
Author and Illustrator Almanac
May 2011
May 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Green_Shaw
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/arts/design/20shaw.html
Louisa Shotwell—1902-1993
http://kihm6.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/louisa-shotwells-wild-ride/
Elizabeth Marie Pope—1917-1992
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Marie_Pope
Joseph Heller—1923-1999
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Heller
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/heller.htm
http://www.mishalov.com/Heller.html
Joan Chase Bowden—1925-2010
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1067.xml
http://home.xnet.com/~countzi/bookinfo.htm
http://www.trixie-belden.com/books/KathrynKenny.htm
Bobbie Ann Mason—1940-
http://www.bobbieannmason.net
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbie_Ann_Mason
Robert Bender—1962-
http://home.epix.net/~rbender
http://www.answers.com/topic/robert-bender
May 2
Susan Shreve—1939-
http://www.gwu.edu/~media/pressreleases/shreve.html
http://www.nationalbook.org/sshrevebio.html
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/734/Shreve-Susan-Richards-1939-Susan-Shreve.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1274
Mary Quattlebaum—1958-
http://www.maryquattlebaum.com/
http://www.childrensbookguild.org/mary-quattlebaum
http://www.childrenslit.com/bookingservice/quattlebaum-mary.html
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=24706
May 3
Suekichi Akaba—1910-1990
John Ney—1923-
Karen Heywood—1946-
Mavis Jukes—1947-
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-jukes-mavis.asp
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/k6/jukes.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Jukes
https://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=14892
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/09.12.96/books2-9637.html
http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=5976
May 4
Clara Ingram Judson—1879-1960
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-148.xml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Ingram_Judson
Beverly Butler—1932-
http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/readers/wlac/notable/notable1984.html#Beverly
Patricia Hooper—1941-
http://www.authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/author.php?first=Patricia&last=Hooper
Don Wood—1945-
http://www.audreywood.com/
Cass R. Sandak—1950-
Doug Cushman—1953-
http://www.doug-cushman.com/
Dom Lee—1959-
http://www.leeandlow.com/p/domkeun.mhtml
http://www.papertigers.org/gallery/Dom_Lee/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/dlee.html
May 5
Leo Lionni—1910-1999
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/lionni/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Lionni
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/building-matrix-lionni-books-263.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=1090
Annegert Fuchshuber—1940-1998
Erol LeCain—1941-1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Le_Cain
http://www.errollecain.com
J. Patrick Lewis—1942-
http://www.jpatricklewis.com/
Todd Strasser—1950-
http://www.toddstrasser.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Strasser
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3669
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/889/Strasser-Todd-1950.html
May 6
Rabindranath Tagore—1861-1941
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore
Randall Jarrell—1914-1965
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Jarrell
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/9
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/jarrell/jarrell.htm
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/randall-jarrell
http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/08/01/specials/jarrell.html
http://www.ncwriters.org/services/lhof/inductees/rjarrel.htm
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=541
Judy Delton—1931-2002
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-94.xml
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/05may/5-6delt.html
Malcolm J. Bosse—1933-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Bosse
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/malcolm-j-bosse/
Ted Lewin—1935-
http://www.tedlewin.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Lewin
http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_lewin_ted.html
http://kids.librarypoint.org/ted_lewin
http://nccil.org/experience/artists/lewinfam/tlewin.htm
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1944/Lewin-Ted-1935.html
http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/media/lewin.html
http://www.societyillustrators.org/Awards-and-Competitions/Hamilton-King/Past-Honorees/2007---Ted-Lewin.aspx
Susan Terris—1937-
http://www.susanterris.com
http://www.poetrymagazine.com/archives/2001/JulyAugust01/terris.htm
http://www.marshhawkpress.org/Terris.htm
http://talkingwriting.com/?p=5863
Giulio Maestro—1942-
http://www.maestrobooks.com/
Barbara McClintock—1955-
http://www.barbaramcclintockbooks.com
http://www.visitingauthors.com/authors/mcclintock_barbara/mcclintock_b_presentation.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2081
May 7
Robert Browning—1812-1889
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Browning
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/browning.htm
http://incompetech.com/authors/rbrowning/
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/rb/rbov.html
http://www.todayinliterature.com/biography/robert.browning.asp
Nonny Hogrogrian—1932-
http://nonnyhogrogian.com
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/hogrogia.htm
http://www.library.unh.edu/special/index.php/nonny-hogrogrian
http://kids.librarypoint.org/nonny_hogrogian
http://www.gurdjieff-internet.com/article_details.php?ID=199&W=31
Angela Carter—1940-1992
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/acarter.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Carter
http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/12/27/specials/carter-rushdie.html
http://www.angelacartersite.co.uk/
Peter Carey—1943-
http://petercareybooks.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Carey_%28novelist%29
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/carey.htm
http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/careyp/careyp.html
Erik Craddock—?
http://www.erikcraddock.com/
http://suvudu.com/2009/09/interview-with-erik-craddock-author-of-stone-rabbit-series.html
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=78109
http://interviewmarunascraddock.blogspot.com/
May 8
Goldie Taub Chernoff—1909-
Milton Meltzer—1915-2009
http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Archives/WAuthors/meltzer/bio.html
http://avatar.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/DG1125f.html
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=archive&template=/contentmanagement/contentdisplay.cfm&ContentID=15519
http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv80041
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/books/25meltzer.html
Mary Q. Steele (Wilson Gage)—1922-1992
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Q._Steele
http://www.utc.edu/Academic/TennesseeWriters/authors/steele.mary.html
Louise Meriwether—1923-
http://www.answers.com/topic/louise-meriwether
http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/louise-jenkins-meriwether-1923
Leonard Blevgad—1926-2008
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-782.xml
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2696700017.html
Helen Griffiths (Santos)—1939-
http://www.janebadgerbooks.co.uk/ponybooksfile2/helengriffiths.html
http://helengriffiths.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk
Ellen Howard—1945-
http://usawrites4kids.drury.edu/authors/howard/
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2006/04/author-feature-ellen-howard.html
May 9
Sir James M. Barrie—1860-1937
http://www.jmbarrie.co.uk/
http://www.jmbarrie.net
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jmbarrie.htm
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/b#a10
Eleanor Estes—1906-1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Estes
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/estes.htm
http://eagerreaders.blogspot.com/2004/06/books-by-eleanor-estes.html
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000779.shtml
http://www.recess.ufl.edu/transcripts/2005/0509.shtml
http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/findaids/estes/MSS19970049.html
http://www.embracingthechild.org/aestes.html
Barbara Woodhouse—1910-1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Woodhouse
Keith Robertson—1914-1991
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Robertson_%28writer%29
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/MSC/ToMsC700/MsC684/robertson.htm
William Pene DuBois—1916-1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_P%C3%A8ne_du_Bois
http://www.dubois.pagebooks.net/
http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/public/author_profile.php?id=583
http://cms.westport.k12.ct.us/cmslmc/resources/authorstudy/authors/penedubois.htm
Richard Adams—1920-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Adams_(author)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2007/03/16/richard_adams_interview_feature.shtml
http://www.findarticles.com/m2242/1615_277/64752236/p1/article.jhtml
http://wiredforbooks.org/richardadams/
May 10
Amabel Williams-Ellis—1894-1984
http://www.bill88.com/science_fiction_writers/w/amabel_williams_ellis.html
http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=willam
Virginia Meachum—1918-2010
Palmer Brown—1919-
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1852.xml
John Rowe Townsend—1922-
http://www.greenbay.co.uk/jrt.html
http://www.rambles.net/townsend_written.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rowe_Townsend
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/t/john-rowe-townsend/
Mel Glenn—1943-
http://www.melglenn.com/
http://www.author-illustr-source.com/MelGlenn.htm
Bruce McMillan—1947-
http://www.brucemcmillan.com/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/mcmillan.html
Caroline B. Cooney—1947-
http://www.carolinebcooneybooks.com
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-cooney-caroline.asp
Christopher Paul Curtis—1954-
http://www.nobodybutcurtis.com
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/christopherpaulcurtis/
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-curtis-christopher-paul.asp
http://www.hbook.com/magazine/articles/2000/jul00_lamb.asp
http://www.patriciamnewman.com/curtis.html
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/curtis
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/newbery-medal-winner-christopher-20651.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/archive/200501/20050111_curtis.html
http://www.powells.com/authors/curtis.html
Linda Glaser—?
http://www.lindaglaserauthor.com
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/blog/interviews/?p=218
May 11
Sheila Burnford—1918-1984
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Burnford
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/sheila-burnford/
Zilpha Keatley Snyder—1927-
http://www.zksnyder.com/
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/zilpha-keatley-snyder/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilpha_Keatley_Snyder
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=58062
Francine Jacobs—1935-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/434/Jacobs-Francine-1935.html
Juanita Havill—1949-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/havill.html
http://www.underdown.org/havill.htm
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1011/Havill-Juanita-1949.html
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/05may/5-11havi.html
Peter Sís—1949-
http://www.petersis.com/index2.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_S%C3%ADs
http://nccil.org/experience/artists/sisp/index.htm
http://www.parents-choice.org/article.cfm?art_id=33&the_page=editorials
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/sis
http://www.patriciamnewman.com/sis.html
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/358/S-s-Peter-1949.html
Jane Sutton—1950-
May 12
Edward Lear—1812-1888
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lear
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/140
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/edward-lear
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13650/13650-h/13650-h.htm
Dante Rossetti—1828-1882
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rossetti/
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/dgr/cooke.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Gabriel_Rossetti
Farley Mowat—1921-
http://www.ecobooks.com/authors/mowat.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farley_Mowat
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005502
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/bios/Mowat.html
Caroline Feller Bauer-1935-
Betsy Lewin-1937-
http://www.betsylewin.com
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/lewin.htm
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Lewin__Betsy.html
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/lewin
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2216/Lewin-Betsy-1937.html
http://nccil.org/experience/artists/lewinfam/blewin.htm
Janice Lee Smith—1949-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1038/Smith-Janice-Lee-1949.html
http://www.hwwilson.com/print/sample2.cfm
Jennifer Armstrong—1961-
http://www.jennifer-armstrong.com
http://www.jennifer-armstrong.blogspot.com
May 13
Francine Pascal—1938-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Pascal
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/francine-pascal/
Norma Klein—1938-1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Klein
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/27/obituaries/norma-klein-50-a-young-adult-novelist.html
Bernadette Watts—1942-
http://www.bernadettewatts.com
Jennifer Bryant—1960-
http://www.jenniferbryant.net
May 14
Walter Franklin Buehr—1897-1971
http://www.kavanaughgallery.com/Karl_Albert_Buehr.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Albert_Buehr#Walter_Buehr
Grete (Salomon) Mannheim—1909-1986
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-760.xml
Leo Bernard Keating—1915-2004
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/collectionhl/MSauthors/MSauthors/keatingb.htm
Angela Mary Maddison (Angela Banner)—1923-
http://www.apathyhouse.com/antnbee/
George Selden Thompson—1929-1989
Eoin Colfer—1965-
http://www.eoincolfer.com/about/
May 15
L. Frank Baum—1856-1919
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/lfbaum.htm
http://www.classicauthors.net/baum/
Constance Buel Burnett—1893-1975
Ellen MacGregor—1906-1954
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~treeleaf/macgregor/MacGregorEllenBiog54.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_MacGregor
Norma Fox Mazer—1931-
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-mazer-norma.asp
http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/bibs/mazer.html
Richard Lewis—1935-
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Richard-Lewis/20355967/author_revealed
Paul Zindel—1936-2003
http://www.paulzindel.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Zindel
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2368
Nancy Garden—1938-
http://www.nancygarden.com
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-garden-nancy.asp
Eleanor Schick—1942-
G. Clifton Wisler—1950-
David Almond—1951-
http://www.davidalmond.com
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/davidalmond/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Almond
Kadir Nelson—?
http://www.kadirnelson.com/Artist-Biography.html
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/951/Nelson-Kadir.html
http://www.thecollectionshop.com/Kadir_Nelson_Art_Collection.asp
May 16
Margret Rey—1906-1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margret_Rey
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/cgsite/history.shtml
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/collectionhl/ch-reys.shtml
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-rey-margret.asp
Studs Terkel—1912- 2008
http://www.studsterkel.org/bio.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studs_Terkel
D. S. Halacy—1919-2002
Betty Miles—1928-
Caroline Arnold—1944-
http://www.carolinearnoldbooks.com/
Deborah Nourse Lattimore—1949-
http://www.patriciamnewman.com/lattimore.html
http://www.author-illustr-source.com/deborahlattimore.htm
Bruce Coville—1950-
http://www.brucecoville.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Coville
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-coville-bruce.asp
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/bruce-coville/
Wendy Smith-Griswold—1955-
May 17
Eloise Greenfield—1929-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/greenfield.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3186
http://www.balkinbuddies.com/greenfield/index.html
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/About/Awards/Greenfield.PDF
Nancy Polette—1930-
http://www.nancypolette.com
Gary Paulsen—1939-
http://www.garypaulsen.com
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/paulsen.html
Susan Gold Purdy—1939-
Jeanne Lee—1943-
http://us.macmillan.com/author/jeannemlee
May 18
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/hunt.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Hunt
Lillian Hoban—1925-1998
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/hobanrus.htm
Gloria Miklowitz—1927-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/miklowitz.htm
http://www.eerdmans.com/Interviews/miklowitzinterview.htm
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=20578&view=sml_sptlght
David Rees—1936-1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rees_%28author%29
Barbara Ann Porte—1943-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/725/Porte-Barbara-Ann-1943.html
http://www.ravenstonepress.com/bporte.html
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=18072
Ron Hirschi—1948-
http://ronhirschi.blogspot.com/2010/01/news-release-adventures-in-alaska-hits.html
Colin McNaughton—1951-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_McNaughton
Diane Duane—1952-
http://www.dianeduane.com
Deborah Guarino—1954-
http://www.deborahguarino.com
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1519
Debbie Dadey—1959-
http://www.debbiedadey.com
May 19
Pauline Clarke—1921-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Clarke
Mary V. Carey—1925-
http://www.3investigators.homestead.com/files/carey.htm
Tom Feelings—1933-2003
http://www.juneteenth.com/Tom_Feelings.htm
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2346/Feelings-Tom.html
Peter J. Lippman—1936-
Arthur Dorros—1950-
http://www.arthurdorros.com
Sarah Ellis—1952-
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/k6/ellis.html
http://www.sarahellis.ca
Elise Primavera—1954-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/primavera.html
http://www.bookpage.com/9912bp/elise_primavera.html
Kimberly Bulcken Root—1957-
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=163672
May 20
Sorche Nic Leodhas—1898-1987
http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Nic_Leodhas__Sorche.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorche_Nic_Leodhas
Don Lawson—1917-1990
Shirley Rousseau Murphy—1928-
http://www.joegrey.com
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/murphy,shirley.htm
http://www.mysterywriters.org/user/1082
http://www.harpercollins.com/author/microsite/about.aspx?authorid=11372
Carol Carrick—1935-
Carolyn Croll—1945-
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Croll__Carolyn.html
Mary Pope Osborne—1949-
http://marypopeosborne.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Pope_Osborne
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-osborne-mary-pope.asp
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3464
Caralyn Buehner—?
http://buehnerbooks.com
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1511/Buehner-Caralyn-M-1963.html
May 21
Virginia Haviland—1911-1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Haviland
Harold Robbins—1916-1997
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/robbins.htm
Janet Bruce Winn—1928-
Brenda Seabrook—1941-
http://www.childrenslit.com/bookingservice/seabrooke-brenda.html
http://www.childrensbookguild.org/brenda-seabrooke
Beverly Naidoo—1943-
http://www.beverleynaidoo.com
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/naidoo.htm
Erica Silverman—1955-
http://www.ericasilverman.com
Bonnie Bryant—?
http://www.myshelf.com/aom/00/bryant.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Bryant
May 22
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—1859-1930
http://www.sherlockholmesonline.org
http://sirconandoyle.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/acdoyle.htm
http://www.ash-tree.bc.ca/acdsocy.html
Arnold Lobel—1933-1987
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/lobel.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Lobel
http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/bibs/lobel.html
Ruth Young—1946-
Nancy Krulik—?
http://www.katiekazoo.com
http://www.fcps.edu/fairfaxnetwork/mta/krulik.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1561
May 23
Scott O'Dell—1898-1989
http://www.scottodell.com/Pages/Biography.aspx
Margaret Wise Brown—1910-1952
http://www.margaretwisebrown.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Wise_Brown
http://www.todayinliterature.com/biography/margaret.wise.brown.asp
http://www.btd-island.com/MWB.htm
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=11849
Oliver Butterworth—1915-1990
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Butterworth
James Blish—1921-1975
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blish
Susan Cooper—1935-
http://www.thelostland.com/biography.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Cooper
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-cooper-susan.asp
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14783609
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/Camelot/intrvws/cooper.htm
Peter Parnall—1936-
http://www.parnall.pagebooks.net
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Parnall
Merle Peek—1938-
Marcia Keegan—1943-
Jeanne Titherington—1951-
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/18814/Jeanne_Titherington/index.aspx?authorID=18814
May 24
Elizabeth Lewis—1892-1958
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Foreman_Lewis
Mary Stolz—1920-2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Stolz
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/stolz.htm
Paula Taylor—1942-
Diane Degroat—1947-
http://www.dianedegroat.com
Candace Fleming—1962-
http://www.candacefleming.com
http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/bookzone/fleming.htm
May 25
Martha Alexander—1920-2006
http://www.charlesbridge.com/contributorinfo.cfm?ContribID=157
Audrey Smith—1930-
http://www.publiclibraries.com/authors/asmith1/index.html
Ivy Ruckman—1931-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Ruckman
http://mrsdell.org/twisters/ruckman.htm
Ann McGovern—1931-
http://www.annmcgovern.com/
Betty Levin—1933-
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/17416/Betty_Levin/index.aspx?authorID=17416
Joyce Carol Thomas—1938-
http://www.joycecarolthomas.com
Barbara Bottner—1943-
http://www.barbarabottnerbooks.com
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2253/Bottner-Barbara-1943.html
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/11825/Barbara_Bottner/index.aspx
May 26
Ruth Arthur—1905-1979
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/ruth-m-arthur/
Ann Schlee—1934-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Schleehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Schlee
Sheila Greenwald—1934-
http://www.sheilagreenwald.com
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/71/Green-Sheila-Ellen-1934-Sheila-Greenwald-Sidelights.html
Adrienne Kennaway—1945-
http://www.adriennekennaway.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Kennaway
Lisbeth Zwerger—1954-
http://weread.com/author/Lisbeth+Zwerger/2178331
Julia DeVillers—1967-
http://web.mac.com/juliagirlwise/Site/Welcome.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_DeVillers
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Julia-DeVillers/46212389
Jennifer Roy—1967-
http://www.jenniferroy.com
May 27
Rachel Carson—1907-1964
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/carson.html
http://www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org
M. E. Kerr—1927-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/kerr.htm
Lynn Sweat—1934-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2167/Sweat-Lynn-1934.html
Garnet Nelson Jackson—1944-
May 28
Ian Fleming—1909-1964
http://www.klast.net/bond/fleming.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Fleming
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A762699
Herman Wouk—1915-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Wouk
http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/stories_wouk.html#Herman
Isabella Leitner—1924-
Debby Atwell—1953-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/392/Atwell-Debby-1953.html
http://debbyatwell.com
May 29
T. H. White—1906-1964
Eleanor Coerr—1922-2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Coerr
http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000037856,00.html
http://www.sleepingbearpress.com/authors_illustrators/eleanor_coerr.htm
Lila McGinnis—1924-
Willo Davis Roberts—1928-2004
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/455/Roberts-Willo-Davis-1928.html
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/willo-davis-roberts/
Brock Cole—1938-
http://us.macmillan.com/author/brockcole
Andrew Clements—1949-
http://www.andrewclements.com
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-clements-andrew.asp
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2883
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/mtai/clements.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Clements
Stephen T. Johnson—1964-
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/MyLittleYellowTaxi/interview.asp
http://www.stephentjohnson.com/books/my_little_yellow_taxi/
May 30
Cornelia Otis Skinner—1901-1979
Millicent E. Selsam—1912-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/SELSAM,M.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millicent_Selsam
Frances Barnes-Murphy—1951-
May 31
Elizabeth Coatsworth—1893-1986
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/coatswor.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Coatsworth
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/coats.htm
Alfred Tamarin—1913-1980
Jay Williams—1914-1978
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Williams_%28author%29
Madeleine Polland—1918-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/madeleine-polland
http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/public/author_profile.php?id=771
Harry Mazer—1925-
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2006/07/author-feature-harry-mazer.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Mazer
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2083/Mazer-Harry-1925.html
Ron Goor—1940-
Elaine Moore—1944-
Will Hillenbrand—1960-
http://www.willhillenbrand.com/




