchina)'' *Emily Rodda (born 1948) – ''Fairy Realm'' series, ''Rowan of Rin'' series, ''Deltora Quest (series), Deltora Quest'' series *Don Roff (born 1966) – ''Scary Stories (with creepy hand lock), Scary Stories'' *Malcolm Rose (born 1953) – Traces series, ''Traces'' series, Lawless and Tilley series, ''Lawless and Tilley'' series *Simon Rose (author), Simon Rose (born 1961) – ''The Alchemist's Portrait'', ''The Sorcerer's Letterbox'', ''The Clone Conspiracy'', ''The Emerald Curse'', ''The Heretic's Tomb'' *Michael Rosen (born 1946) – ''Sad Book'', ''Fantastically Funny Stories'', ''Quick, Let's Get Out of Here'', ''We're Going on a Bear Hunt'' *Amy Krouse Rosenthal – ''Duck! Rabbit!'' *Meg Rosoff (born 1956) – ''How I Live Now'', ''Just In Case'', ''There Is No Dog'', ''Picture Me Gone'' *Diana Ross (author), Diana Ross (1910–2000) – ''The Little Red Engine'' series *Miriam Roth (1910–2005) – ''A Tale of Five Balloons'' *Veronica Roth (born 1988) – ''Divergent (novel), Divergent'', ''Insurgent (novel), Insurgent'', ''Allegiant (novel), Allegiant'' *J. K. Rowling (born 1965) – ''Harry Potter'' series *Hemendra Kumar Roy (1888–1963) – ''Bimal-Kumar'' series *Ron Roy (born 1940) – ''A to Z Mysteries'', ''Capital Mysteries'' *Gillian Rubinstein (born 1942) – ''Space Demons'', ''Galax-Arena'' *Katherine Rundell (born 1987) – ''The Girl Savage'', ''Rooftoppers'' *Salman Rushdie (born 1947) – ''Haroun and the Sea of Stories'' *Rachel Renee Russell (born 1959) – ''Dork Diaries'' *An Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990) – ''Children on the Oregon Trail'', ''Avalanche!'' *Chris Ryan (born 1961) – Alpha Force Books, ''Alpha Force'' series *Pam Muñoz Ryan (born 1951) – ''Esperanza Rising'', ''Becoming Naomi León'' *Cynthia Rylant (born 1954) – ''Missing May'', ''Henry and Mudge'' series, ''Poppleton (book series), Poppleton'' series


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*Louis Sachar (born 1954) – ''Sideways Stories From Wayside School'' series, ''Holes (book), Holes'' *Angie Sage (born 1952) – ''Septimus Heap'' series *Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) – ''The Little Prince'' *Emilio Salgari (1862–1911) – ''The Tigers of Mompracem'', ''The Black Corsair'' *Felix Salten (1869–1945) – ''Bambi, A Life in the Woods, Bambi'' *Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) – ''Rootabaga Stories'' *Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) – ''Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians'' *Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947) – ''Beautiful Joe'' *Constance Savery (1897–1999) – ''Enemy Brothers'' *Malcolm Saville (1901–1982) – ''Lone Pine Club'' series *Ruth Sawyer (1880–1970) – ''Roller Skates'' *Allen Say (born 1937) – ''Grandfather's Journey'', ''The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice'' *Kurtis Scaletta – ''Mudville'', ''Mamba Point'', ''The Tanglewood Terror'' *Richard Scarry (1919–1994) – ''Busytown'' series *Annet Schaap (born 1965) – ''Lampje'' *Pam Scheunemann (born 1955) – ''Overdue Kangaroo'', ''Ape Cape'', ''The Crane Loves Grain'' *Jon Scieszka (born 1954) – ''The Time Warp Trio'', ''The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!'', ''Science Verse'' *Miriam Schlein (1926–2004) – ''The Year of the Panda'', ''I, Tut'', ''The Way Mothers Are'' *Mark Schlichting (born 1948) – ''Harry and the Haunted House'' *Laura Amy Schlitz (born 1955) – ''Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village'' *Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854) – ''The Basket of Flowers'', ''Easter Eggs'' *Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995) – ''Jip and Janneke'', ''Abeltje'', ''Pluk van de Petteflet'' *Alvin Schwartz (children's author), Alvin Schwartz (1927–1992) – ''Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'' *Ann Scott-Moncrieff (1914–1943) – ''Aboard the Bulger'', ''Auntie Robbo'' *Michael Scott (Irish author), Michael Scott (born 1959) – ''The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel'' series *William Matthew Scott, Will Scott (1893–1964) – ''The Cherrys'' series *Laura Vaccaro Seeger – ''First the Egg'', Green (picture book), ''Green'' *Countess of Ségur (1799–1874) – ''Sophie's Misfortunes'', ''Good Little Girls (novel), Good Little Girls'', ''Monsieur Cadichon: Memoirs of a Donkey'' *Tor Seidler (born 1952) – ''A Rat's Tale'', ''The Wainscott Weasel'', ''Mean Margaret'' *George Selden (author), George Selden (1929–1989) – ''The Cricket in Times Square'' series *Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – ''Where the Wild Things Are'' *Kate Seredy (1896–1975) – ''The White Stag'', ''The Good Master'', ''The Singing Tree'' *Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946) – ''Wild Animals I Have Known'', ''Bannertail'', ''Two Little Savages'' *Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) – ''The Cat in the Hat'', ''Green Eggs and Ham'', ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'' *David Severn (1918–2010) – ''Ponies and Poachers'', ''Dream Gold'', ''The Future Took Us'' *Anna Sewell (1820–1878) – ''Black Beauty'' *Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906) – ''Amy Herbert'' *Miranda Seymour (born 1948) – ''Mumtaz the Magical Cat'' *Evelyn Sharp (suffragist), Evelyn Sharp (1869–1955) – ''All the Way to Fairyland'', ''The Other Side of the Sun'' *Margery Sharp (1905–1991) – ''The Rescuers (book), The Rescuers'' *Mark Shasha (born 1961) – ''Night of the Moonjellies'' *Charles Green Shaw (1892–1974) – ''It Looked Like Spilt Milk'' *Jane Shaw (Scottish author), Jane Shaw (1910–2000) – ''Susan Pulls the Strings'' *Mary Shelley (1797–1851) – ''Maurice (Shelley), Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot'' *Dorothy Sherrill (1901–1990) – ''The Story of a Little Gray Mouse'' *Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851) – ''The History of Little Henry and his Bearer'', ''The History of the Fairchild Family'' *Gary Shipman (born 1966) and Rhoda Shipman (born 1968) – ''Pakkins' Land'' *Mark Shulman (author), Mark Shulman (born 1962) – ''Scrawl'', ''Mom and Dad are Palindromes'', ''Secret Hiding Places'' *Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916) – ''In Desert and Wilderness'' *Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born 1963) – ''We Want Christmas in July'', ''Biobörn'' *Shel Silverstein (1930–1999) – ''The Giving Tree'', ''Where the Sidewalk Ends (book), Where the Sidewalk Ends'' *Francesca Simon (born 1955) – ''Horrid Henry'' series *Seymour Simon (author), Seymour Simon (born 1931) – ''Einstein Anderson, Science Detective'' *Catherine Sinclair (1800–1864) – ''Holiday House (novel), Holiday House: A Book for the Young'' *Lester Basil Sinclair (1894–1974) – ''Why Cows Moo'' *Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) – ''Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories'', ''A Day of Pleasure'', ''The Golem (Singer novel), The Golem'' *Marilyn Singer (born 1948) – ''Turtle in July'' *Steve Skidmore (born 1960) and Steve Barlow – '' Outernet'' series *Obert Skye – ''Leven Thumps'' series *Ioan Slavici (1848–1925) – ''The Fairy Aurora'', ''The Twins with the Golden Star'' *Arthur Slade (born 1967) – ''Dust'', ''The Hunchback Assignments'' *William Sleator (1945–2011) – ''Singularity (William Sleator novel), Singularity'', ''Rewind (William Sleator novel), Rewind'' *Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982) – Carbonel series, ''Carbonel'' series, ''Jessamy'', ''No One Must Know'', ''The Snowball (children's novel), The Snowball'' *Dodie Smith (1896–1990) – ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' *Edward Wyke Smith (1871–1935) – ''The Marvellous Land of Snergs'' *Georgina Castle Smith (1845–1933) – ''Froggy's Little Brother'' *Roland Smith (born 1951) – ''Thunder Cave'', ''Peak (novel), Peak'', ''Cryptid Hunters'' *Barbara Smucker (1915–2003) – ''Underground to Canada'', ''Days of Terror'' *Pat Smythe (1928–1996) – ''Three Jays'' series, ''Adventure'' series *Caroline Snedeker (1871–1956) – ''Downright Dencey'', ''The Forgotten Daughter'' *Daniel Handler, Lemony Snicket (born 1970) – ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' *Jack Snow (writer), Jack Snow (1907–1956) – ''The Magical Mimics in Oz'', ''The Shaggy Man of Oz'' *Laurel Snyder – ''Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains'', ''Any Which Wall'', ''Penny Dreadful'' *Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1927–2014) – ''The Egypt Game'', ''The Headless Cupid'', ''The Witches of Worm'' *Donald J. Sobol (1924–2012) – ''Encyclopedia Brown'' series, ''Two-Minute Mysteries'' series *Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born 1948) – ''The Little Vampire (book series), The Little Vampire'' series *Virginia Sorenson (1912–1991) – ''Miracles on Maple Hill'' *Ivan Southall (1921–2008) – ''Josh (novel), Josh'', ''Ash Road'', ''Hills End'', ''To the Wild Sky'', ''Bread and Honey'', ''Fly West'' *Stephen Southwold (1887–1964) – ''Fiddlededee: A Medley of Stories'' *Elizabeth George Speare (1908–1994) – ''The Witch of Blackbird Pond'', ''The Bronze Bow'', ''The Sign of the Beaver'' *Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976) – ''Call It Courage'' *Peter Spier (1927–2017) – ''Noah's Ark (Spier book), Noah's Ark'' *Jerry Spinelli (born 1941) – ''Loser (novel), Loser'', ''Stargirl (novel), Stargirl'', ''Maniac Magee'', ''Crash (1996 novel), Crash'', ''Wringer (novel), Wringer'' *Nancy Springer (born 1948) – ''The Enola Holmes Mysteries'', ''Tales of Rowan Hood'' *E. C. Spykman (1896–1965) – ''A Lemon and a Star'', ''The Wild Angel'', ''Terrible Horrible Edie'', ''Edie on the Warpath'' *Johanna Spyri (1827–1901) – ''Heidi'' *Andy Stanton (born 1973) – ''Mr Gum'' series *Dugald Steer (born 1965) – ''Ologies'' series *William Steig (1907–2003) – ''Sylvester and the Magic Pebble'', ''Doctor De Soto'', ''Shrek!'' *John Steptoe (1950–1989) – ''Stevie'', ''Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters'' *Robin Stevens (author), Robin Stevens (born 1988) – ''Murder Most Unladylike'' *Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) – ''A Child's Garden of Verses'', ''Treasure Island'', ''Kidnapped (novel), Kidnapped'' *Jennifer J. Stewart – ''If That Breathes Fire, We're Toast!'', ''Close Encounters of a Third World Kind'' *Mary Stewart (novelist), Mary Stewart (1916–2014) – ''The Little Broomstick'', ''Ludo and the Star Horse'', ''A Walk in Wolf Wood'' *Paul Stewart (writer), Paul Stewart (born 1955) – ''The Edge Chronicles'', ''Fergus Crane'', ''Muddle Earth'', ''Barnaby Grimes'' *R. L. Stine (born 1943) – ''Goosebumps'', ''Fear Street'', ''The Nightmare Room'' series *Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902) – ''The Lady, or the Tiger?'' *Hilda van Stockum (1908–2006) – ''A Day on Skates'', ''The Winged Watchman'' *Margaret Storey (children's writer), Margaret Storey – ''Timothy and the Two Witches'', ''The Stone Sorcerer'', ''Pauline'' *Walter Scott Story (1879–1955) – ''Skinny Harrison Adventurer'' *Herbert Strang (1866–1958) – ''Round the World in Seven Days'', ''King of the Air'', ''Rob the Ranger'' *Todd Strasser (born 1950) – ''Help! I'm Trapped...'' series *Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930) – founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate that produced many series, most famously Rover Boys (by Stratemeyer as Arthur M. Winfield), Bobbsey Twins,
Tom Swift Tom Swift is the main character of six series of American juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention, and technology. First published in 1910, the series totals more than 100 volumes. The character was ...
, Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew *Noel Streatfeild (1895–1986) – ''Ballet Shoes (novel), Ballet Shoes'', ''The Circus Is Coming'', ''Curtain Up (novel), Curtain Up'', ''White Boots'', ''The Painted Garden'' (US titles ''Circus Shoes'', ''Theater Shoes'', ''Skating Shoes'', ''Movie Shoes'') *Jakob Streit (1910–2009) – ''Liputto: Stories of Gnomes and Trolls'' *Hesba Stretton (1832–1911) – ''Jessica's First Prayer'' *Agnes Strickland (1796–1874) – ''Tales from English History for Children'', ''The Rival Crusoes'' *Charles S. Strong (1906–1962) – ''The Hooded Hawk Mystery'', ''The Scarlet Slipper Mystery'', ''Snow King: Herd Dog of Lapland'' *Jeremy Strong (author), Jeremy Strong (born 1949) – ''There's a Viking in My Bed'' *Jonathan Stroud (born 1970) – ''The Bartimaeus Trilogy'', ''Lockwood & Co.'' *Margaret Stuart (poet), Dorothy Margaret Stuart (1889–1963) – ''The Children's Chronicle'', ''The Young Clavengers'' *Sheila Stuart (1892–1984) – ''Alison's Highland Holiday'' *Jennifer Sullivan (writer), Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945) – ''The Magic Apostrophe'', ''Gwydion and the Flying Wand'' *Deirdre Sullivan – ''Tangleweed and Brine'', ''Prim Improper'' *Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992) – ''The Eagle of the Ninth'', ''The Lantern Bearers (Sutcliff novel), The Lantern Bearers'', ''The Mark of the Horse Lord'', ''Black Ships Before Troy'' *Jón Sveinsson (1857–1944) – ''Nonni'' series *Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) – ''Gulliver's Travels''


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*Rajesh Talwar (born 1958) – ''The Three Greens'' *Shaun Tan (born 1974) – ''The Red Tree (Shaun Tan), The Red Tree'', ''The Lost Thing'', ''Tales from Outer Suburbia'', ''Rules of Summer'' *Kathryn Tanquary – ''The Night Parade'' *Ann Taylor (poet), Ann Taylor (1782–1866) and Jane Taylor (poet), Jane Taylor (1783–1824) – ''Rhymes for the Nursery'', ''Original Poems for Infant Minds'', ''Little Ann and Other Poems'' *Colin Thiele (1920–2006) – ''Storm Boy (novel), Storm Boy'', ''Blue Fin'', ''Sun on the Stubble'' *Scarlett Thomas (born 1972) – ''Worldquake'' series *Kate Thompson (author), Kate Thompson (born 1956) – ''Switchers Trilogy, Switchers'', ''The New Policeman'' *Ruth Plumly Thompson (1891–1976) – ''The Royal Book of Oz'' (1921) and twenty subsequent Oz books *James Thurber (1894–1961) – ''The Thirteen Clocks'', ''The Wonderful O'', ''Many Moons'' *Tim Tingle () — ''Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom'' *Eve Titus (1905–2002) – ''Basil of Baker Street'' series, ''Anatole (mouse), Anatole'' series *Ada Josephine Todd (1858–1904) – ''The Vacation Club'' *Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976) – ''Worzel Gummidge'' series *H. E. Todd (1908–1988) – ''Bobby Brewster'' series *J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) – ''The Hobbit'', ''The Father Christmas Letters'' *Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1883–1945) – ''Buratino, The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino'' *Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) – ''Classic Tales and Fables for Children'' *Theresa Tomlinson (born 1946) – ''The Forestwife'', ''Meet Me by the Steelmen'', ''The Moon Riders'' *Hazel Townson (1928–2010) – ''The Deathwood Letters'', ''The Speckled Panic'', ''The Invisible Boy'' *Catharine Parr Traill (1802–1899) – ''Canadian Crusoes'' *Nigel Tranter (1909–2000) – ''Spaniard's Isle'', ''Nestor the Monster'' *P. L. Travers (1899–1986) – ''Mary Poppins (book series), Mary Poppins'' series *Mary Treadgold (1910–2005) – ''We Couldn't Leave Dinah'' *Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998) – ''Cue for Treason'', ''The Hills of Varna'' *Henry Treece (1911–1966) – ''Horned Helmet'', ''The Road to Miklagard'', ''The Children's Crusade'' *Sharon Tregenza (born 1951) – ''Tarantula Tide'', ''The Shiver Stone'' *Meriol Trevor (1919–2000) – ''Merlin's Ring'', ''The Other Side of the Moon'', ''The Rose Round'', ''The King of the Castle'', ''The Letzenstein Chronicles'' *John R. Tunis (1889–1975) – ''Iron Duke'', ''All American'', ''Keystone Kids'', ''The Kid from Tomkinsville'' *Ann Turnbull (born 1943) – ''Pigeon Summer'', ''The Sand Horse'', ''No Shame, No Fear'' *Ethel Turner (1872–1958) – ''Seven Little Australians'' *Julian Tuwim (1894–1953) – "The Locomotive" and other poems for children, *Mark Twain (1835–1910) – ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'', ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn''


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*Tomi Ungerer (1931–2019) – ''The Mellops'' series, ''Moon Man'', ''Flix '' *Florence Kate Upton (1873–1922) – ''Golliwogg, The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg'' *Anne Ursu – ''The Cronus Chronicles'' *Else Ury (1877–1943) – ''Nesthäkchen and Her Dolls'', ''Nesthäkchen and the World War'' *Eduard Uspensky (1937–2018) – ''Crocodile Gena and His Friends'', ''Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat'' *Alison Uttley (1884–1976) – ''Little Grey Rabbit'' series, ''A Traveller in Time''


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*Rachel Vail (born 1966) – ''Wonder'', ''Do-Over'', ''The Friendship Ring'' series *Jenny Valentine – ''Finding Violet Park'', ''Broken Soup'' *Chris Van Allsburg (born 1949) – ''Jumanji (picture book), Jumanji'', ''The Polar Express'', ''The Garden of Abdul Gasazi'' *Wendelin Van Draanen (born 1965) – ''Sammy Keyes'' series, ''Flipped (novel), Flipped'' *Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944) – ''The Story of Mankind'' (nonfiction) *Shreekumar Varma (born 1955) – ''The Royal Rebel'' *Amy Cripps Vernon (1870–1956) – ''Gerald's Chum'' *Heiki Vilep (born 1960) – ''The Sounds of Silence'', ''The Monsters of the Closet Door'' *Rene Villanueva (1954–2007) – ''Ang Unang Baboy Sa Langit'' ''(The First Pig In Heaven)'' *Judith Viorst (born 1931) – ''Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'' *Elfrida Vipont (1902–1992) – ''The Lark in the Morn'', ''The Lark on the Wing'', ''The Elephant and the Bad Baby'' *John Vornholt (born 1951) – ''The Troll King'' series *Anne de Vries (1904–1964) – ''Journey Through the Night'' *Seita Vuorela (1971–2015) – ''The School of Possibilities'', ''Karikko''


W

*Bernard Waber (1921–2013) – ''The House on East 88th Street'' *Muriel Wace (1881–1968) – ''Moorland Mousie'' *Lea Wait (born 1946) – ''Stopping to Home'', ''Wintering Well'' *Judy Waite – ''Mouse Look Out'' *Priscilla Wakefield (1751–1832) – ''The Juvenile Travellers: Containing the Remarks of A Family During a Tour Through the Principal States and Kingdoms of Europe'' *Dorothy Wall (1894–1942) – ''Blinky Bill'' *Ivy Wallace (1915–2006) – ''Pookie'' series, ''The Animal Shelf'' series *Nancy Elizabeth Wallace (born 1948) – ''Snow'' *John Graham Wallace (born 1966) – ''Mr Bumble'' *Maria Elena Walsh (1930–2011) – ''Tutú Marambá'' *Vivian Walsh (author), Vivian Walsh – ''Olive, the Other Reindeer'', ''Gluey'', ''Penguin Dreams'', ''Mr. Lunch'' series *Mildred Pitts Walter – ''Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, Second Daughter: The Story of a Slave Girl'' *Amy Catherine Walton (Mrs. O. F. Walton, 1849–1939) – ''Christie's Old Organ'' *Jennifer Ward (author), Jennifer Ward (born 1963) – ''Way Out in the Desert'' *Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1887–1966) – ''Plant y Mynachdy'', ''Onesimus'' *Victor Watson (author), Victor Watson (born 1936) – ''Paradise Barn'' series *Marion St John Webb (1888–1930) – ''Knock Three Times'', ''The Girls of Chequertrees'' *Regina Webb (born 1980) – ''Detective Henry Hopper'' series *Sadie Rose Weilerstein (1894–1993) – ''The Adventures of K'tonton'' *Ronald Welch (1909–1982) – ''The Gauntlet (novel), The Gauntlet'', ''Knight Crusader'' *Jacqueline West (author), Jacqueline West (born 1979) – ''Dreamers Often Lie'', ''The Books of Elsewhere'' *Robert Westall (1929–1993) – ''The Machine Gunners'', ''Fathom Five (novel), Fathom Five'', ''The Scarecrows'' *Frank Atha Westbury (1838–1901) – ''Australian Fairy Tales'' *Scott Westerfeld (born 1963) – Midnighters trilogy, ''Peeps (novel), Peeps'', ''The Last Days (Westerfeld novel), The Last Days'', The Uglies series, ''Uglies'' series *John F. C. Westerman (1901–1991) – ''John Wentley Takes Charge'', ''The Invisible Plane'' *Percy F. Westerman (1876–1959) – ''All Hands to the Boats'', ''Deeds of Pluck and Daring in the Great War'' *Carol Weston (born 1956) – ''Melanie Martin'' series, ''Ava and Pip'' *Michael Wexler – ''The Seems'' series *Suzanne Weyn (born 1955) – ''The Bar Code Tattoo'', ''Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (novel), Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium'' *Gloria Whelan (born 1923) – ''Homeless Bird'', ''Angel on the Square'', ''Listening for Lions'', ''Chu Ju's House'' *Evelyn Whitaker (1844–1929) – ''Laddie'', ''Tip Cat'' *E. B. White (1899–1985) – ''Charlotte's Web'', ''Stuart Little'', ''The Trumpet of the Swan'' *T. H. White (1906–1964) – ''The Sword in the Stone (novel), The Sword in the Stone'', ''Mistress Masham's Repose'' *Martin Widmark (born 1961) – ''The Whodunit Detective Agency'' series *Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856–1923) – ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' *Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) – ''The Selfish Giant (story), The Selfish Giant'', ''The Happy Prince and Other Stories'' *Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) – ''Little House on the Prairie (novel), Little House on the Prairie'' and other Little House books *Geoffrey Willans (1911–1958) – ''Down with Skool'', ''How to Be Topp'' *Barbara Willard (1909–1994) – ''The Iron Lily'' *John Ellis Williams (1924–2008) – ''Owen the Goat of Snowdon'' *Karen Lynn Williams (born 1952) – ''Galimoto'' *Maiya Williams (born 1962) – ''The Golden Hour (novel), The Golden Hour'' *Margery Williams (1881–1944) – ''The Velveteen Rabbit'', ''Poor Cecco'', ''Winterbound'' *Oneeka Williams (born 1966) – ''Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo'' series, ''Not Even the Sky is the Limit'' *Ursula Moray Williams (1911–2006) – ''Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse'', ''Gobbolino the Witch's Cat'' *Rita Williams-Garcia (born 1957) – ''One Crazy Summer'', ''P.S. Be Eleven'', ''Gone Crazy in Alabama'' *Henry Williamson (1895–1977) – ''Tarka the Otter'' *Budge Wilson (1927–2021) – ''Before Green Gables'', ''The Leaving'' *Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945) – ''Girls in Love (novel), Girls in Love'', ''Double Act (novel), Double Act'', ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'', ''The Illustrated Mum'' *Jane Wilson-Howarth (born 1954) – ''Himalayan Kidnap'', ''Chasing the Tiger'' *Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer pseudonym from 1899) – ''Rover Boys'' series *Henry Winkler (born 1945) – ''Hank Zipzer'' series *Henry Winterfeld (1901–1990) – ''Trouble at Timpetill'', ''Detectives in Togas'', ''Star Girl'' *Elizabeth Winthrop (born 1948) – ''The Castle in the Attic'' *Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) – ''Original Stories from Real Life'' *Audrey Wood (born 1948) – ''The Napping House'', ''Moonflute'', ''King Bidgood's in the Bathtub'' *Patricia Wrede (born 1953) – ''Enchanted Forest Chronicles'' series *Dare Wright (1914–2001) – ''The Lonely Doll'' *Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010) – ''The Crooked Snake'', ''The Nargun and the Stars'' *Eva-Lis Wuorio (1918–1988) – ''The Island of Fish in the Trees'', ''The Happiness Flower'' *Johann David Wyss (1743–1818) – ''The Swiss Family Robinson''


Y

*Kelly Yang – ''Front Desk (book), Front Desk'' *Laurence Yep (born 1948) – ''The Golden Mountain Chronicles'', Dragon (fantasy series), Dragon series, ''Ribbons'' *Jane Yolen (born 1939) – ''Owl Moon'', ''Commander Toad'' series, The Pit Dragon Trilogy, Pit Dragon series, ''Wizard's Hall'' *Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901) – ''The Daisy Chain'', ''The Little Duke'', ''The Dove in the Eagle's Nest'' *E. H. Young (1880–1949) – ''Caravan Island'', ''River Holiday'' *Ed Young (illustrator), Ed Young (born 1931) – ''Lon Po Po'', ''Seven Blind Mice'' *Miriam Young (1913–1974) – ''Miss Suzy'', ''Jellybeans for Breakfast'', ''A Witch's Garden''


Z

*Zheng Yuanjie (born 1955) – ''King of Fairy Tales'' *Paul Zindel (1936–2003) – ''The Pigman'' *Feenie Ziner (1921–2012) – ''Squanto'', ''The Book of Time'' *Charlotte Zolotow (1915–2013) – ''Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present'' *Rania Zaghir (born 1977) – ''Who Ate My Ice Cream?''


See also

*Caldecott Medal *Carnegie Medal (literary award), Carnegie Medal *Children's literature *Fairy tale *Newbery Medal *Young adult literature *List of American children's books *List of children's book illustrators *List of children's classic books *List of children's non-fiction writers *List of fairy tales *List of young adult authors *Lists of writers


References


External links

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