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R. M. Ballantyne
R. M. Ballantyne (Robert Michael Ballantyne, 1825–1894) was a Scottish writer of juvenile adventure fiction whose The Coral Island (1858) influenced Treasure Island and Lord of the Flies.
Rainbow Rowell
Rainbow Rowell, American novelist of Omaha, Nebraska, author of Attachments, Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, the Simon Snow trilogy (Carry On, Wayward Son, Any Way the Wind Blows), Pumpkinheads, Slow Dance, and Cherry Baby.
Ramanlal Soni
Ramanlal Soni (રમણલાલ સોની; pen name Sudamo; 1908–2006) was a Gujarati children's writer and translator who produced roughly 400 books and led translations of Bengali literature.
Ransom Riggs
Ransom Riggs is an American writer and filmmaker whose Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2011) became a bestselling series of six novels, adapted by Tim Burton in 2016.
Raymond Briggs
Raymond Redvers Briggs (1934–2022), English illustrator and author of Father Christmas, Fungus the Bogeyman, and the wordless The Snowman; twice Kate Greenaway Medalist, CBE 2017, creator of adult graphic novels When the Wind Blows and Ethel & Ernest.
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry (1919-1994), American children's author and illustrator of Busytown books with Lowly Worm and Huckle Cat; Best Word Book Ever (1963) sold 7 million copies; over 100 million books sold worldwide.
Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan (born 1964, San Antonio) is the American author of Percy Jackson & the Olympians, the Kane Chronicles, Heroes of Olympus, and Magnus Chase; former teacher, Edgar/Anthony/Shamus-winning mystery writer, over 190 million copies sold.
Rieko Nakagawa
Rieko Nakagawa (中川李枝子) was a Japanese children's author best known for the picture-book series Guri and Gura and for writing the lyrics of the My Neighbor Totoro theme song.
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl (1916–1990), British author born in Wales to Norwegian parents, wrote 19 children's books including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and The BFG, plus dark adult short stories; his legacy includes 300 million sales, 2023 Puffin revisions, and acknowledged antisemitism.
Roald Dahl bibliography
The Roald Dahl bibliography lists the works of the British author Roald Dahl, 58 works including children's books like Matilda and The BFG, from 1943 to 1991.
Robert Cormier
Robert Cormier (Robert Edmund Cormier, 1925–2000) was an American novelist and journalist whose dark young adult novel The Chocolate War (1974) helped establish the YA novel.
Robert Munsch
Robert Munsch (Robert Norman Peter Maria Munsch), born 1945 in Pittsburgh, is a Canadian children's author and storyteller with nearly 100 books and over 87 million copies sold, known for The Paper Bag Princess and Love You Forever.
Robin Klein
Robin Klein (Robin McMaugh Klein, born 28 February 1936, Kempsey, NSW) is an Australian children's and YA author of Thing, Hating Alison Ashley, and Came Back to Show You I Could Fly; CBCA award winner and 1991 Dromkeen Medal recipient.
Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond (born May 19, 1934, Kasauli) is an Indian author of British descent in English, known for Himalayan short stories and children's books; first novel The Room on the Roof won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize; Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan recipient.
S. E. Hinton
S. E. Hinton (Susan Eloise Hinton, born 1948, Tulsa) is the American author of The Outsiders (1967), written in high school and credited with launching modern young adult fiction; her other novels include Rumble Fish and Tex.
Samad Behrangi
Samad Behrangi (صمد بهرنگی, 1939–1968) was an Iranian teacher and short story writer of Azerbaijani background, best known for the children's folktale The Little Black Fish.
Samuil Marshak
Samuil Marshak (Самуил Маршак, 1887–1964) was a Russian poet, playwright, and translator who founded modern Soviet children's literature and gave Russian readers Shakespeare's sonnets and Burns.
Sane Guruji
Sane Guruji (साने गुरुजी), born Pandurang Sadashiv Sane (1899–1950), was a Marathi teacher, freedom fighter, and prolific writer best known for Shyamchi Aai, an autobiographical novel about his mother.
Sangu Mandanna
Sangu Mandanna (born 1987/1988, Bengaluru, India) is a British-Indian novelist in Norwich, England. Known for The Lost Girl (2012), the Mahabharata space-opera Celestial Trilogy, and the cozy fantasy bestseller The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (2022).
Sara Shepard
Sara Shepard, American #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars, The Lying Game, The Perfectionists, and Reputation; Pittsburgh-based, NYU and Brooklyn College MFA, also writes the Penny Draws middle grade series.
Scott O'Dell
Scott O'Dell (1898–1989), American children's historical fiction author of Island of the Blue Dolphins, 1961 Newbery Medalist, 1972 Hans Christian Andersen Award winner, and founder of the Scott O'Dell Award.
Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein (Sheldon Allan Silverstein, 1930-1999), American poet, cartoonist, and songwriter; author of The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and A Light in the Attic; Playboy cartoonist and writer of A Boy Named Sue.
Shibram Chakraborty
Shibram Chakraborty (শিবরাম চক্রবর্তী; 1903–1980) was an Indian Bengali humorist, essayist, and playwright best known for humorous stories and children's literature and for the comic characters Harshabardhan and Gobardhan.
Shigeo Watanabe
Shigeo Watanabe (渡辺茂男, 1928–2006) was a Japanese children's author, translator, and library science professor at Keio University who published about 300 children's books, including the fire-engine story Shōbō jidōsha Jiputa.
Soman Chainani
Soman Chainani (born 1979, Key Biscayne, Florida) is the American author of The School for Good and Evil fairy-tale series, over 4.5 million copies sold, a 2022 Netflix film, Beasts & Beauty, and the 2026 political thriller Young World.
Stan and Jan Berenstain
Stan and Jan Berenstain (both born 1923) were a Philadelphia-born husband-and-wife cartoonist team who created the Berenstain Bears with Dr. Seuss as editor in 1962; more than 300 books and hundreds of millions of copies sold.
Sukumar Ray (সুকুমার রায়)
Sukumar Ray (সুকুমার রায়, 1887–1923), Bengali nonsense poet, editor of Sandesh, author of Abol Tabol, HaJaBaRaLa and Pagla Dashu; father of filmmaker Satyajit Ray, son of printing pioneer Upendrakishore.
Susan Cooper
Susan Mary Cooper (born 1935) is a British-born American author of The Dark Is Rising, the five-book fantasy sequence that won the 1976 Newbery Medal for The Grey King and a 1974 Newbery Honor, plus the World Fantasy Award (2013) and SFWA Grand Master honor (2024).
Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins (born 1962, Hartford, Connecticut) is the American author of The Hunger Games five-book dystopian series and The Underland Chronicles; over 100 million copies sold, $3.4 billion film franchise.
Tahereh Mafi
Tahereh Mafi (born 1988) is an American YA author, creator of the Shatter Me dystopian romance series and its New Republic spinoff, plus This Woven Kingdom and Furthermore; National Book Award longlisted.