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Author and Illustrator Almanac

May 2013

May 1

Charles Shaw—1892-1974
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
http://www.answers.com/topic/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

Ingrid Law—1970-
http://www.ingridlaw.com/
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/970554.Ingrid_Law
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-law-ingrid.asp
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/savvy/

May 2

Kate Gilmore—1931-

Susan Shreve—1939-
http://www.gwu.edu/~media/pressreleases/shreve.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/Mary_Quattlebaum/Welcome.html
http://www.childrensbookguild.org/mary-quattlebaum
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=24706

Keith DuQuette—1960-
http://www.keithduquette.com/

May 3

Suekichi Akaba—1910-1990
http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/tag/suekichi-akaba/
http://www.jbby.org/en/andersen01.html

May Sarton—1912-1995
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/sarton/blouin-biography.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Sarton

John Ney—1923-2010
http://twittweb.com/anitasilvey+s+book+a+da-19862807

Karen Heywood—1946-

Mavis Jukes—1947-
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

Michael Cadnum—1949-
http://www.bookrags.com/shortguide-edge/abouttheauthor.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/michael-cadnum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cadnum

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.librarything.com/author/butlerbeverly

Patricia Hooper—1941-

Don Wood—1945-
http://www.audreywood.com/
http://www.searchdictionaries.com/?q=Don+Wood+(writer)

Cass R. Sandak—1950-
http://www.jacketflap.com/cass-r-sandak/23697

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

Annegert Fuchshuber—1940-1998
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annegert_Fuchshuber

Errol LeCain—1941-1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Le_Cain

J. Patrick Lewis—1942- (U.S. Poet Laureate)
http://www.jpatricklewis.com/
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/47174-j-patrick-lewis-named-children-s-poet-laureate.html
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/j-patrick-lewis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Patrick_Lewis

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

Matt Phelan—1970-
http://www.mattphelan.com/

May 6

Aleksandr Pushkin—1799-1837
http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/pushkin/pushkin_ind.html

Rabindranath Tagore—1861-1941
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore

Thomas Mann—1875-1955
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mann

Elspeth Bragdon—1897-1980

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.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.societyillustrators.org/Awards-and-Competitions/Hamilton-King/Past-Honorees/2007---Ted-Lewin.aspx

Susan Terris—1937-
http://www.susanterris.com
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

David Hume—1711-1776
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume

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

Archibald MacLeish—1892-1982

Gwendolyn Brooks—1917-2000
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/gwendolyn-brooks
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brooks/brooks.htm

Nonny Hogrogrian—1932-
http://nonnyhogrogian.com
http://www.library.unh.edu/special/index.php/nonny-hogrogrian
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.angelacartersite.co.uk/

Peter Carey—1943-
http://petercareybooks.com
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/carey.htm
http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/careyp/careyp.html

Michael Rosen—1946-
http://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rosen

Deborah Wiles—1953-
http://deborahwiles.com/site/
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brooks/brooks.htm

Louise Erdrich—1954-
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/erdrich/erdrich.htm

Erik Craddock—1981-
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

May 8

Goldie Taub Chernoff—1909-
http://www.bookfinder.com/author/goldie-taub-chernoff/

Milton Meltzer—1915-2009
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

David Attenborough—1926-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough

Leonard Blevgad—1926-2008
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-782.xml

Thomas Pynchon—1937-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon

Helen Griffiths (Santos)—1939-
http://www.janebadgerbooks.co.uk/ponybooksfile2/helengriffiths.html
http://helengriffiths.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk

Peter Benchley—1940-2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/books/13benchley.html?_r=0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Benchley

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://eagerreaders.blogspot.com/2004/06/books-by-eleanor-estes.html
http://www.recess.ufl.edu/transcripts/2005/0509.shtml
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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Robertson_%28writer%29

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
http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Virginia_Meachum

Palmer Brown—1919-2001
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1852.xml
http://www.nybooks.com/books/authors/palmer-brown/

Jean Kenward—1920-
http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/516368.Jean_Kenward

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/

Gareth Adamson—1925-1982

Aranka Siegel—1930-
http://www.shelfari.com/authors/a17626/Aranka-Siegal/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aranka_Siegal

Charles Simic—1938-
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=5559

Eric Wiggin—1939-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2105/Wiggin-Eric-E-1939.html

Ann Keene—1940-
http://www.anntkeene.com/

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

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.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

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

Stanley Elkin—1930-1995
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Elkin

Francine Jacobs—1935-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/434/Jacobs-Francine-1935.html

Stephanie Gordon Tessler—1940-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83013272.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://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-

Mike Lupica—1952-
http://www.mikelupicabooks.com/

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 Gabriel 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://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

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

Sue Macy—1954-
http://www.suemacy.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

Leo Bernard Keating—1915-2004

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/

Katherine Anne Porter—1890-1980

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—1931-2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Fox_Mazer
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/arts/25mazer.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

Nancy Garden—1938-
http://www.nancygarden.com

Eleanor Schick—1942-
http://vintagekidsbooks.blogspot.com/2010/12/eleanor-schicks-city-in-winter.html

G. Clifton Wisler—1950-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/g-clifton-wisler/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Clifton_Wisler
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/g-clifton-wisler

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.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, Jr.—1919-2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1299746/bio

Betty Miles—1928-

Adrienne Rich—1929-2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Rich
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/03/postscript-adrienne-rich-1929-2012.html
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2012/03/adrienne-rich-1929-2012-2/

Caroline Arnold—1944-
http://www.carolinearnoldbooks.com/

Deborah Nourse Lattimore—1949-
http://www.patriciamnewman.com/lattimore.html

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

John Hersey—1917-1993

Eloise Greenfield—1929-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/greenfield.html
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.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/paulsen.html

Susan Gold Purdy—1939-
http://www.housatonictimes.com/articles/2010/07/31/entertainment/doc4c51983832405198435346.txt
http://books.google.com/books/about/A_piece_of_cake.html?id=169QAQAAIAAJ

Jeanne Lee—1943-
http://us.macmillan.com/author/jeannemlee

Virginia Overton McLean—1946-
http://www.amazon.com/Virginia-Overton-McLean/e/B001KC8C8Y

Grace Lin—1974-
http://gracelin.com/
http://www.gracelinblog.com/

May 18

Irene Hunt—1907-2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Hunt

Lillian Hoban—1925-1998
http://www.lillianhoban.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Hoban
http://www.nybooks.com/books/authors/russell-and-lillian-hoban/
http://lookingglassreview.com/html/lillian_hoban.html

Gloria Miklowitz—1927-
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://www.ronhirschi.com/

Colin McNaughton—1951-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_McNaughton

Diane Duane—1952-
http://www.dianeduane.com

Deborah Guarino—1954-
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1519

Debbie Dadey—1959-
http://www.debbiedadey.com

Marci Peschke—?
http://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2011/04/22/writer-in-residence-marci-peschke/
http://mymcbooks.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/interview-with-author-marci-peschke/

May 19

Pauline Clarke—1921-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Clarke

Mary V. Carey—1925-1994
http://www.threeinvestigatorsbooks.com/MVCarey.html
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-
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1470958.Peter_J_Lippman

Arthur Dorros—1950-
http://www.arthurdorros.com

Sarah Ellis—1952-
http://www.sarahellis.ca
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/k6/ellis.html

Elise Primavera—1954-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/primavera.html

Kimberly Bulcken Root—1957-
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=163672

Jodi Picoult—1966-
http://www.jodipicoult.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi_Picoult

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
http://www.worldcat.org/title/don-lawson-papers-1882-1990/oclc/717320371

Shirley Rousseau Murphy—1928-
http://www.harpercollins.com/author/microsite/about.aspx?authorid=11372
http://www.joegrey.com
http://www.mysterywriters.org/user/1082

Carol Carrick—1935-
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/carol-carrick

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—1963-
http://buehnerbooks.com
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1511/Buehner-Caralyn-M-1963.html

Dan Yaccarino—1965-
http://www.danyaccarino.com/ys/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Yaccarino

May 21

Alexander Pope—1688-1744
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pope

Virginia Haviland—1911-1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Haviland

Harold Robbins—1916-1997
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/robbins.htm

Robert Creeley—1926-2005
http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/gizzi/gizzi_on_creeley.html

Janet Bruce Winn—1928-

Brenda Seabrooke—1941-
http://www.childrenslit.com/bookingservice/seabrooke-brenda.html
http://www.childrensbookguild.org/brenda-seabrooke

Beverly Naidoo—1943-
http://www.beverleynaidoo.com

Erica Silverman—1955-
http://www.ericasilverman.com

Bonnie Bryant—?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Bryant
http://www.abc.net.au/rollercoaster/saddle/special/

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

Meighan Morrison—1966-
http://www.amazon.com/Meighan-Morrison/e/B001HCVKB8

Nancy Krulik—?
http://www.katiekazoo.com
http://www.fcps.edu/fairfaxnetwork/mta/krulik.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1561
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_E._Krulik

May 23

Scott O'Dell—1898-1989
http://www.scottodell.com/Pages/Biography.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_O%27Dell

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://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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Parnall

Merle Peek—1938-
http://www.merlepeek.com/

Marcia Keegan—1943-

Jeanne Titherington—1951-
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/18814/Jeanne_Titherington/index.aspx?authorID=18814

Mitch Albom—1958-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Albom

May 24

Elizabeth Lewis—1892-1958
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Foreman_Lewis

LaGrand Henderson—1901-1965
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Henderson

Mary Stolz—1920-2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Stolz

Prudence Andrew—1924-
http://www.getcited.org/mbrx/PT/99/MBR/10236670

Penny Pollock—1935-
http://www.myshelf.com/babetoteen/02/pollock.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

Ralph Waldo Emerson—1803-1882
http://college.cengage.com/english/heath/syllabuild/iguide/emerson.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/emerson.html
http://www.transcendentalists.com/1emerson.html

Martha Alexander—1920-2006
http://www.charlesbridge.com/contributorinfo.cfm?ContribID=157

Audrey Smith—1930-

Ivy Ruckman—1931-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Ruckman
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/20601/Ivy_Ruckman/index.aspx
http://mrsdell.org/twisters/ruckman.htm

Ann McGovern—1931-
http://www.annmcgovern.com/

Joyce Carol Thomas—1938-
http://www.joycecarolthomas.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Carol_Thomas

Raymond Carver—1938-1988
http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/carver.html

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

Bobbi Dooley Hunter—1945-
http://www.amazon.com/Legend-African-Bao-Bab-Dooley-Hunter/dp/061398174X

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

Sally Ride—1951-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride

Lisbeth Zwerger—1954-
http://childscapes.com/bookpages/zwerger.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbeth_Zwerger

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

Dashiell Hammett—1894-1961
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/dashiell-hammett/about-dashiell-hammett/625/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashiell_Hammett

Rachel Carson—1907-1964
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson
http://www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org

M. E. Kerr (Marijane Meaker)—1927-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijane_Meaker
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/12310/M_E_Kerr/index.aspx
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/m-e-kerr
http://www.balkinbuddies.com/kerr/index.html

Lynn Sweat—1934-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2167/Sweat-Lynn-1934.html

Garnet Nelson Jackson—1944-
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/71471.Garnet_Nelson_Jackson

May 28

Johann David Wyss—1743-1818
http://www.easyfunschool.com/SwissFamRobIndex.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_David_Wyss
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Family_Robinson
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=33872

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-
http://faculty.coventryschools.net/contijanet/grades/5th/thebiglie/about_isabella_leitner.htm
http://www.chgs.umn.edu/museum/responses/leitner/#about

Debby Atwell—1953-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/392/Atwell-Debby-1953.html
http://debbyatwell.com

May 29

Gilbert Keith Chesterton—1874-1936
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton

T. H. White—1906-1964
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._H._White

Eleanor Coerr—1922-2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Coerr
http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000037856,00.html

Lila McGinnis—1924-
http://www.jacketflap.com/lila-mcginnis/94345

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
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Otis_Skinner

Countee Cullen—1903-1946
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/cullen/cullen.htm

Millicent E. Selsam—1912-1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millicent_Selsam

Frances Barnes-Murphy—1951-

May 31

Walt Whitman—1819-1892
http://college.cengage.com/english/heath/syllabuild/iguide/whitman.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/s_z/whitman/whitman.htm

Elizabeth Coatsworth—1893-1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Coatsworth
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/coats.htm

Alfred Tamarin—1913-1980
http://www.amazon.com/Alfred-H.-Tamarin/e/B001HPM3FM

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—1944-2004

Will Hillenbrand—1960-
http://www.willhillenbrand.com/


 
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