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A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne (Alan Alexander Milne, 1882–1956), English playwright, Punch humorist, and author of Winnie-the-Pooh, When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six, and The House at Pooh Corner, plus The Red House Mystery and Peace with Honour.
Ali Novak
Ali Novak, pen name of Alexandra DeWalt, is an American young adult romance author best known for My Life with the Walter Boys, adapted by Netflix in 2023.
Alice Oseman
Alice Oseman (born 1994) is a British author, illustrator, and screenwriter, creator of the Heartstopper webcomic, graphic novel series, and Emmy-winning Netflix adaptation, and author of the YA novels Solitaire, Radio Silence, I Was Born for This, and Loveless.
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Amy Krouse Rosenthal (1965-2017) was a Chicago author of 30+ children's books (Duck! Rabbit!, Uni the Unicorn), the memoirs Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal, and the viral Modern Love essay "You May Want to Marry My Husband."
Ana Maria Machado
Ana Maria Machado, born 1941 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian writer of children's books, novels, and essays who won the 2000 Hans Christian Andersen Award.
Andrew Joseph White
Andrew Joseph White, American trans and autistic horror author from Virginia's Shenandoah Valley; NYT-bestselling YA novels Hell Followed With Us, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, Compound Fracture; adult debut You Weren't Meant to Be Human.
Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas (born 1988, Jackson, Mississippi) is the American YA author of The Hate U Give, the #1 NYT bestseller adapted by Fox 2000; also wrote On the Come Up, Concrete Rose, and the Nic Blake fantasy series.
Ann Liang
Ann Liang, Chinese-Australian author born in Beijing and based in Melbourne, writes bestselling YA and adult fiction including If You Could See the Sun, This Time It's Real, A Song to Drown Rivers, and I Am Not Jessica Chen.
Annie M. G. Schmidt
Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995) was a Dutch writer of children's books, poems, songs, and musicals who created Jip en Janneke and won the 1988 Hans Christian Andersen Prize.
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz (born 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter, creator of Alex Rider, Foyle's War and Midsomer Murders, and the only writer authorized by both the Conan Doyle and Fleming estates for Sherlock Holmes and James Bond novels.
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), Swedish children's author, creator of Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump), Emil i Lönneberga, and Ronia the Robber's Daughter; 34 chapter books and 41 picture books, translated into over 100 languages, head of children's fiction at Rabén & Sjögren 1946–1970.
Barbara Park
Barbara Lynne Park (1947-2013), American children's author, creator of the Junie B. Jones series begun in 1992; also wrote Skinnybones and Mick Harte Was Here; over 50 books.
Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), British author-illustrator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and 23 Tales selling over 250 million copies; also mycologist, Herdwick sheep farmer, and National Trust benefactor who left over 4,000 Lake District acres.
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary (1916-2021), American children's author of Henry Huggins and the Ramona Quimby series set on Portland's Klickitat Street; winner of the 1984 Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw and the 1975 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award.
Brian Jacques
Brian Jacques (1939-2011), English author of the Redwall children's fantasy series set at Redwall Abbey; former Liverpool truck driver whose vivid prose began as stories for blind schoolchildren.
Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare, pen name of Judith Rumelt, American YA fantasy author of The Mortal Instruments and the Shadowhunter Chronicles; born in Tehran, Iran; over 50 million copies in print; also writes the adult Chronicles of Castellane.
Cecil Bødker
Cecil Bødker (1927–2020) was a Danish author best known for the 14-volume Silas series about an orphan boy, begun with Silas og den sorte hoppe in 1967.
Cecily von Ziegesar
Cecily von Ziegesar, born 1970, American author and creator of the Gossip Girl and It Girl novel series, written while at Alloy Entertainment; also wrote Cum Laude and Cobble Hill, and the 2027 sequel Blair.
Charlotte Pence Bond
Charlotte Pence Bond, daughter of former Vice President Mike Pence and Karen Pence, is a bestselling author of the Marlon Bundo children's series and Where You Go, and a Daily Wire journalist on Morning Wire.
Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini, also known as Chris Paolini, is an American fantasy and science fiction author born in 1983, best known for the Inheritance Cycle, which began with Eragon.
Christopher Pike (author)
Christopher Pike, pen name of Kevin Christopher McFadden (born in Brooklyn, New York; dates reported as 1954, 1955, or 1961), American YA horror author of Slumber Party, The Last Vampire/Thirst, and The Midnight Club, adapted by Netflix in 2022.
CJ Skuse
CJ Skuse (Claire Joanna Skuse, born 1980, Weston-super-Mare) is an English novelist, author of five YA novels including Pretty Bad Things and Monster, and the Sweetpea adult crime series adapted for Sky Atlantic TV in 2024.
Cressida Cowell
Cressida Cowell (born 1966, London) is a British children's author and illustrator, creator of How to Train Your Dragon (11 million books, 38 languages, DreamWorks films) and The Wizards of Once; Waterstones Children's Laureate 2019–2022 and literacy campaigner.
Cynthia Rylant
Cynthia Rylant, born 1954, is an American author and poet who has written more than one hundred children's books; her novel Missing May won the Newbery Medal in 1993.
Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler, pen name Lemony Snicket, American author of the 13-volume A Series of Unfortunate Events, seven adult novels including The Basic Eight, and Poison for Breakfast; 70 million copies sold, San Francisco.
Darren O'Shaughnessy
Darren O'Shaughnessy (b. 1972, London), Irish author known as Darren Shan (Cirque du Freak, The Demonata, Zom-B) and Darren Dash for adult novels; 60+ books, over 25 million copies sold.
Dav Pilkey
Dav Pilkey (born 1966) is an American children's author-illustrator, creator of Captain Underpants (1997, 90M+ copies) and Dog Man (2016, 60M+ copies), a 1997 Caldecott Honor winner for The Paperboy whose dyslexia and ADHD shaped his career.
Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) was an English fantasy writer for children and young adults whose Howl's Moving Castle became a 2004 Hayao Miyazaki animated film.
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss is the pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991), American children's author and cartoonist of The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham; over 60 books, 1984 Pulitzer Prize, six titles withdrawn in 2021.
Dr. Seuss bibliography
Dr. Seuss bibliography: the complete book list of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904–1991), also published as Theo. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone; 48 lifetime books from Mulberry Street (1937) to Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990), plus posthumous and withdrawn titles.