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Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman (born 1962) is a British children's and YA author, creator of the Noughts & Crosses series and Pig-Heart Boy, UK Children's Laureate 2013–2015, first black laureate, OBE 2008, PEN Pinter Prize winner.
Marc Brown (author)
Marc Tolon Brown (born 1946) is an American children's author and illustrator, creator of Arthur the Aardvark (Arthur's Nose, 1976) and creative producer of the Emmy-winning PBS series Arthur; also illustrator of Wild About Books.
Margaret Wise Brown
Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952), also published as Golden MacDonald and Juniper Sage, American picture-book author of Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny; Bank Street 'here-and-now' pioneer who wrote over 100 children's books.
Maria Gripe
Maria Gripe, born Maria Walter, was a leading Swedish author of children's and youth books whose 38 books, including Hugo och Josefin, were translated into more than 25 languages.
Marina Colasanti
Marina Colasanti (1937–2025) was an Italian-Brazilian writer, journalist, illustrator and translator, born in Asmara, who settled in Rio de Janeiro in 1948 and became one of Brazil's most awarded authors.
Markus Zusak
Markus Zusak, born 1975 in Sydney, is an Australian novelist, author of The Book Thief (2005), The Messenger, and Bridge of Clay; son of German and Austrian immigrants, winner of a Printz Honor, with over 19 million copies sold.
Mary Lamb
Mary Lamb (1764–1847) was an English writer who wrote 14 of the 20 tales in Tales from Shakespeare (1807), credited for years to her brother Charles alone.
Matt Haig
Matt Haig (born 1975, Sheffield) is an English author of The Midnight Library, the memoir Reasons to Stay Alive, and A Boy Called Christmas; his fiction and non-fiction center on mental health, regret, and second chances.
Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak (1928–2012), American children's book author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, and Outside Over There; Caldecott, Andersen, Wilder, and Astrid Lindgren award winner and opera designer.
Meg Cabot
Meg Cabot (born 1967, Bloomington, Indiana) is an American author of The Princess Diaries, the Mediator series, and over 100 books sold in 38 countries, adapted into Disney films.
Mei Hachimoku (八目迷)
Mei Hachimoku (八目迷), Japanese light novelist born 1994, debut The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (Gagaga Bunko, 2019), adapted into a 2022 CLAP anime film; works published by Shogakukan, Seven Seas, Yen Press.
Michael Bond
Thomas Michael Bond (1926–2017), English author and BBC cameraman, creator of Paddington Bear; A Bear Called Paddington (1958) sold over 35 million copies in 40 languages; also wrote Olga da Polga and Monsieur Pamplemousse; OBE 1997, CBE 2015.
Michael Ende
Michael Ende (Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende, 1929–1995), German fantasy and children's author of Jim Knopf, Momo and The Neverending Story; 54+ languages, 40+ million copies, son of painter Edgar Ende.
Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo (born 1943, St Albans), English children's author of War Horse and Private Peaceful, Children's Laureate 2003–2005, knighted 2018, co-founder of Farms for City Children.
Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen (born 1946) is a British children's poet, author of We're Going on a Bear Hunt and Michael Rosen's Sad Book, Children's Laureate 2007–2009, Goldsmiths professor, BBC broadcaster, and 2023 PEN Pinter Prize winner.
Miyoko Matsutani
Miyoko Matsutani (松谷みよ子) was a Japanese children's author and folklorist whose career ran from 1951 to 2015, best known for the fantasy Tatsu no ko Tarō and the Momo-chan series.
Mo Willems
Mo Willems (born 1968), American author, illustrator, animator, and playwright, creator of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny, and Elephant & Piggie; six Emmys on Sesame Street, three Caldecott Honors, two Geisel Medals.
Monteiro Lobato
Monteiro Lobato (José Renato Monteiro Lobato, 1882–1948) was a Brazilian writer and publisher who created the Sítio do Picapau Amarelo children's books and pioneered Brazil's publishing industry.
Ned Vizzini
Ned Vizzini (1981-2013), American young adult author of Be More Chill and It's Kind of a Funny Story, based on his psychiatric hospitalization; adapted to film in 2010; died by suicide at 32.
Ni Kuang
Ni Kuang (倪匡), born Ni Yiming in Shanghai, was a prolific Hong Kong writer and screenwriter who created the Wesley science fiction series and wrote about 300 film scripts.
Otfried Preußler
Otfried Preußler (1923–2013), German children's author from Reichenberg/Liberec, wrote classics like Der Räuber Hotzenplotz, Die kleine Hexe, and Krabat; 35 books, over 50 million copies, former teacher, Wehrmacht officer and Soviet POW.
P. D. Eastman
P. D. Eastman, born Philip Dey Eastman, was an American children's book author and illustrator whose books, including Go, Dog. Go!, have sold more than fifty million copies.
P. L. Travers
P. L. Travers (Pamela Lyndon Travers, born Helen Lyndon Goff, 1899–1996), Australian-born British author of Mary Poppins (1934) and seven sequels; resisted Disney's 1964 film adaptation, which made her wealthy but dissatisfied.
Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness (born 1971) is an American-born author living in London, known for the Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls, twice Carnegie Medal winner, also screenwriter and Guardian reviewer.
Paula Fox
Paula Fox (1923–2017), American author of 20 children's books and six adult novels; Newbery Medal 1974 for The Slave Dancer, Hans Christian Andersen Award 1978, memoirist of Borrowed Finery.
Penelope Delta
Penelope Delta (Πηνελόπη Δέλτα, 1874–1941) was a Greek writer of historical novels for children who wrote in living demotic Greek and helped shape modern Greek children's literature.
Peter Brown (illustrator)
Peter Brown (born 1979) is an American children's book author and illustrator, creator of The Wild Robot series and the picture books The Curious Garden and Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, and Caldecott Honor illustrator of Creepy Carrots!.
Peter Dickinson
Peter Dickinson (1927–2015), Zambian-born English novelist, author of the Changes trilogy, Eva, and the James Pibble mysteries; twice Carnegie Medal and Gold Dagger winner, OBE 2009. Distinct from the composer Peter Dickinson (1934–2023).
Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman (born 1946, Norwich) is the English author of His Dark Materials (Northern Lights/The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) and The Book of Dust trilogy, winner of the Carnegie Medal and Whitbread Book of the Year, knighted in 2019.
R. L. Stine
R.L. Stine (Robert Lawrence Stine, born 1943, Columbus, Ohio) is the American author of the Goosebumps and Fear Street children's horror series, with over 400 million books sold in 35 languages.