Literary Library

Leonard Weisgard

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1916 - January 14, 2000American author and illustrator of children's booksAuthor and/or illustrated more than 200 books including "The...
Author Caldecott Caldecott Medal Children's Book Author Illustrator

Josepha Sherman

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1946 - August 23, 2012American adult and children's book author, folklorist and anthologistAuthor of "Trickster Tales: Forty Folk Stor...
Anthologist Anthology Author Children's Book Author Folk Lore Folklorist Folktales

Helen Dunmore

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1952 - June 5, 2017British poet, novelist and short story & children's book writerAuthor of "A Spell of Winter" (for which she wa...
Author British Children's Book Author England English Great Britain Man Booker Prize Novel Novelist Orange Prize Poem Poems Poet Poetry T. S. Eliot Prize

William Joyce

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1959 - American children's book author & illustrator, novelist and filmmakerAuthor of over 50 books including "A Day With Wilbur ...
Academy Award Author Children's Book Author Film Filmmaker Films Illustrator Movie Movies Novel Novelist

Jim Harrison

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1937 - March 26, 2016American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and nonfiction & children's book authorAuthor of "Returning ...
Author Children's Book Author Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Nonfiction Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenplay Screenwriter

Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1892 - March 27, 1982American juvenile book publisher and children's book authorWas responsible for the publication and plotlines of h...
Author Book Publisher Children's Book Author Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Publisher Young Adult

Mary Norton

by Angela Beck
December 10, 1903 - August 29, 1992English children's book author Author of "The Magic Bed-Knob", "Bonfires and Broomsticks" and "The Borrowers"...
Author British Carnegie Medal Children's Book Author England English Great Britain

Cornelia Funke

by Angela Beck
December 10, 1958 - German children's book author and illustratorAuthor of "Dragon Rider", "When Santa Fell to Earth" and "Inkspell"
Author Children's Book Author German Germany Illustrator

Joan W. Blos

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1928 - October 12, 2017American children's book writer, teacher and children's literacy advocateAuthor of "A Gathering of Days: A New E...
Author Children's Book Author Literacy National Book Award Newbery Newbery Medal School Teach Teacher

Jean de Brunhoff

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1899 - October 16, 1937French author and illustrator of children's booksAuthor and illustrator of "The Story of Babar", "The Travels ...
Author Children's Book Author France French Illustrator

Padraic Colum

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1881 - January 11, 1972Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's book author and folklore collectorAuthor of...
Author Bio Biographer Biography Children's Book Author Drama Dramatist Folk Lore Folklorist Ireland Irish Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Kelly Barnhill

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1973 - American author of children's books, fantasy and science fictionAuthor of "The Witch's Boy", "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" (for ...
Author Children's Book Author Fantasy Newbery Newbery Medal Sci-Fi Science Fiction