John Masefield—1878-1967
http://www.publishingcentral.com/masefield/
http://greenwichpast.com/vip/writers/masefield.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Masefield
http://masefieldnovels.blogspot.com/

James Daugherty—1889-1974
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Daugherty
http://www.acmefineart.com/bio-daugherty.htm

R. R. Knudson—1932-2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/books/10knudson.html

Doris Buchanan Smith—1934-2002
http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/author_xml.asp?AuthorId=12747
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1841.xml

Sandra Scopperttone—1936-
http://www.sandrascoppettone.com
http://sandrascoppettone.blogspot.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Scoppettone

Donald R. Gallo—1938-
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2008/04/author-feature-donald-r-gallo-on-owning.html
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=9616

Judith Whitelock McInerney—1945-
http://www.jacketflap.com/judith-whitelock-mcinerney/82196

Leah Komaiko—1954-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1871/Komaiko-Leah-1954.html

Paul Galdone—1907-1986
http://paulgaldone.com/
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2014528102_kidsbooks19.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Galdone

Lester Del Rey—1915-1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_del_Rey
http://www.nndb.com/people/208/000085950/
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?21
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Lester_del_Rey.htm

William Loren Katz—1927-
http://www.williamlkatz.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Loren_Katz

Norton Juster—1929-
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~bcohen/phantom_tollbooth/
http://www.powells.com/authors/juster.html
http://dir.salon.com/books/int/2001/03/12/juster/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Juster

George Mendoza—1934-
http://www.georgemendoza.com

Helen Oxenbury—1938-
http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/ylg/ylr/helen.html
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/323/Oxenbury-Helen-1938.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Oxenbury

Jeff Kindley—1945-
http://www.filmreference.com/film/63/Jeffrey-Kindley.html

Michael Emberley—1960-
http://www.michaelemberley.com

Katie Smith Milway—1960-
http://www.kidscanpress.com/us/CreatorDetails.aspx?CID=200
http://www.thegoodgarden.org/Katie.php
http://www.bridgespan.org/about/teammemberdetails.aspx?id=260
http://www.papertigers.org/interviews/archived_interviews/kmilway.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WT748Gbbl0

Kaye Starbird Jennison—1916-1993
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.arts.books.childrens/2006-06/msg00001.html
http://fromtroublesofthisworld.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/december-leaves-by-catherine-andrews-kaye-starbird-jennison/
http://www.brownielocks.com/kidpoems.html

Margaret Cosgrove—1926-
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1326.xml

Allen Ginsberg—1926-1997
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/ginsberg.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Ginsberg

Anita Lobel—1934-
http://www.anita-lobel.com/Anita_Lobel/anita-lobel.com.html
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1732/Lobel-Anita-Kempler-1934.html
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/17469/Anita_Lobel/index.aspx
http://lookingglassreview.com/html/anita_lobel.html

Joyce Sidman—1956-
http://www.joycesidman.com
http://www.libraryjournal.com/slj/articlescollectiondevelopment/884915-343/its_a_long_story_poet.html.csp
http://www.classof2k11.com/?p=1250

Franklyn M. Branley—1915-2002
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003BAAS...35.1455F

Ilse-Margaret Vogel—1918-
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1701.xml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilse-Margret_Vogel
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/14/books/children-s-books-438993.html

Richard Scarry—1919-1994
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/rscarry.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Scarry

Alice Low—1926-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1087/Low-Alice-1926.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1632

Irene Haas—1929-
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Irene-Haas/20564491
http://www.google.com/search?q=Irene+Haas&hl=en&prmd=imvnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=5tJYT9PvH8Lw0gG0ydS9Dw&ved=0CEUQsAQ&biw=698&bih=545

Allan Ahlberg—1938-
http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=81
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_and_Allan_Ahlberg
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2006/jun/24/familyandrelationships.family7

Margaret Drabble—1939-
http://redmood.com/drabble/biography.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Drabble

Louise Lawrence—1943-
http://louiselawrence.net/louiselawrence-a.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Lawrence
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Louise_Lawrence.htm

Caroline Binch—1947-
http://www.carolinebinch.co.uk
http://www.equitainment.com.au/factsheet.asp?ID=38

Ken Follett—1949-
http://www.biography.com/people/ken-follett-262381
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Follett
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ken-follett-is-born

Rick Riordan—1964-
http://www.rickriordan.com/home.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Riordan
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/rick-riordan

Will James—1892-1942
http://www.willjames.org
http://www.willjames.com/books.html
http://www.tfaoi.com/newsmu/nmus2b.htm
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/james_will.html

Verna Aardema—1911-2000
http://www.schoollibrarymonthly.com/columns/authorauthor/index.html
http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=24

Donald Keene—1922-
http://www.librarything.com/author/keenedonald
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Keene

Maxine Kumin—1925-
http://www.maxinekumin.com
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/kumin/kumin.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/07/30/specials/kumin.html

Miriam Schlein—1926-2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Schlein
http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/saxon/SaxonServlet?style=http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/saxon/EAD/yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&source=http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/fedora/get/beinecke:schlein/EAD
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1558/Schlein-Miriam-1926-2004.html

Peter Spier—1927-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Spier
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=29293

Arnold Dobrin—1928-
http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Rabbits-Natural-Foods-Cookbook/dp/0723261423

Roy Innis—1934-
http://royinnes.com

Linda Hayward—1943-
http://www.mmutts.com/About_AuthorIllustrator_Linda_H.html

Geraldine McCaughrean—1951-
http://www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk/

Cynthia Rylant—1954-
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-rylant-cynthia.asp
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/mtai/rylant.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Rylant
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/authorinterviews/bookinterview_rylant.asp
http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/authorsillustrato/a/cynthiarylant.htm
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/cynthia-rylant

Sarah Dessen—1974-
http://sarahdessen.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Dessen

Patricia Lynch—1898-1972
http://www.catholicauthors.com/lynch.html

Jeannette Eyerly—1908-2008
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/msc/tomsc600/msc599/eyerly.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Eyerly

John Goodall—1908-1996
http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_goodall_john.html

Gwendolyn Brooks—1917-2000
http://library.scsu.edu/BrooksBib.pdf
http://college.cengage.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/contemporary/brooks_gw.html
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/165
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks

Georgess McHargue—1941-
http://www.keene.edu/library/extras/mchargue.cfm

Nikki Giovanni—1943-
http://nikki-giovanni.com
http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=16650&isbn13=9780060541347&displayType=bookinterview
http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/jul00/giovanni.htm
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02132009/profile2.html

Ivan Southall—1921-2008
http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/ivansouthall.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Southall

Carolyn (Mae) Meyer—1935-
http://www.readcarolyn.com
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Meyer__Carolyn.html

Judy Sierra—1945-
http://www.judysierra.net
http://www.mcelmeel.com/writing/sierra.html

Penny Dale—1954-
http://www.pennydale.co.uk
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/504/Dale-Penny-1954-Sidelights.html

Patricia Clapp—1912-2003
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/16024/Patricia_Clapp/index.aspx
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/234425.Patricia_Clapp

Cheryl Zach—1947-
http://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=22606
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/z/cheryl-zach/
http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/Cheryl-Zach

Gregory Maguire—1954-
http://gregorymaguire.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Maguire

Nat Hentoff—1925-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff
http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=hentoff.html
http://american-civil-liberties.com/biography/3920-hentoff-nat-1925.html

Maurice Sendak—1928-2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/books/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/maurice-sendak/about-maurice-sendak/701/
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=685
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4680590
http://www.nycgo.com/?event=view.article&id=206419

Aranka Siegal—1930-
http://us.macmillan.com/author/arankasiegal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aranka_Siegal

Phyllis LaFarge—1933-
http://phyllislafarge.com/

Chap Reaver—1935-1993
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/chap-reaver-aya/

Charlotte Herman—1937-
http://www.scbwi-illinois.org/Herman.html

William Styron—1925-2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Styron
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/william-styron/about-william-styron/714/

Betty Jean Lifton—1926-2010
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/888249-312/betty_jean_lifton_dies_at.html.csp

Robert N. Munsch—1945-
http://www.robertmunsch.com

Satoshi Kitamura—1956-
http://www.satoshiland.com

Charles Kingsley—1819-1875
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsley

James A. Houston—1921-2005
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Archibald_Houston

Shizuye Takashima—1928-
http://www.tundrabooks.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780887762413
http://www.voiceseducation.org/category/tag/shizuye-takashima

Anne Frank—1929-1945
http://annefrank.org

Helen Lester—1936-
http://www.helenlester.com
http://matottma.tripod.com/Lester/
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/helen_lester/

Kristiana Gregory—1951-
http://kgregorybooks.com

T. A. Kennedy—1953-

Rebecca Emberley—1958-
http://www.rebeccaemberley.com/
http://us.macmillan.com/author/rebeccaemberley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Emberley

William Butler Yeats—1865-1939
http://www.online-literature.com/yeats/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Yeats

Niki Daly—1946-
http://us.macmillan.com/author/nikidaly
http://www.litnet.co.za/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&news_id=37783&cause_id=1270
http://panmacmillan.book.co.za/blog/2008/09/02/sarah-coppings-interviews-niki-daly/
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=2221389

Alexandra Sheedy—1962-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ally_Sheedy

Harriet Beecher Stowe—1811-1896
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/stowe/StoweHB.html
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA97/riedy/hbs.html
http://americancivilwar.com/women/hbs.html
http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/sw18/index.shtml
http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg149.htm
http://www.womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess/stowe1.htm
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hbstowe.htm
http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org

John Bartlett—1820-1905
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bartlett_(publisher)

Judith Kerr—1923-
http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Authors/3128/judith-kerr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Kerr

Janice Udry—1928-
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/12825/Janice_May_Udry/index.aspx

Lensey Namioka—1929-
http://www.lensey.com/home.html
http://www.papertigers.org/interviews/archived_interviews/lnamioka.html
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/namioka.html

Bruce N. Degen—1932-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Degen
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/books/degen.htm
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/degen/
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/11998/Bruce_Degen/index.aspx

Penelope Farmer—1939-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Penelope_Farmer.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Farmer

Lawrence Yep—1948-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/yep.html
http://www.papertigers.org/interviews/archived_interviews/lyep.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Yep
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/yep.html

James Gurney—1958-
http://www.dinotopia.com

Betty Ren Wright—1927-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Betty_Ren_Wright.htm
http://www.sff.net/people/jackbyrne/BRwright.htm

Shirley Glubok—1933-

Brian Jacques—1939-2011
http://www.redwall.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Jacques

Louis Phillips—1942-
http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/phillips

Loreen Leedy—1959-
http://www.loreenleedy.com

Isabelle Holland—1920-2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Holland
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/isabelle-holland

John Howard Griffin—1920-1980
http://thegoodheart.blogspot.com/2012/09/john-howard-griffin-1920-1980.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Griffin

Zachary Ball—1944-1983

Paul Rogers—1950-
http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Author/Rogers,%20Paul

Jennifer L. Holm—1968-
http://www.jenniferholm.com
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/pdf/AuthorBioJenniferHolm.pdf
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-holm.asp

James Weldon Johnson—1871-1938
http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/amlit/johnson/johnson1.html
http://college.cengage.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/modern/johnson_ja.html

Elizabeth Enright—1909-1968
http://us.macmillan.com/author/elizabethenright

Robbie Branscum—1937-1997
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4190
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Branscum

Susi Bohdal—1951-
http://www.jacketflap.com/susi-bohdal/149091

Marie-Louise Gay—1952-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Louise_Gay
http://januarymagazine.blogspot.com/2009/01/author-snapshot-marie-louise-gay.html

Pat Hutchins—1942-
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/hutchins.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Hutchins

Pam Conrad—1947-1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Conrad

Chris Van Allsburg—1949-
http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Van_Allsburg
http://www.polarexpress.com
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=1486_type=Contributor_typeId=3697

Connie Roop—1951-
http://www.amazon.com/Connie-Roop/e/B001H6TW1E
http://www.author-illustr-source.com/peter_and_connie_roop_______auth.htm

Vivian Vande Velde—1951-
http://www.vivianvandevelde.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Vande_Velde

Angela Johnson—1961-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Johnson_(writer)

Elbert Hubbard—1856-1915
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_Hubbard

Ernest T. Crichlow—1914-2005
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32357038@N08/3336366093/
http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/aasc/9780195301731.e.4524?rskey=yZbbCM&result=6&q=Ernest%20Henry%20Wilson

Patricia Wrightson—1921- 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Wrightson
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/09/patricia-wrightson-obituary

Robert Gold—1924-
http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/state/singsing/sonsearching/html/gold09.html

Salman Rushdie—1947-
http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/features/salmanrushdie/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie

Elvira Woodruff—1951-
http://www.ewoodruff.com
http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Woodruff__Elvira.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=310_type=Contributor_typeId=1832

Charles W. Chesnutt—1858-1932
http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/chesnuttcolonel/bio.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W._Chesnutt

Lillian Hellman—1905-1984
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/hellman.html
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc55.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Hellman

Anne Colver—1908-1991
http://annecolver.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk

Betty Baker—1928-1987
http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Baker__Betty_Lou.html

Lou Ann Gaeddert—1931-
http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Gaeddert%2C%20LouAnn%20Bigge/aid/1733609
http://www.fictiondb.com/author/louann-gaeddert~2688.htm

Dan Greenburg—1936-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Greenburg

Annette Curtis Klause—1953-
http://ravenstonepress.com/klause.html
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/authors/interviews/annettecurtisklause.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Curtis_Klause

Nancy Loewen—1965-
http://www.nancyloewen.com/
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/aifolder/aipages/ai_l/loewen.php

Rockwell Kent—1882-1971
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/rockwell-kent-papers-9557/more
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_Kent
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/kent_rockwell.html

Jean-Paul Sartre—1905-1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1964/sartre-bio.html
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc39.html

Mary Elting—1906-2005
http://peacepest.typepad.com/maryeltingfolsom

Mary McCarthy—1912-1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McCarthy_(author)

Margaret Coughlan—1925-2004
http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-18200

Robert Kraus—1925-2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kraus
http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/author_xml.asp?authorID=12335

Margaret Sidney—1844-1924
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sidney

Jan Mark—1943-2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mark
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/jan-mark/

Octavia Butler—1947-2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_E._Butler
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/01/books/01butler.html?_r=0

Dan Brown—1964-
http://www.danbrown.com/#/home
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown?PHPSESSID=58881bf556f06040debf9221248271e8
http://bestsellers.about.com/od/authorprofilesaz/p/dan_brown.htm

Theodore Taylor—1921-
http://www.theodoretaylor.com
http://www.nancypolette.com/LitGuidesText/cay.htm

Betty Cavanna—1909-2001
http://bettycavanna.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk

John Ciardi—1916-1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ciardi
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-ciardi

Leonard Everett Fisher—1924-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Everett_Fisher

Alice McLerran—1933-
http://alicemclerran.us

Rodney Peppe—1934-
http://kingbyname.hubpages.com/hub/Peppe-Talk-The-Extraordinary-Talents-of-Rodney-Peppe

Jean Marzollo—1942-
http://www.jeanmarzollo.com
http://www.scholastic.com/ispy/books/jeanmarzollo.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Marzollo

Kathryn Lasky—1944-
http://www.kathrynlasky.com
http://www.scholastic.com/gahoole/author.htm
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/klasky.html

Teri Sloat—1948-
http://www.terisloat.com/

Nadine Westcott—1949-
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=12879

George Orwell—1903-1950
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/orwell.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell
http://www.gradesaver.com/author/george-orwell/

Elizabeth Orton Jones—1910- 2005
http://www.purplehousepress.com/jones.htm

Dorothy Gilman—1923-2012
http://mrspollifax.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Gilman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/books/dorothy-gilman-spy-novelist-dies-at-88.html

Eric Carle—1929-
http://www.eric-carle.com
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3234
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carle
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/jhaberkorn/UOP/EricCarle.html
http://www.hps.holyoke.ma.us/pdf/curriculum/ela/author_study_k_08.pdf
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/children-book-author-eric-a-20549.html

Louis Sabin—1930-
http://connection.ebscohost.com/tag/SABIN%252C%2BLouis%252C%2B1930-

Charles Robinson—1931-
http://vufind.uhls.org/vufind/Author/Home?author=Robinson%2C%20Charles%2C%201931-

Jane Sarnoff—1937-
http://www.amazon.com/Jane-Sarnoff/e/B001KE34F8

Joan Hanson—1941-
http://www.amazon.com/Joan-Hanson/e/B001K8L1K4

Elizabeth-Ann Sachs—1946-
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/331384.Elizabeth_Ann_Sachs

Tololwa M. Mollel—1952-
http://tololwamollel.com

Pearl S. Buck—1892-1973
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_S._Buck
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/pearlbuc.htm
http://www.english.upenn.edu/Projects/Buck/biography.html

Lynd Ward—1905-1987
http://www.bpib.com/lyndward.htm

Eric Ambler—1909-1998
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Ambler

Milton Lomask—1909-1991
http://www.catholicauthors.com/lomask.html

Charlotte Zolotow—1915-
http://www.charlottezolotow.com
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/authors/zolotow/czBio.asp
http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/zolotow-charlotte
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Zolotow
http://www.ipl.org/div/askauthor/Zolotow.html

Walter Farley—1915-1989
http://www.theblackstallion.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Farley

Joe Lasker—1919-
http://www.joelasker.com
http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/l/lasker_j.htm
http://www.abbylu.com/pdfs/ART/lasker.pdf

Dorothy Van Woerkom—1924-
http://www.mocavo.com/records/ssdi/DOROTHY-VAN-WOERKOM-1924-1996-Texas

Robert Burch—1925-2007
http://www.libs.uga.edu/gawriters/burch.html

Barbara Brenner—1925-
http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Brenner__Barbara.html

Milton Glaser—1929-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Glaser
http://www.miltonglaser.com/milton/#0

Nancy Willard—1936-
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/nancy-willard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Willard

Thomas Locker—1937-
http://www.barbsbooks.com/The%20Life%20and%20Works%20of%20Thomas%20Locker.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Locker

Wallace Tripp—1940-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Tripp

Tor Seidler—1952-
http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=12703&displayType=interview
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-seidler-tor.asp

B. B. Calhoun—1961- http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1345030.B_B_Calhoun

Paul Lawrence Dunbar—1872-1906
http://www.dunbarsite.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Laurence_Dunbar

Helen Keller—1880-1968
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/helen_keller_bio.asp
http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdkell.htm
http://www.helenkellerbirthplace.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller
http://www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/keller1.htm
http://www.rnib.org.uk/aboutus/aboutsightloss/famous/Pages/helenkeller.aspx

Helen Sewell—1896-1957
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Sewell
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/06jun/627sewe.html

Charles Coombs—1914-1994

James Lincoln Collier—1928-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lincoln_Collier
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3605
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1985/Collier-James-Lincoln-1928.html
http://www.mcelmeel.com/writing/collier.html

Lucille Clifton—1936-2010
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/79
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Clifton
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/clifton/clifton.htm
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/lucille-clifton

Alvin Granowsky—1936-

Jean-Jacques Rousseau—1712-1778
http://www.iep.utm.edu/rousseau/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/rousseau.html

Esther Forbes—1891-1967
http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Archives/WAuthors/forbes/bio.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Forbes

Anne Pelowski—1933-
http://www.answers.com/topic/anne-pellowski

Bette Greene—1934-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Greene
http://www.bettegreene.com
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1660/Greene-Bette-1934.html
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/06jun/628gree.html

Dennis Haseley—1950-
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/authorinterviews/bookinterview_Haseley.asp

Antoine de Saint Exupery—1900-1944
http://www.westegg.com/exupery/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/exupery.htm
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/innovators/aexupery.html

Janet Tashjian—1956-
http://www.janettashjian.com
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/633/Tashjian-Janet-1956-Sidelights.html

Eleanor Lattimore—1904-1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Frances_Lattimore

Mollie Hunter—1922-2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollie_Hunter

Ray Cruz—1933-
http://www.solanocf.org/uploads/pdf/Ray_Cruz-Rev_2-7-13.pdf
http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/degrum/public_html/html/research/findaids/DG0240f.html

David McPhail—1940-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/mtai/mcphail.html
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/authorinterviews/bookinterview_mcphail.asp
http://www.mcelmeel.com/writing/mcphail.html