
Author and Illustrator Almanac
December 2011
December 1
http://www.librarything.com/author/berendspollyberrien
Jan Brett—1949-
http://www.janbrett.com/
December 2
William Wegman—1943-
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/wegman/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wegman
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/wegman_william.html
http://artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles2000/Articles0500/WWegmanA.html
David Macaulay—1946-
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/macaulay/
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-macaulay-david.asp
http://www.little-lit.com/artists/macaulay.html
http://www.superpages.com/enlightenme/literacyleaders/archives/02_David_Macaulay.htm
Don Lessem—1951-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Lessem
http://www.answers.com/topic/don-lessem-children-s-author
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/profilesofasianleaders/a/genghisexhibit.htm
Ma href="http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=2278" target="_blank">http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=2278
December 3
Joseph Conrad—1857-1924
http://www.online-literature.com/conrad/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad
Esther Carlson—1920-
Barbara Brooks Wallace—1922-
http://www.barbarabrookswallace.com/
http://waw.emporia.edu/winners/winner82-83.htm
Rose Blue—1931-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1978/Blue-Rose-1931.html
December 4
Munro Wilbur Leaf—1905-1976
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munro_Leaf
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/12dec/12-04leaf.html
Bianca Bradbury—1908-1982
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/259457.Bianca_Bradbury
Barbara Leonie Picard—1917-
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE17.html
George Ancona—1929-
http://www.georgeancona.com
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/ancona.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2187
Helen Cavanagh—1939-
Bruce Hiscock—1940-
http://www.brucehiscock.com/
http://charlotteaward.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/bruce-hiscock-interview/
December 5
Christina Rossetti—1830-1894
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/crossetti/index.html
http://www.literaryhistory.com/19thC/ROSSETTIC.htm
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/rossetti.htm
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poet/283.html
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/r/o/rossetti_c.htm
Ann Nolan Clark—1896-1995
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/clark.htm
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/12dec/12-25clark.html
https://library.usu.edu/specol/manuscript/collms23.html
Walt Disney—1901-1966
http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney
http://www.norsknettskole.no/fag/ressurser/itstud/fuv/gunnargrodal/bio.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney
http://www.notablebiographies.com/De-Du/Disney-Walt.html
James Arthur Kjelgaard—1910-1959
http://home.sprintmail.com/~charterbus/biograph.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kjelgaard
http://www.hstreasures.com/authors/kjelgaard.html
Harve Zemach (Harvey Fischtrom)—1933-1974
http://www.jacketflap.com/persondetail.asp?person=60065
December 6
Cornelia Meigs—1884-1973
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Meigs
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Meigs__Cornelia.html
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/12dec/12-06meigs.html
http://ead.dartmouth.edu/html/ml41.html
Alfred Joyce Kilmer—1886-1918
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Kilmer
http://www.risingdove.com/kilmer/Trees.asp
Elizabeth Yates—1905-2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Yates_%28author%29
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/02/arts/elizabeth-yates-95-author-of-noted-children-s-books.html
http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/public/author_profile.php?id=189
http://www.iblist.com/author6466.htm
John Reynolds Gardiner—1944-2006
http://home.roadrunner.com/~edweedy/johnreynoldsgardiner/
http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=54
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/arts/19gardiner.html?_r=2
December 7
Willa Cather—1873-1947
http://www.willacather.org
http://cather.unl.edu
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/wcather.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willa_Cather
John Tunis—1889-1975
http://www.uta.edu/english/tim/baseball/juv/tunis.html
Mary Lankford—1932-
http://www.balkinbuddies.com/lankford/index.html
Anne Fine—1947-
http://www.annefine.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Fine
http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A1b0d427DB8vRl42BFBD9
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/anne-fine/
Steve Parker—1954-
http://www.steveparker.co.uk/
Beth Hilgartner—1957-
http://fmwriters.com/Visionback/Issue10/Interview.htm
http://www.writers.net/writers/1166
December 8
Padraic Colum—1881-1972
http://www.powys-lannion.net/Powys/America/Padraic.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/people/Colum-Pa.html
http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/history/people/writers/pcolum.shtm
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/colum.htm
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/rare/guides/Colum/index.html
James Thurber—1894-1961
http://theparisreview.org/viewinterview.php/prmMID/5003
http://www.budgetweb.com/heather/thurber/Thurber.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thurber
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/thurber.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/james-thurber
Edwin Tunis—1897-1973
http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/2008/03/in-praise-of-edwin-tunis.html
http://www.geofisherwood.com/GTI%20TUNIS.htm
Kin Platt—1911-2003
http://www.harpercollins.ca/global_scripts/product_catalog/author_xml.asp?authorid=12601
http://www.threeinvestigatorsbooks.homestead.com/KinPlatt.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_Platt
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/platt_kin.htm
Miriam Chaikin—1928-
http://www.miriamchaikin.net
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/677/Chaikin-Miriam-1924.html
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/chaikin.htm
December 9
Joel Chandler Harris—1848-1908
http://www.uncleremus.com/bio.html
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/remus/contents.html
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap5/harris.html
http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwelf/elfjch.html
http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/18661913/lit/harris.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07142b.htm
http://www.bibliomania.com/0/5/228/frameset.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/atlanta/har.htm
http://www.ourgeorgiahistory.com/chronpop/397
Jean De Brunhoff—1899-1937
http://prose.web.wesleyan.edu/Babar/
http://www.angelfire.com/art/babar/
http://www.prix-chronos.org/auteurs/brunhoff.htm
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/98944/104-4402629-3419969
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Brunhoff
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/09/22/080922fa_fact_gopnik
Eloise Jarvis McGraw—1915-2000
http://www.hungrytigerpress.com/tigertreats/mcgraw.shtml
http://www.hungrytigerpress.com/tigertreats/mcgrawtext.shtml
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv20868
Joan W. Blos—1928-
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/15773/Joan_W_Blos/index.aspx?authorID=15773
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Blos
Mary Downing Hahn—1937-
http://www.hmhbooks.com/features/mdh/
http://www.childrensbookguild.org/mary-downing-hahn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Downing_Hahn
Dudley Bromley—1948-
http://www.jacketflap.com/persondetail.asp?person=41795
December 10
George MacDonald—1824-1905
http://www.george-macdonald.com/
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/gm/index.html
http://cslewis.drzeus.net/papers/childlike.html
http://www.johannesen.com/OnlineGMD.htm
http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/jsp/db/author.jsp?authorId=73&authorName=George+MacDonald
http://www.selfknowledge.com/276au.htm
Emily Dickinson—1830-1886
http://www.emilydickinson.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson
http://www.bartleby.com/113/
http://www.online-literature.com/dickinson/
Robert Hofsinde—1902-1973
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/DG0469f.html?cDG0469b.html~mainFrame
Mary Norton—1903-1992
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Norton_%28author%29
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/03/arts/mary-norton-88-author-of-the-borrowers-series.html
http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/public/author_profile.php?id=174
Margaret Rumer Godden—1907-1998
http://www.rumergodden.com
http://www.lunaea.com/words/rumer/biography.html
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=106546
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp10782&rNo=0&role=sit
Ann Turner—1945-
http://www.annwturner.com
http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/grasshoppersummer.html
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/turner.html
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-turner-ann.asp
Douglas Wood—1951-
http://www.douglaswood.com/
Janny Wurts—1953-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Janny_Wurts.htm
http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/jun02/wurts.htm
http://www.paravia.com/JannyWurts/website/index1.html
http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~geoffm/jw/jannywurts.shtml
http://www.voyageronline.com.au/authors/profile.cfm?Author=41
http://www.booksnbytes.com/authors/wurts_janny.html
Cornelia Funke—1958-
http://www.corneliafunkefans.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/corneliafunke/bio.htm
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=7846
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Funke
http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=804
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-funke-cornelia.asp
http://www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/funke.htm
http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Funke-Cornelia.html
December 11
Alexander Solzhenitsyn—1918-2008
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1970/solzhenitsyn-autobio.html
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/alesol.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSsolzhenitsyn.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7540038.stm
William Joyce—1957-
http://www.williamjoyce.com
http://www.little-lit.com/artists/joyce.html
http://www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY/transcripts/2000/9/29/joyce/
http://www.readersread.com/features/williamjoyce.htm
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/joyce
December 12
Barbara Emberley—1932-
http://www.powells.com/biblio/7-9780671662493-5
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/emberley.htm
December 13
Heinrich Heine—1797-1856
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/hheine.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heine
http://www.poetry-archive.com/h/heine_heinrich.html
http://www.poetry-portal.com/poets38.html
Leonard Weisgard—1916-2000
http://www.leonardweisgard.com
http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jan/28/news/mn-58633
Tamora Pierce—1954-
http://www.tamora-pierce.com/
http://www.sfbookcase.com/author.asp?forename=Tamora&surname=Pierce
http://www.sheroescentral.com/about_tamora_pierce.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamora_Pierce
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/tamora-pierce/
http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/topic10813.html
http://www.bookloons.com/cgi-bin/Columns.asp?name=Tamora%20Pierce&type=Interview
Lucia Gonzalez—1957-
http://www.luciagonzalezbooks.com
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6535113.html
http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth2.cfm?authid=226
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2008/04/author-and-illustrator-interview-lucia.html
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=283_type=Contributor_typeId=1480
http://www.papertigers.org/interviews/archived_interviews/lgonzalez.html
http://www.childrensbookpress.org/news-events/blog/archive/20091215/author-lucia-gonzalez-tells-story-pura-belpre
December 14
Rhoda Blumberg—1917-
http://www.exodusbooks.com/author.aspx?id=1546
Rosemary Sutcliff—1920-1992
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/sutcliff.htm
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/intrvws/sutcliff.htm
http://www.historicalnovelsociety.org/solander%20files/rosemary_sutcliff.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Sutcliff
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/rosemary-sutcliff/
http://rosemarysutcliff.blogspot.com/
http://rosemarysutcliff.wordpress.com/
Marilyn Hafner—1925-2008
http://www.cricketmag.com/activity_display.asp?id=855
http://www.harpercollins.com/author/microsite/About.aspx?authorid=12179
Lorna Balian—1929-
http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/readers/wlac/Notable/Notable%201997.html#Loma
John Neufeld—1938-
http://www.johnneufeld.com/
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/12dec/12-14neufeld.html
December 15
Betty Smith—1896-1972
http://web.njit.edu/~cjohnson/tree/index.html
http://www.witsend.org/gen/BettySmith.htm
Alki Zei—1925-
http://www.alkizei.com/en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alki_Zei
Henrik Drescher—1955-
http://www.hdrescher.com
http://www.digital-illustration.com.au/culturezone/dr01.html
http://www.calendarlive.com/cl-books_hcqhaokf,0,3024.photo
Deborah Savage—1955-
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/104304.Deborah_Savage
December 16
George Santayana—1863-1952
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santayana
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/santayana/
Marie Hall Ets—1895-1984
http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/research/vitrage/all/em/ihrc633.html
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/ets.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Hall_Ets
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/12dec/12-16ets.html
Lee Wyndham (Jane Andrews Lee Hyndman)—1912-1978
Arthur C. Clarke—1917-2008
http://www.arthurcclarke.net/
http://lakdiva.org/clarke/2005trip/
http://www.clarkefoundation.org/
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Arthur_C._Clarke
http://freesfonline.de/authors/Arthur%20C._Clarke.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qLdeEjdbWE
Peter Dickinson—1927-
http://www.peterdickinson.com/
http://www.robotwisdom.com/jorn/dickinson.html
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/k6/dickinson.html
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/intrvws/dickson.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Dickinson
Sandol Stoddard Warburg—1927-
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=2229705
Bill Brittain—1930-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Brittain
http://www.scifan.com/writers/bb/BrittainBill.asp
Quentin Blake—1932-
http://www.quentinblake.com/
http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A1da9f1E3D1iRj33FD7F3
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2007/sep/28/art.booksforchildrenandteenagers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/31/quentin-blake-interview
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Blake
http://www.timeout.com/london/features/2396/Quentin_Blake-interview.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/quentin-blake
Karleen Bradford—1936-
http://www.makersgallery.com/bradford/
http://www.dodoland.com/ioe_w2.php
http://www.canscaip.org/bios/bradfordk.html
Laura Krasny Brown—1945-
http://www.laurenekrasnybrown.com/biography.html
http://www.jacketflap.com/persondetail.asp?person=92166
E. B. Lewis—1956-
http://www.eblewis.com/illustration/books.html
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2144/Lewis-E-B-1956.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=195
http://www.rmichelson.com/Artist_Pages/Lewis/EB_Lewis.htm
December 17
John Greenleaf Whittier—1807-1892
http://www.johngreenleafwhittier.com
Erskine Caldwell—1903-1987
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/caldwell.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcaldwell.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Caldwell
David Kheridan—1931-
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/12dec/12-18kherdian.html
http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=David_Kherdian
http://www.gurdjieffmovements.net/newsletter/2002-05/kherdian.htm
December 18
http://marilynsachs.com/
http://www.bookrags.com/biography-marilyn-sachs-aya/
http://www.redroom.com/author/marilyn-sachs/bio
Catherine Gourley—1950-
http://www.catherinegourley.com
December 19
Eleanor H. Porter—1868-1920
http://www.online-literature.com/eleanor-porter
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/pollyanna/forever.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_H._Porter
Eve Bunting—1928-
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-bunting-eve.asp
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Eve_Bunting.htm
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/soco6.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Bunting
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2210
December 20
Richard Atwater—1892-1948
http://www.centerstagechicago.com/literature/whoswho/RichardTupperAtwater.html
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/atwater.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_and_Florence_Atwater
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/34660.Richard_Atwater
Edna Carol Farley—1936-2011
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/46755-edna-carol-farley-dies-at-74.html
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sunsentinel/obituary.aspx?n=edna-carol-farley&pid=150061742
M. B. Goffstein—1940-
http://mbgoffstein.com
Dennis Brindell Fradin—1945-
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=167991
http://www.scbwi-illinois.org/FradinD.html
Michael Caduto—1955-
http://www.p-e-a-c-e.net
Lulu Delacre—1957-
http://www.luludelacre.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulu_Delacre
December 21
Heinrich Böll—1917-1985
http://www.heinrichboell.com
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1972/boll-autobio.html
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/hboll.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_B%C3%B6ll
Claire Mackay—1930-
http://www.canscaip.org/bios/mackayc.html
http://www.track0.com/ogwc/authors/mackay_c.html
http://www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=524&L=
Susan Pearson—1946-
http://www.susanpearson.net
Michael Berenstain—1951-
http://www.berenstainbears.com/mikebio.html
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Berenstain__Michael.html
http://www.writenews.com/2003/030703_harpercollins_berenstain.htm
December 22
Henry Treece—1911-1966
http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/treece.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Treece
http://www.poemhunter.com/henry-treece/
William O. Steele—1917-1979
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_O._Steele
Jerry Pinkney—1939-
http://www.jerrypinkneystudio.com
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/jpinkney.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pinkney
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/pinkneyj
http://hubpages.com/hub/An-Interview-with-Jerry-Pinkney-Part-I
http://hubpages.com/hub/An-interview-with-Jerry-Pinkney
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/pinkney_jerry.html
http://childrensbooks.about.com/library/weekly/aa102101a.htm
http://www.tfaoi.com/newsmu/nmus27c.htm
Bonnie H. Pryor—1942-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/bonnie-pryor/
Trudy Krisher—1946-
http://trudykrisher.com
http://www.holidayhouse.com/docs/Krisher.12.06.PDF
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/v35n1/pdf/rice.pdf
Jerrett J. Krosoczka—1977-
http://www.studiojjk.com/
http://thejjkblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-krosoczka-jarrett.asp
http://graphic-novels-manga.suvudu.com/2010/08/jarrett-krosoczka-interview-lunch-lady-graphic-novels-sdcc-2010.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16863698
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarrett_J._Krosoczka
December 23
Eth Clifford—1915-
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1021.xml
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/eth-clifford/
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=2234949
Robert Bly—1926-
http://www.robertbly.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bly
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/280
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-bly
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/bly/bly.htm
http://www.pbs.org/kued/nosafeplace/interv/bly.html
http://www.cortlandreview.com/features/06/winter/robert_bly.html
Richard Kennedy—1932-
http://stores.lulu.com/rdk
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?id=75909
Avi—1937-
http://www.avi-writer.com/
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/avi.html
http://www.carolhurst.com/newsletters/23dnewsletters.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-avi.asp
http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=46
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/avi
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-avi.asp
Keiko Kasza—1951-
http://www.keikokasza.com
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/kasza.html
http://www.penguinputnam.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000020052,00.html
December 24
Matthew Arnold—1822-1888
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/88
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/arnold/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Arnold
http://www.poemhunter.com/matthew-arnold/
Johnny Gruelle—1880-1938
http://www.booksandwriters.co.uk/writer/G/johnny-john-barton-gruelle.asp
http://www.raggedy-ann.com/jgill.html
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Johnny_Gruelle.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/john-barton-gruelle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Gruelle
Feodor Rojankovsky—1891-1970
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/DG0834f.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodor_Stepanovich_Rojankovsky
Noel Streatfeild—1897-1985
http://www.whitegauntlet.com.au/noelstreatfeild
http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/streat.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Streatfeild
Jay Bennett—1912-2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Bennett_%28author%29
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/402413.Jay_Bennett
Margaret J. Anderson—1931-
http://www.peak.org/~mja/
Mary Higgins Clark—1931-
http://www.maryhigginsclark.com
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-clark-mary.asp
http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/may00/clark.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Higgins_Clark
Gillian Cross—1945-
http://www.gillian-cross.co.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Cross
Lynn Munsinger—1951-
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/helen_lester/
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/munsinge.htm
Debra Barracca—1953-
Stephenie Meyer—1973-
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephenie_Meyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SQ9bJIhcJ0
December 25
Charles Finger—1869?-1941
http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1032
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Finger
Pam Muñoz Ryan—1951-
http://www.pammunozryan.com/
http://www.teachingbooks.net/content/Ryan_trans.pdf
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/ryan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Mu%C3%B1oz_Ryan
December 26
Jean Van Leeuwen—1937-
http://www.jeanvanleeuwen.com/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/vanleeuwen.html
December 27
Ingri Parin d'Aulaire—1904-1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingri_and_Edgar_Parin_d%27Aulaire
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/12dec/12-27daulaire.html
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-123.xml
Ted Rand—1915-2005
http://www.seattlepi.com/books/215933_randobit15.html
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/12dec/12-27rand.html
Aidan Chambers—1934-
http://www.aidanchambers.co.uk/
http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/ylg/ylr/aiden.html
Diane Stanley—1943-
http://www.dianestanley.com/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/stanley.html
http://www.readingonline.org/reviews/literature/stanley/reviews.html
http://sharebookjoy.blogspot.com/2010/09/creativity-interview-diane-stanley.html
December 28
Carol Ryrie Brink—1895-1981
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/brink.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Ryrie_Brink
Nancy Larrick—1910- 2004
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Larrick__Nancy.html
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1210/Larrick-Nancy-1910-2004.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/books/21larrick.html
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA490572.html
Emily Cheney Neville—1919-1997
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard—1927-
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Howard__Elizabeth_Fitzgerald.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/20000208blackhistory2.asp
http://thebrownbookshelf.com/2010/02/26/elizabeth-fitzgerald-howard/
http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_howard_elizabeth.html
http://www.librarypoint.org/Elizabeth_Fitzgerald_Howard
Janet Lunn—1928-
http://www.johnlunn.com/janetlunn/
http://www.canscaip.org/bios/lunnj.html
http://www.track0.com/ogwc/authors/lunn_j.html
http://www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=870
Manuel Puig—1932-1990
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mpuig.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Puig
Barbara Dana—1940-
http://www.barbaradana.com
http://www.charlottezolotow.com/barbara_dana.htm
http://www.writerscenter.org/arkindana.html
Cynthia DeFelice—1951-
http://cynthiadefelice.com
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3009
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312263/Cynthia.html
Nancy Luenn—1954-
http://www.parentingpress.com/a_nluenn.html
http://www.evergreen.edu/alumni/writersproject/nancyluenn.htm
December 29
Ruth Robbins—1917 (or 1918)-
http://www.jacketflap.com/ruth-robbins/137382
William Gaddis—1922-1998
http://www.williamgaddis.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gaddis
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/g/william_gaddis/index.html
Edmund Wallace Hildick—1925-2001
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/mcgurk.html
Jan Greenberg—1942-
http://www.jangreenbergsandrajordan.com
http://mowrites4kids.drury.edu/authors/greenberg/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/greenberg_jordan.html
http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_greenberg_jan.html
Molly Garrett Bang—1943-
http://www.mollybang.com/
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1544
Irene Brady—1943-
http://www.authorsden.com/irenebrady
http://www.natureworkspress.com/autobio.html
Tracy Campbell Pearson—1956-
http://www.traceycampbellpearson.com
http://www.visitingauthors.com/authors/pearson_tracey_campbell/pearson_tracey_campbel_bio.html
http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth2.cfm?authid=182
December 30
Rudyard Kipling—1865-1936
http://www.kipling.org.uk/
http://almaz.com/nobel/literature/1907a.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/kipling.htm
http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1907/kipling-bio.html
http://www.online-literature.com/kipling/
Clarence Barnhart—1900-1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Barnhart
Jane Langton—1922-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/jane-langton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Langton
Sheila Garrigue—1931-2001
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/08/classified/paid-notice-deaths-garrigue-sheila-kathleen.html
Mary Rayner—1933-
http://www.jacketflap.com/persondetail.asp?person=107579
Mercer Mayer—1943-
http://www.littlecritter.com/
http://www.mercermayer.com
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=17622
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Mayer
Clayton Bess—1944-
http://webpages.csus.edu/~boblocke/index.htm
Jane O'Connor—1947-
http://www.fancynancyworld.com
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/447/O-Connor-Jane-1947.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87988020
Chandler Burr—1963-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_Burr
Tres Seymour—1966-
http://www.answers.com/topic/tres-seymour
December 31
Margery Cuyler—1948-
http://www.margerycuyler.com
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1433
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/12dec/12-31cuyler.html
Cynthia Leitich Smith—1967-
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Leitich_Smith
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/
http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/bowllansblog/2010/07/27/writers-against-racism-cynthia-leitich-smith/
http://girlsinthestacks.com/reviews/ya-novel/2010/03/interview-author-cynthia-leitich-smith/
http://www.onceuponaromance.net/CynthiaLeitichSmithInterview.htm




