J. D. Salinger-1919-
http://www.salinger.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/salinger.htm http://www.morrill.org/books/salbio.shtml http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/
about_j_salinger.html http://www.who2.com/jdsalinger.html http://www.levity.com/corduroy/salinger.htm http://www.euronet.nl/users/los/tcitr.html

Barbara Williams-1925-
http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/courses/edu/fiene/
barbarawilliams.html

Jean Ure-1943- http://www.jeanure.com/
http://www.wordpool.co.uk/ap/ure.htm http://www.orchardbooks.co.uk/jureob.htm

Marilyn Hirsh-1944-1988 http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/
hirsh.htm http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/HirschM.html

Isaac Asimov-1920-1992 http://www.asimovonline.com/ http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/asimov.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/exhibits/asimov/
http://www.hycyber.com/SF/asimov_isaac.html
http://www.slawcio.com/asimov.html http://kaedrin.com/fun/asimov/asimov.html http://www.booksfactory.com/writers/asimov.htm http://www.bookshopp.com/authorbios/isaacasimov.asp http://www.usedbooksandcds.com/authorbios/isaacasimov.asp http://www.matchc.com/a_authors/Isaac_Asimov.html http://www.insite.com.br/rodrigo/text/isaac_asimov.html http://www.referaty.sk/tlac.php?referat=6806

Crosby Bonsall-1921-1995 http://www.crosbybonsall.com/ http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/bonsall.htm

Jan Slepian-1921-

Jean Little-1932-
http://redcedar.swifty.com/1999/Author_Bios/jean.htm http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/authorsillustrato/a/
jeanlittle.htm http://www.cqsb.qc.ca/svs/jlindex.htm http://www.edu.pe.ca/vrcs/grassroots/1999/grade8/authors/text/
Little.html

Alma Flor Ada-1938-
http://www.almaflorada.com/ http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/ada.html
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/ada.htm http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/tml/workshop7/
resources2.html

Ed Martinez-1954- http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/martinez.html http://www.birchwoodartgallery.com/search/artistdetail.asp?artistid=235

J. R. R. Tolkien-1892-1973
http://www.tolkiensociety.org/ http://www.tolkien.co.uk/frame.asp http://tolkien.cro.net/ http://gollum.usask.ca/tolkien/ http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/7882/tolkien.html http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tolkien.htm http://www.who2.com/jrrtolkien.html http://users.ox.ac.uk/~tolksoc/TolkiensOxford/ http://www.tolkien-movies.com/ http://www.nytimes.com/specials/advertising/movies/tolkien/
index.html http://www.spowers.net/Tolkien/ http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/
Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/Tolkien__J_R_R___1892_1973_/
Lord_of_the_Rings/

Carolyn Haywood-1898-1990 http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/haywood.htm

Joan Walsh Anglund-1926- http://www.logan.com/loganberry/most-anglund.html

Tony Chen-1929-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/
findaids/chen.htm

Patricia Lee Gauch-1934-
http://www.patriciamnewman.com/gauch.html

J. Otto Seibold-1960-
http://www.storyopolis.com/portfolio-dbp.asp?ArtistID=180 http://www.little-lit.com/artists/seibold.html http://www.jotto.com/ http://www.bookpage.com/0309bp/meet_otto_siebold.html http://www.digital-illustration.com.au/culturezone/jotto-fr.html

Chris K. Soentpiet-1970-
http://www.soentpiet.com/ http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/soentpiet.html http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=3185 http://www.visitingauthors.com/printable_pages/
soentpiet_chris_print_info.html

Jacob Grimm-1785-1863
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jgrimm.htm
http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/eng/biblio/author/grimmj.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Grimm
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/grimm.htm
http://www.biblion.com/litweb/biogs/grimm_jacob.html

Maggie Duff-1916-2003
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA297869

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor-1933- http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/askauthor/Naylor.html http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/naylor.html http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/naylor.htm http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/naylor.htm http://www.simonsays.com/subs/index.cfm?areaid=510 http://www.childrenslit.com/f_naylor.html http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/pnaylor.html

Fernando Krahn-1935- http://www.ekare.com/English/detailpopup.cfm?autor=Krahn

Robert Burleigh-1936- http://www.scbwi-illinois.org/Burleigh.html

Etienne Delessert-1941- http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/eng/biblio/illus/delessert.html

Christina Rossetti-1830-1894 http://www.walrus.com/~gibralto/acorn/germ/CRossetti.html http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/crossetti/crov.html http://www.literaryhistory.com/19thC/ROSSETTIC.htm http://www.upei.ca/~english/202/victorian/crossetti.html http://celtic.benderweb.net/cr/ http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/rossetti.htm http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poet283.html http://members.aol.com/ericblomqu/rossettc.htm http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/r/o/rossetti_c.htm http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/rossetti.htm

Celestino Piatti-1922- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestino_Piatti

Sheila Cole-1939- http://www.childrensliteraturecouncil.org/speakers_list.htm#cole

Carol Purdy-1943- http://www.fairrosa.info/authors/carol_purdy.html

Betsy Maestro-1944- http://www.author-illustr-source.com/betsyandgiuliomaestro.htm http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/maestro.html

Lynne Cherry-1952- http://lynnecherry.com/ http://friend.ly.net/users/jorban/biographies/
cherrylynne/index.html http://www.loe.org/series/lynne_cherry/ http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/cherry.htm http://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/02/q1/0114-cherry.htm http://www.rif.org/art/illustrators/cherry.mspx

Vera Cleaver-1919-1992 http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/c/Cleaver,Vera

Don Bolognese-1934- http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/
authorstudies/authorhome.jhtml?authorID=109&collateralID=5107
&displayName=Biography

Linda Williams-1948-

Wendelin Van Draanen-19--? http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/dec01/vandraanen.htm http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-keyes-author.asp http://www.childrenslit.com/f_vandraanen.html http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/vandraanen/

Zora Neale Hurston-1891-1960 http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~gallaher/hurston/hurston.html http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/hurston.htm http://i.am/zora http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/
about_zora_neale_hurston.html

Eleanor Clymer-1906-2001 http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/
clymer.htm

Ethel Kessler-1922-

Rosekrans Hoffman-1926- http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/
hoffman.htm

Kay Chorao-1937-

John Warren Stewig-1937-

Minfong Ho-1951- http://members.authorsguild.net/minfong/

Lee Ames-1921- http://www.epcomm.com/draw50/ http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/ames.htm

Nancy Bond-1945- http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/intrvws/bond.htm http://www.concordnet.org/library/scollect/Fin_Aids/Bond.html http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/nancybond.htm

Stephen Manes-1949- http://www.forbes.com/columnists/col_archive.jhtml?aname=Stephen+Manes&author=stephen+and+manes

Floyd Cooper-1956- http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/fcooper.html http://www.twbookmark.com/authors/93/885/ http://www.childrenslit.com/f_floydcooper.html

Marjorie Priceman-1958- http://www.storybookart.com/meet_mpriceman.html

Clyde Robert Bulla-1914- http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/bulla.htm http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/
authorstudies/authorhome.jhtml?authorID=17&collateralID=5114&displayName=Biography

Walter Brooks-1886-1958 http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-freddy-author.asp http://www.freddythepig.org/ http://www.rny.com/pubs/ss/features/freddy/freddy.html http://members.tripod.com/~jill_morgan/freddy.html

Robinson Jeffers—1887-1962

Remy Charlip-1929-

Mary Peace Finlay-1942-

Sook Nyul Choi-19-? http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/choi.html http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/choi.html http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr05/mtai/choi.html

Christopher G. Knight-1943-

Lloyd Bloom-1947-

Robert C. O'Brien-1918-1973 http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/obrien.htm

Ann Tompert-1918- http://www.boydsmillspress.com/authors.tpl?command=showpage&authorid=0474

Berniece Rabe-1928- http://www.berniecerabe.com/Index.html http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/isl/ldo/childrens/r.htm

Mary Rodgers-1931-

Jim Hightower-1943-

Steven Otfinoski-1949- http://www.literaturereview.net/72527_stevenotfinoski.html

Alice Mead-1952- http://www.alicemead.com/

Charles Perrault-1628-1703
http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/eng/biblio/author/
perrault.html http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11701c.htm http://www.longlongtimeago.com/
llta_fairytales_writers_charlesperrault.html http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Charles-Perrault http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Perrault

Jack London-1876-1916 http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/ http://www.jack-london.org/main_e.htm http://www.parks.sonoma.net/JLStory.html http://www.jack-london.org/ http://www.getyourwordsworth.com/WORDSWORTH-JackLondon.html http://www.jacklondon.com/ http://www.online-literature.com/london/ http://jacklondonfdn.org/ http://www.literature.org/authors/london-jack/ http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jlondon.htm

Laura Adams Armer-1874-1963 http://www.sla.purdue.edu/WAAW/Palmquist/Photographers/
Armer.htm http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?eu=333545&query=circle&ct=ebi

Clement Hurd-1908-1988

Margaret Rostkowski-1945-

William Muñoz-1949- http://www.agpix.com/photographer/prime/A0083050.html

D. Anne Love-1949- http://www.dannelove.com/ http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-love-d-anne.asp

David Wiseman-1916- http://www.scifan.com/writers/ww/WisemanDavid.asp http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=1281

N. M. Bodecker-1922-1988

Kathleen Elgin-1923- http://www.elgins.com/jamesrobertbranch.html

Michael Bond-1926- http://www.paddingtonbear.co.uk/en/1/fachismbo.mxs http://www.btinternet.com/~ajarvis/paddington.htm http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/author/author/bond/ http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/bond.htm

Hendrik W. Van Loon-1882-1944

Hugh Lofting-1886-1947 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Lofting http://members.tripod.com/~Puddleby/ http://selfknowledge.com/262au.htm http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Hugh_Lofting.htm

Doris Lund-1919-2003

Patricia Rhoads Mauser-1943-

Peter Asbjornsen-1812-1885 http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/eng/biblio/author/moe.html

Robert Silverberg-1935- http://www.owmyhead.com/silverberg/oldsite/silvhome.htm http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Robert_Silverberg.htm http://www.hycyber.com/SF/silverberg_robert.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg

Bijou Le Tord-1945- http://bijou.letord.free.fr/Bijou%20website/

Satomi Ichikawa-1949-

Robert Service-1874-1958

Martha Shapp-1910-

Robert Lipsyte-1938- http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/lipsyte.htm http://www.carr.org/mae/lipsyte/lipsyte.htm http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/
margaretaedwards/maeprevious/2001awardwinner.htm

Andrew Glass-1935- http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=711

Robert Cormier-1925-2000 http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-cormier-robert.asp http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,393333,00.html http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-cormier-robert.asp http://www.achuka.co.uk/special/cormier01.htm http://www.cnn.com/2000/books/news/11/06/
deaths.cormier.ap/ http://www.mcdougallittell.com/disciplines/_lang_arts/authors/
cormier.cfm http://www.webenglishteacher.com/cormier.html http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=80 http://www.wbais.org/~aislibrary/robertcormier.htm

Shari Lewis-1934-1998 http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9808/03/shari.lewis.obit/ http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762699.html http://www.grandtimes.com/lambchop.html http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-1068 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis http://entertainment.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=36893

John Bellairs-1938-1991 http://www.bellairsia.com/ http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212361/authorbio.htm#jb

Janet Stevens-1953- http://www.janetstevens.com/ http://www.scottforesman.com/families/authors/stevens.html http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/stevens.htm http://www.harcourtbooks.com/authorinterviews/
bookinterview_stevens.asp

A. A. Milne-1882-1956 http://www.pooh-corner.com/biomilne.html http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/milne.htm http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3914/ http://www.msu.edu/user/steinbr1/pooh/milne.htm http://www.just-pooh.com/milne.html http://poohshideout.tripod.com/milne.html

Arthur Ransome-1884-1967
http://www.arthur-ransome.org/ar/ http://www.visitcumbria.com/ransome.htm http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jransome.htm http://www.selfknowledge.com/357au.htm http://authorsdirectory.com/biography_online_
book_portrait_picture/r_authors_arthur_ransome.shtml http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/jsp/db/author.jsp?authorId=16&authorName=Arthur+Ransome http://homepage1.nifty.com/hobbit/english/ransome/

Raymond Briggs-1934- http://www.roland-collection.com/rolandcollection/literature/101/W50.htm http://www.toonhound.com/briggs.htm http://portico.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/magicpencil/briggs.html

Grace Nichols-1950- http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/nichols.htm http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/npd/nichols.htm

Catherine Anholt-1958- http://www.powertolearn.com/ask_the_expert/expert_archive/
laurence_and_catherine_anholt.shtml http://www.orchardbooks.co.uk/lanhoob.htm

Alan Schroeder-1961-

Edgar Allan Poe-1809-1849

Nina Bawden-1925- http://www.ninabawden.net/ http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/bawden.htm http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/bawden.htm http://www.yearofreading.org.uk/reading/writers/fine/nina.html

Corinne Gerson-1927-

Susan Dodson-1941-

Pat Mora-1942- http://www.patmora.com/ http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/mora.html http://www.leeandlow.com/booktalk/mora.html http://dept.kent.edu/virginiahamiltonconf/mora.htm

Helen Hoover-1910-1984 http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/H/hoover_years.html

Joy Adamson-1920-1980 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Joy_Adamson http://www.who2.com/joyadamson.html

Mary Anderson-1939-

Tedd Arnold-1949- http://www.geocities.com/~teddarnold/ http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/arnold.htm http://t3.preservice.org/T0301050/facts.html http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/arnoldbib.htm http://t3.preservice.org/T0301050/appearance.html

Carol Beach York-1928- http://www.ereads.com/author.asp?authorid=23

Huck Scarry-1953-

Sheila Gordon-1927- http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/gordonsheila.html

Blair Lent-1930-

Brian Wildsmith-1930- http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/
DG1215f.html?DG1215b.html~mainFrame http://www.jubileebooks.co.uk/jubilee/magazine/
authors/brian_wildsmith/wildsmith_profile.asp

Rafe Martin-1946- http://www.rafemartin.com
http://www.yellowmoon.com/martin.html http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/folktale_meetrafe.htm http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/rafemartin.htm http://www.footprintpress.com/RochesterAuthors/rafe.htm

Michael Scott Rohan-1951- http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/mike.scott.rohan/ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Michael_Scott_
Rohan.htm

Charles Parlin Graves-1911-1972

Thomas B. Allen-1928- http://www.tballen.com/ http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/allen.html http://www.martystuart.com/Zart-Countrycom-5-17-00.htm

Katharine Holabird-1948- http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-angelina-titles.asp

Susan Mathias Smith-1950- http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/smith.htm

Charles Boardman Hawes-1889-1923 http://www.giga-usa.com/gigaweb1/quotes2/quauthawescharlesbx001.htm

John Beatty-1922-1975

Robert Burns-1759-1796

James Flora-1914-1998

Barbara Rinkoff-1923-1975

Hilma Wolitzer-1930-

Roy Gerrard-1935- http://www.fsgkidsbooks.com/authordetails.asp?ID=Gerrard http://www.crescentgallery.net/gerrard.html

Nicki Weiss-1954-

Debbi Chocolate-1951- http://www.chipublib.org/003cpl/childrensrvcs/
srp01chocolate.html

Mary Mapes Dodge-1831-1905 http://www.selfknowledge.com/125au.htm http://authorsdirectory.com/biography_online_
book_portrait_picture/d_authors_mary_mapes_dodge.shtml http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=31276 http://authorsdirectory.com/b/hboss10.htm http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/Period_3/
dodge.htm

Maria von Trapp-1905-1987

Charles Mikolaycak-1937-1993 http://www.oklahoma.net/~silvrdal/mikolaycak.html

Ashley Wolff-1956- http://www.ashleywolff.com/

Lewis Carroll-1832-1898 http://www.lewiscarroll.org/carroll.html http://www.literature.org/authors/carroll-lewis/ http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/carroll.htm http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/carroll/carrollov.html http://www.insite.com.br/rodrigo/text/lewis_carroll.html http://lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk/

Jules Archer-1915-

Jean Merrill-1923- http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/merrill.htm

Harry Allard-1928- http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/allard.htm

Julius Lester-1939- http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/lester.html http://www.childrenslit.com/f_lester.html http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/lester.htm http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/cool6.html http://www.africanpubs.com/apps/bios/0309lesterjulius.asp?pic=none

Janice Van Cleave-1942- http://janicevancleave.com/

Susan Guevara-1956- http://www.susanguevara.com/

Vera B. Williams-1927- http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-williams-vera.asp http://teachersnetwork.org/ntol/howto/childlit/authorstudy.htm http://www.parents-choice.org/full_abstract.cfm?art_id=16&the_page=reading_list http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/williams.htm http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/MeettheAuthor/
Interview_Vera_Williams.htm

Ann Jonas-1932- http://www.nccil.org/jonasce.html

Anton Chekov-1860-1904

Bill Peet-1915-2002 http://cagle.slate.msn.com/hogan/interviews/peet.asp http://www.tlsbooks.com/billpeetbooks.htm
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/peet.htm http://www.gographics.com/funnies/peetintr.htm

Christopher Collier-1930-

Sylvia Cassedy-1930-1989

Rosemary Wells-1943- http://www.rosemarywells.com/ http://www.hbook.com/exhibit/wellsradio.html http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/wells.html http://www.storyopolis.com/portfolio-dbp.asp?ArtistID=127 http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/dcorley/authors/Wells.htm

Susan Whitcher-1952-

Lloyd Alexander-1924- http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/alis/lis5937/prior/eliza.htm http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/alexanderlloyd/ http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-alexander-lloyd.asp http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/alexander.htm http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/
authorstudies/authorhome.jhtml?authorID=1&collateralID=5073&displayName=Biography

Myron Levoy-1930-

Tony Johnston-1942- http://www.childrenslit.com/f_tonyjohnston.html http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/johnston.htm

Gerald McDermott-1941- http://www.geraldmcdermott.com/ http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/mcdermottgerald/ http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mcdermott.htm

Denise Fleming-1950- http://www.denisefleming.com/ http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/flemingdenise/ http://www.bcplonline.org/kidspage/fleming.html http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-fleming-denise.asp

Bryan Collier-1967- http://www.bryancollier.com/ http://www.rif.org/art/illustrators/collier.mspx http://dept.kent.edu/virginiahamiltonconf/collier.htm