Stephen Crane—1871-1900

Mabel Leigh Hunt—1892-1971
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/huntm.htm
http://ravenstonepress.com/libwritrh.html

Sulamith Ish-Kishor—1896-1977

Symeon Shimin—1902-1984
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/DG0890f.html?DG0890b.html~mainFrame

Hilary Knight—1926-
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writer.asp?cid=840202
http://www.eloisewebsite.com/hilary_knight.htm
http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/talk-knight-hilary.asp
http://www.bookpage.com/9905bp/hilary_knight.html

Nicholasa Mohr—1935-
http://college.hmco.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/contemporary/mohr_ni.html

Brian Heinz—1946-
http://www.brianheinz.com/
http://www.riverhead.net/HTML/literary%20fair.html

A. G. Cascone (Annette)—1960-
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/A_G_Cascone.htm

Mildred Ames—1919-1994
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/ames-mil.htm

Fran Manushkin—1942-
http://www.franmanushkin.com/
http://www.jwmag.org/articles/05Winter02/p30a.asp

Jeannie Baker—1950-
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/stories/s123006.htm

Natalie Kinsey-Warnock—1956-
http://www.kinsey-warnock.com/
http://www.vita-learn.org/rs/kwarnock.html

Alyssa Satin Capucilli—1957-
http://www.alyssacapucilli.com/
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=11887
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1782/Capucilli-Alyssa-Satin-1957.html

Steven Farley—?
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=8405

Gyo Fujikawa—1908-1998
http://www.logan.com/loganberry/most-fujikawa.html

Brent Ashabranner—1921-
http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2476.html

Monica Hughes—1925-2003
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/monica-hughes/
http://www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/pages/authors/hughes2.htm
http://www.track0.com/ogwc/authors/hughes_m.html

Betty Bao Lord—1938-

Janell Cannon—1957-
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/authorinterviews/bookinterview_cannon.asp

Sterling North—1906-1974
http://www.sterlingnorth.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_North

Gail E. Haley—1939-
http://www.gailehaley.com/
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/haley.htm

Lisa Ann Marsoli—1958-
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=19166

Denise Brennan—?
http://www.denisebrennannelson.com/denise/
http://www.sleepingbearpress.com/authors_illustrators/denise_brennan-nelson.htm

Thomas Aylesworth—1927-1995
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/DG0048f.html

Marcia Sewall—1935-
http://www.kidspoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=633&column_type=author

Raymond Bial—1948-
http://www.raybial.com/

Larry Dane Brimner—1949-
http://www.brimner.com/

Noel Gerson—1914-1988

Peggy Thomson—1922-

Sheila Solomon Klass—1927-

Roger Carr—1937-
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?AuthorID=34746

Michelle Magorian—1947-
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/B/bookbox/authors/magorian/

Molly Coxe—1959-

Armstrong Sperry—1897-1976
http://www.ogram.org/sperry/
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/DG0923f.html?DG0923b.html~mainFrame
http://www.evgschool.org/armstrong_sperry.htm

Albert Camus—1913-1960
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/acamus.htm
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1957/camus-bio.html

Jacob Goldberg—1943-

Jan Adkins—1944-
http://www.janadkins.com/

Sneed B. Collard, III—1959-
http://www.charlesbridge.com/contributorinfo.cfm?ContribID=34

Bram Stoker—1847-1912
http://www.online-literature.com/stoker/
http://stoker.thefreelibrary.com/
http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/stoker.html

Katherine Briggs—1898-1980

Margaret Mitchell—1900-1949
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1108.html
http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/ogh/Margaret_Mitchell
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=718
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-785

Gloria Rand—1925-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1098/Rand-Gloria-1925.htmlv

Ben Bova—1932-
http://www.benbova.com/
http://www.bookpage.com/9906bp/ben_bova.html
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/ben-bova/

Marianna Mayer—1945-

Kate Needham—1962-

Helen Pierce Jacob—1927-

Lois Ehlert—1934-
http://www.rif.org/art/illustrators/ehlert.mspx
http://www.friend.ly.net/users/jorban/biographies/ehlertlois/
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=12055
http://www2.jsonline.com/lifestyle/parenting/mar03/ehlert0307.asp

Lynn Hall—1937-
http://www.vinton-shellsburg.k12.ia.us/tms/lmc/stars/92.html
http://www.bathpublicschools.com/fms/owney/lynnhall.htm

Pat Cummings—1950-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/cummings.html
http://www.rif.org/art/illustrators/cummings.mspx

Kate Seredy—1899-1975
http://www.oklahoma.net/~silvrdal/seredy.html
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/seredy.htm

W. E. Butterworth—1929-1990

Terence Dickinson—1943-
http://www.fireflybooks.com/astronomy/terrydickinson.html
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/universe/dickinson.html

Sandra Markle—1946-
http://www.boydsmillspress.com/search?search=sandra+markle&IncludeBlogs=9&Template=bmp

Judith Logan Lehne—1947-

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky—1821-1881

Thomas Bailey Aldrich—1836-1907
http://www.seacoastnh.com/aldrich/bio.html
http://www.selfknowledge.com/7au.htm
http://www.sonnets.org/aldrich.htm
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/aldricht.htm
http://authorsdirectory.com/biography_online_book_portrait_picture/a_authors_thomas_bailey_aldrich.shtml

Seymour Reit—1918-2001
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/behind/behindtg.html
http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00412.html

Peg Kehret—1936-
http://www.pegkehret.com/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/mtai/kehret.html
http://www.pioneerdrama.com/playwrights/pk.html
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000300.shtml

Diane Wolkstein—1942-
http://dianewolkstein.com/

Dahlov Ipcar—1917-
http://www.dahlovipcar.com/
http://www.exitfive.com/dahlov/
http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa18.htm
http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa84.htm

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat—1928-

Neal Shusterman—1962-
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/12726/Neal_Shusterman/index.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Shusterman

Robert Louis Stevenson—1850-1894
http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/britlit/rls/rls.html
http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/stevensonbio.html
http://www.nls.uk/rlstevenson/
http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/stevenson/stevenson_ind.html
http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=472
http://www.online-literature.com/stevenson/

Nathaniel Benchley—1915-1981
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Teachers/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=11795

Katy Kelly—1955-
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/lucyrose/author.html
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=58400
http://www.answers.com/topic/katy-kelly

Jez Alborough—1959-
http://www.kanemiller.com/biography.asp?sku=5&sc=1
http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk/Jez-Alborough
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/216/Alborough-Jez-1959.html

Miska Miles—1899-1986

Astrid Lindgren—1907-2002
http://www.astrid-lindgren.com/
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/alindgr.htm

William Steig—1907-2003
http://www.williamsteig.com/
http://www.salon.com/16dec1995/features/kids5.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-steig-william.asp
http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/bibs/steig.html
http://www.hbook.com/exhibit/steigbio.html

William H. Hooks—1921-

Lyll Becerra De Jenkins—1925-1997

E. M. Goldman—1943-

Nancy Tafuri—1946-

Carol Matas—1949-
http://www.wsd1.org/SargentPark/hero/matas.html

Alan Baker—1951-
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=4530

Marianne Moore—1887-1972
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/96
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/moore/moore.htm
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/moore.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mmoor.htm
http://www.hearts-ease.org/library/contemporary/moore/

David McCord—1897-1997
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1997/04.17/DavidMcCordFund.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0760972.html

Beryl (M. Williams) Epstein—1910-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/epstein.htm
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-380.xml

Edward Frascino—1938-

Daniel Pinkwater—1941-
http://www.pinkwater.com/

Maira Kalman—1949-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maira_Kalman
http://inspirationboards.blogspot.com/2008/03/maira-kalman-interview-coming.html
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=17ece25f5d729c0eed37737825a662cef47a406c

Joan Phipson—1912-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/phipson.htm

Jean Fritz—1915-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/fritz.htm
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/jfritz.html
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/fritz.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-fritz-jean.asp

Miroslav Sasek—1916-1980
http://www.miroslavsasek.com/

Colin Thiele—1920-2006
http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/8556.html
http://www.postcards.sa.com.au/features/eudunda.htm

Ronald Himler—1937-
http://www.ronhimler.com/indexF.html/

Carolyn Reeder—1937-
http://www.reederbooks.com/
http://www.kidspoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=861&column_type=author
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/18168/Carolyn_Reeder/index.aspx

Victoria Chess—1939-
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/speclib/ASC/findaids/Chess/MSS19920042.html

Stephanie Spinner—1943-
http://www.scifan.com/writers/ss/SpinnerStephanie.asp

Ann Blades—1947-
http://www.track0.com/ogwc/authors/blades_a.html

Robin McKinley—1952-
http://www.robinmckinley.com/
http://mindstalk.net/mckinley/
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/k6/mckinley.html
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Robin_McKinley.htm

Gibbs Davis—1953-

Angela Shelf Medearis—1956-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/medearis.html
http://www.library.txstate.edu/swwc/archives/writers/medearis.html
http://www.divapro.com/
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3381

Barbara Reid—1957-

Osmond Molarsky—1909-

Andrea Spalding—1944-
http://www.andreaspalding.com/
http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/2003festival/author.php?author=69
http://www.dodoland.com/ioe_w9.php

Marilyn Sadler—1950-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Sadler

Alison Lester—1952-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Lester
http://www.alisonlester.citymax.com/page/page/1781659.htm

Jill Duvall—1932-

Margaret Eleanor Atwood—1939-
http://www.booksnbytes.com/authors/atwood_margareteleanor.html
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/atwood/

Nancy Van Laan—1939-
http://www.library.unr.edu/friends/hallfame/scott.html

J. J. Strong—1949-

Peggy Gifford—1952-
http://www.peggygifford.com/
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=72898

Ann Herbert Scott—1926-
http://www.library.unr.edu/friends/hallfame/scott.html

Marianna Dengler—1935-

Elizabeth Cleaver—1939-1985
http://www.track0.com/ogwc/authors/cleaver_e.html

Margaret Musgrove—1943-

William Cole—1919-2000
http://www.logan.com/loganberry/most-cole.html

Barbara Girion—1938-

Marion Dane Bauer—1938-
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/winter94/Bauer.html
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=3064

H. Werner Zimmerman—1951-
http://www.wernerzimmermann.ca/

Christie Harris—1907-2002
http://www.uofcpress.com/1-55238/1-55238-023-8.html

Elizabeth George Speare—1908-1994
http://www.classzone.com/novelguides/authors/speare.cfm
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/speare.html
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=4099
http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=85

Leo Politi—1908-1996
http://www.hbook.com/history/bios.asp
http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=1503

Megan Whalen Turner—1965-
http://www.allscifi.com/Topics/Topic_3827.asp

Mary Jane Auch—?
http://mjauch.com
http://www.auchbooks.com/
http://www.teddarnoldbooks.com/mjauch2.html

George Eliot—1819-1880
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/eliot/eliotov.html
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/collections/projects/eliot/middlemarch/bio.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eliot

Samuel Epstein—1909-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/epstein.htm

Linda Granfield—1950-
http://www.canscaip.org/bios/granfieldl.html
http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/profiles/granfield.html
http://www.tundrabooks.com/authors/Granfield_l.html

Jamie Lee Curtis—1958-
http://www.jamieleecurtisbooks.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Lee_Curtis

Dorothy Sterling—1913-
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/sterling.htm
http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1786/Dorothy_Sterling_writer_of_Black_women

Marc Simont—1915-
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=12734
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/snow75.html

Gloria Whelan—1923-

Lois Johnson—1936-

Carlo Collodi—1826-1890
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/collodi.htm
http://www.selfknowledge.com/91au.htm
http://www.abacci.com/books/authorDetails.asp?authorID=61

Frances Hodgson Burnett—1849-1924
http://www.selfknowledge.com/64au.htm
http://www.online-literature.com/burnett/
http://burnett.thefreelibrary.com/
http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/jsp/db/author.jsp?authorId=61&authorName=Frances+Hodgson+Burnett
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/html/research/findaids/burnett.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/railway/age/burnett_bio.html

James Ramsey Ullman—1907-1971
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ramsey_Ullman

Yoshiko Uchida—1921-1992
http://www.clarion.edu/edu-humn/libsci/buchanancoursesyl/uchida2.htm
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/uchida.html
http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/100import/uchida.html

Sylvia Engdahl—1933-
http://www.sylviaengdahl.com/
http://www.matchc.com/e_authors/Sylvia_Engdahl.html
http://www.authorsden.com/sylvialengdahl

Mordicai Gerstein—1935-
http://www.mordicaigerstein.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordicai_Gerstein
http://www.rmichelson.com/Artist_Pages/Gerstein/Mordicai_Gerstein_Gallery.html
http://bccb.lis.uiuc.edu/0701true.html

Ruth Sanderson—1951-
http://www.ruthsanderson.com/
http://www.rmichelson.com/Artist_Pages/Sanderson/Ruth%20Sanderson%20Gallery.html

P. D. Eastman—1909-1986
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=7735

Bruce Clements—1931-

Marc Brown—1946-
http://pbskids.org/arthur/
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-brown-marc.asp
http://www.decordova.org/decordova/exhibit/1997/stories/brown.html

Crescent Dragonwagon—1952-
http://www.dragonwagon.com/
http://topchefs.chef2chef.net//recipes/crescent/

Doris Gates—1901-1987
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/4blue_willow/author.html
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/bw/bwtg.htm

Charles Schultz—1922-2000
http://www.snoopy.com/
http://www.flyingace.net/
http://www.schulzmuseum.org/

Shirley Climo—1928-
http://authorfest.org/authors/climo/
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1984/Climo-Shirley-1928.html
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/11933/Shirley_Climo/index.aspx

Laurence Pringle—1935-
http://www.author-illustr-source.com/laurencepringle.htm
http://www.authorsillustrators.com/pringle/pringle.htm
http://www.umassmag.com/Summer_2003/Such_stuff_as_dreams_are_made_on_483.html

Stephen Krenski—1953-
http://www.stephenkrensky.com/
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1587

Charles Beard—1874-1948
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAbeardC.htm

Katherine Milhous—1894-1977
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/highlight3.html

James Agee—1909-1955

Gail Henion Sheehy—1937-

Kevin Henkes—1960-
http://www.kevinhenkes.com/
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/k6/henkes.html
http://www.bookpage.com/9609bp/childrens/lillyspurpleplasticpurse.html
http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=31
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-henkes-kevin.asp

William Blake—1757-1827

Walter Havighurst—1901-1994

Sonia Bleeker—1909-1971
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/bleeker.htm

Tomi Ungerer—1931-
http://www.exopuce.fr/tomi/c_accueil_e.htm

Ed Young—1931-
http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/projects/edyoung/

Mary E. Lyons—1947-
http://www.lyonsdenbooks.com/

Stephanie Calmenson—1952-
http://www.stephaniecalmenson.com/

Louisa May Alcott—1832-1888
http://www.louisamayalcott.org/
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/ALCOTT/ABOUTLA.html
http://alcott.classicauthors.net/index.html
http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/alcott.htm
http://www.online-literature.com/alcott/
http://pawprints.kashalinka.com/anecdotes/alcott.shtml
http://www.selfknowledge.com/6au.htm

C. S. Lewis—1898-1963
http://www.cslewis.org/
http://cslewis.drzeus.net/
http://www.pseudobook.com/cslewis/
http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/2000/Issue65/2.26.html
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/narnia-lewis.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-lewis-cs.asp
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/9451/narnia.htm
http://www.montreat.edu/dking/lewis/Lewisannotatedbibliography.htm

Madeleine L'Engle—1918-2007
http://www.madeleinelengle.com/
http://gos.sbc.edu/l/lengle.html
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/lengle/lengletg.html
http://the-casteels.com/castiron/lengle.html
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-lengle-madeleine.asp
http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-time-author.asp
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/lengle.html
http://www.who2.com/madeleinelengle.html
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Madeleine_LEngle.htm

David M. Schwartz—1951-
http://www.davidschwartz.com/present.html

Jonathan Swift—1667-1745

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)—1835-1910
http://classiclit.about.com/cs/profileswriters/p/aa_marktwain.htm
http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/projects/price/atwain.htm
http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1045.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/mark-twain

Lucy Maud Montgomery—1874-1942
http://www.uxbridge.com/people/maud.html
http://www.gov.pe.ca/lmm/index.php3
http://www.upei.ca/~lmmi/
http://www.literature.org/authors/montgomery-lucy-maud/
http://www.geocities.com/kaeliathane/lmm.html
http://www.bala.net/museum/
http://www.literarytraveler.com/literary_articles/
lucy_maud_montgomery.aspx
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/railway/age/montgomery_bio.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/lmmontg.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/author%20reviews/sc_montgomery_bio.htm
http://www.selfknowledge.com/311au.htm
http://www.peisland.com/lmm/

Louise Moeri—1924-
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=4162

Margot Zemach—1931-1989
http://www.embracingthechild.org/azemach.html
http://www.arthuralevinebooks.com/author.asp?authorid=62
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Zemach
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6282724.html

Adeline Yen Mah—1937-
http://www.adelineyenmah.com/
http://contemporarylit.about.com/cs/authors/p/yenmah.htm