List of children's literature writers facts for kids

This page lists many well-known authors who have written amazing books for children and young adults. These writers have created stories that have entertained and inspired young readers for many years. You'll find authors from different times and places, each with their own unique way of telling a tale.

Authors from A to Z

Authors Starting with A

Chris van Abkoude

• Verna Aardema (1911–2001) – Known for Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, a popular African folktale.
• Rafael Ábalos (born 1956) – Wrote Grimpow.
• Tony Abbott (born 1952) – Author of The Secrets of Droon and Danger Guys series.
• Joan Abelove (born 1945) – Wrote Go and Come Back.
• Chris van Abkoude (1880–1960) – Famous for the Pietje Bell series and Little Crumb.
• Socorro Acioli (born 1975) – Wrote The Ghost Dancer.
• Richard Adams (1920–2016) – Best known for the animal adventure story Watership Down.
• Jean Adamson (born 1928) – Co-created the Topsy and Tim books.
• C. S. Adler (born 1932) – Wrote Magic of the Glits and Ghost Brother.
• David A. Adler (born 1947) – Creator of the Cam Jansen series and The Babe and I.
• Aesop (6th century BC) – An ancient Greek storyteller famous for his short moral stories called Fables.
• Joan Aiken (1924–2004) – Wrote The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, the Arabel and Mortimer series, and A Necklace of Raindrops.
• Vivien Alcock (1924–2003) – Known for The Haunting of Cassie Palmer.
• Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) – Wrote the classic novel Little Women and The Brownie and the Princess.
• Kwame Alexander (born 1958) – Author of The Crossover.
• Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007) – Famous for The Chronicles of Prydain series and the Westmark trilogy.
• Sue Alexander (1933–2008) – Wrote Nadia the Willful.
• Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832–1899) – Known for his "rags-to-riches" stories like Ragged Dick.
• Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998) – Wrote Over the Sea to School, Ballet for Drina, and The Ballet Family.
• David Almond (born 1951) – Author of Skellig, Heaven Eyes, and Kit's Wilderness.
• Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919) – Wrote The Young Trailers series and The Civil War series.
• Julia Alvarez (born 1950) – Known for her Tia Lola series.
• Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) – A Danish author famous for fairy tales like "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", and "The Ugly Duckling".
• Lena Anderson (born 1939) – Wrote Tea for Ten and Tick-Tock.
• Sam Angus (born 1967) – Author of Soldier Dog and The House on Hummingbird Island.
• Charlotte Anley (1796–1893) – Wrote Influence: A Moral Tale for Young People (1822).
• K. A. Applegate (born 1956) – Known for the Animorphs, Remnants, and Everworld series.
• Victor Appleton (a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate from 1910) – Creator of the Tom Swift series.
• Philip Ardagh (born 1961) – Wrote the Eddie Dickens series and Unlikely Exploits series.
• Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979) – Wrote and illustrated Tim All Alone and Tim and the Brave Sea Captain.
• Laura Adams Armer (1874–1963) – Author of Waterless Mountain.
• William H. Armstrong (1914–1999) – Wrote Sounder.
• Elizabeth Arnold (born 1944) – Author of The Parsley Parcel.
• Tedd Arnold (born 1949) – Known for No Jumping on the Bed! and Parts.
• Frank Asch (born 1946) – Wrote I Can Blink.
• Bernard Ashley (born 1935) – Author of The Trouble with Donovan Croft, Dodgem, and Little Soldier.
• M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974) – Wrote August Adventure, Smugglers' Gap, and Mystery Manor.
• Margaret Atwood (born 1939) – Wrote Up in the Tree and Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut.
• Cécile Aubry (1928–2010) – Creator of Belle et Sébastien.
• Martin Auer (born 1951) – Wrote Now, Now, Markus and The Blue Boy.
• Steve Augarde (born 1950) – Author of The Various and Celandine.
• Jonathan Auxier (born 1981) – Wrote The Night Gardener and Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster.
• Esther Averill (1902–1992) – Known for The Cat Club and The Fire Cat.
• Gillian Avery (1926–2016) – Wrote The Warden's Niece, The Elephant War, and A Likely Lad.
• Harold Avery (1869–1943) – Author of The Triple Alliance and Play the Game.
• Avi (born 1937) – Known for Crispin: The Cross of Lead and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.
• Christopher Awdry (born 1940) – Continued The Railway Series (Thomas the Tank Engine stories), writing books #27–40.
• Wilbert Awdry (1911–1997) – The original author of The Railway Series (Thomas the Tank Engine stories), writing books #1–26.

Authors Starting with B

Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić

• Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016) – Wrote Tuck Everlasting, Knee-Knock Rise, and The Search for Delicious.
• Maria Baciu (born 1942) – Wrote Ghetuţele copilăriei.
• Enid Bagnold (1889–1981) – Author of National Velvet.
• Bob Balaban (born 1945) – Wrote the McGrowl series.
• R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894) – Known for The Coral Island.
• Blue Balliett (born 1955) – Author of Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3, and The Calder Game.
• Lynne Reid Banks (born 1929) – Wrote The Indian in the Cupboard series.
• Helen Bannerman (1862–1946) – Known for Little Black Sambo.
• Shirley Barber (born 1935) – Wrote The Tale of Martha B. Rabbit and A Wedding in Fairyland.
• Clive Barker (born 1952) – Author of The Thief of Always.
• Joyce Barkhouse (1913–2012) – Wrote Pit Pony.
• Jill Barklem (born 1951) – Creator of Brambly Hedge.
• Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore (The Two Steves) – Wrote the Outernet series.
• Kitty Barne (1883–1961) – Wrote She Shall Have Music, Family Footlights, Visitors from London, and Rosina Copper.
• Kelly Barnhill (living) – Author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon.
• J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) – Created the beloved character Peter Pan.
• T. A. Barron (born 1952) – Wrote The Lost Years of Merlin series.
• Dave Barry (born 1949) – Co-author of the Peter and the Starcatchers series.
• Margaret Stuart Barry (born 1958) – Known for Simon and the Witch.
• Graeme Base (born 1958) – Wrote and illustrated Animalia.
• L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) – Creator of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz series.
• Hans Baumann (1914–1988) – Wrote Sons of the Steppe and I Marched with Hannibal.
• Nina Bawden (1925–2012) – Author of Carrie's War, The Witch's Daughter, and The Peppermint Pig.
• "BB" (D. J. Watkins-Pitchford) (1905–1990) – Wrote The Little Grey Men, Down the Bright Stream, and Bill Badger and the Pirates.
• S. G. Hulme Beaman (1887–1932) – Known for Toytown stories.
• Jerome Beatty Jr (1916–2002) – Wrote the Matthew Looney space series.
• Aaron Becker (born 1974) – Wrote and illustrated Journey, Quest, and Return.
• Thea Beckman (1923–2004) – Known for Crusade in Jeans and the Children of Mother Earth series.
• Frank Beddor – Author of The Looking Glass Wars series.
• John Bellairs (1938–1991) – Wrote The House with a Clock in Its Walls.
• Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) – Known for Cautionary Tales for Children, The Bad Child's Book of Beasts, and More Beasts for Worse Children.
• Ludwig Bemelmans (1898–1962) – Creator of the Madeline series.
• Derek Benz (born 1971) – Co-author of Grey Griffins.
• Berechiah ha-Nakdan (12th–13th century) – Wrote Mishle Shualim and Fables of a Jewish Aesop.
• Stan and Jan Berenstain (1923–2005 and 1923–2012) – Created The Berenstain Bears series.
• Elisabeth Beresford (1928–2010) – Creator of The Wombles.
• Leila Berg (1917–2012) – Wrote the Nippers series.
• Paul Berna (1908–1994) – Wrote A Hundred Million Francs, The Street Musician, and Flood Warning.
• Luc Besson (born 1958) – Author of the Arthur and the Minimoys series.
• Vitaly Bianki (1894–1959) – Wrote Whose Nose is Better?.
• John Bibee (1954–2018) – Known for the Spirit Flyer series.
• David Biedrzycki (born 1955) – Wrote Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective, Me and My Dragon, and Santa Retires.
• Paul Biegel (1925–2006) – Known for The King of the Copper Mountains, The Little Captain, and The Elephant Party.
• Margaret Biggs (born 1929) – Wrote the Melling School series.
• Franny Billingsley (born 1954) – Author of Well Wished and Big Bad Bunny.
• Claire Huchet Bishop (1899–1993) – Wrote The Five Chinese Brothers, All Alone, and The Big Loop.
• Christina Björk (born 1938) – Known for Linnea in Monet's Garden.
• Holly Black (born 1971) – Co-created The Spiderwick Chronicles and Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles. Also wrote Tithe and Valiant.
• Malorie Blackman (born 1962) – Author of Noughts & Crosses, Pig Heart Boy, and Cloud Busting.
• Clair Blank (1915–1965) – Wrote the Beverly Gray mystery series.
• Judy Blume (born 1938) – Famous for Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret and the Fudge series.
• Enid Blyton (1897–1968) – A very popular author known for the Noddy series, The Famous Five series, The Secret Seven series, and The Magic Faraway Tree series.
• Michael Bond (1926–2017) – Creator of the Paddington Bear series.
• Nancy Bond (born 1945) – Wrote A String in the Harp.
• Ruskin Bond (born 1934) – Author of The Room on the Roof, The Blue Umbrella, and Angry River.
• Veronica Bonilla (born 1962) – Wrote The Platanario series and Magic Dream.
• Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990) – Known for the Green Knowe series.
• J. Allan Bosworth (born 1925) – Wrote White Water, Still Water and All the Dark Places.
• Chris Bradford (born 1974) – Author of the Young Samurai series.
• Tony Bradman (born 1954) – Wrote the Dilly the Dinosaur series.
• Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956) – Author of The Dragon and the Thief, The Land of Gold, and Beyond the North Wind.
• Christianna Brand (1907–1988) – Wrote the Nurse Matilda series, which was adapted into the Nanny McPhee films.
• Ann Brashares (born 1967) – Known for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series.
• Angela Brazil (1868–1947) – Wrote school stories like The Nicest Girl in the School, For the Sake of the School, and The Jolliest Term on Record.
• Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969) – Author of the Chalet School series.
• Jan Brett (born 1949) – Wrote Trouble with Trolls.
• Thomas Brezina (born 1963) – Known for The Knickerbocker Gang and Tom Turbo.
• Rae Bridgman – Wrote The MiddleGate Books: The Serpent's Spell, Amber Ambrosia, Fish & Sphinx.
• Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980) – Wrote Hobberdy Dick and Kate Crackernuts.
• Robert Bright (1902–1988) – Known for Georgie.
• Carol Ryrie Brink (1895–1981) – Author of Caddie Woodlawn and Baby Island.
• Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003) – Wrote Pastures of the Blue Crane and Longtime Dreaming.
• Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938) – A Croatian author known for The Marvelous Adventures and Misadventures of Hlapić the Apprentice and Tales of Long Ago.
• Frances Freeling Broderip (1830–1878) – Wrote Funny Fables for Little Folks.
• Lauren Brooke – Author of the Heartland series and Chestnut Hill series.
• Walter R. Brooks (1886–1958) – Known for the Freddy the Pig series.
• Marc Brown (born 1946) – Creator of the Arthur series.
• Marcia Brown (1918–2015) – Wrote Puss in Boots.
• Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952) – Famous for Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny.
• Pamela Brown (1924–1989) – Wrote The Swish of the Curtain.
• Frances Browne (1816–1879) – Known for Granny's Wonderful Chair.
• Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937) – Creator of the Babar the Elephant series.
• Jan Brzechwa (1900–1966) – Wrote the Pan Kleks series and many poems for children.
• Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004) – Known for the Jennings school stories.
• Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832) – Wrote Always Happy!!: Or, Anecdotes of Felix and his Sister Serena. A Tale.
• Eve Bunting (born 1928) – Author of Smoky Night.
• John Bunyan (1628–1688) – Wrote Pilgrim's Progress, a famous allegory.
• Robert J. Burch (1925–2007) – Wrote Queenie Peavy and Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain.
• Della Burford (born 1946) – Wrote Journey to Dodoland, Magical Earth Secrets, and Miracle Galaxy.
• Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) – Wrote A Long Trip to Tea Time and The Land Where the Ice Cream Grows.
• Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) – Known for the Goops series and poems like "Purple Cow".
• Thornton Burgess (1874–1965) – Wrote The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse and Old Mother West Wind.
• Doris Burn (1923–2011) – Wrote Andrew Henry's Meadow and The Summerfolk.
• Sheila Burnford (1918–1984) – Author of The Incredible Journey.
• Alice Hale Burnett (fl. early 20th c.) – Wrote The Merryvale Boys.
• Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) – Famous for classic novels like A Little Princess, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and The Secret Garden.
• Hester Burton (1913–2000) – Wrote Time of Trial.
• Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968) – Wrote and illustrated The Little House and Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.
• A. J. Butcher – Author of the Spy High series.
• Betsy Byars (born 1928) – Wrote Summer of the Swans and Tornado.
• Georgia Byng (born 1965) – Known for Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism and Molly Moon Stops the World.

Authors Starting with C

Carlo Collodi

• Meg Cabot (born 1967) – Author of The Princess Diaries and Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls.
• Eleanor Cameron (1912–1996) – Wrote The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet and The Court of the Stone Children.
• Joanna Campbell (born 1946) – Known for the Thoroughbred series.
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958) – Wrote Understood Betsy.
• Cao Wenxuan (born 1954) – Author of Bronze and Sunflower.
• William Cardell (1780–1828) – Wrote The Story of Jack Halyard, the Sailor Boy.
• Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909) – Wrote Not Like Other Girls and Heriot's Choice.
• Eric Carle (born 1929) – Famous for his picture books, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Busy Spider.
• Natalie Savage Carlson (1906–1997) – Wrote The Happy Orpheline, The Family Under the Bridge, and The Empty Schoolhouse.
• Isobelle Carmody (born 1958) – Author of The Legend of Little Fur, Magic Night, and Obernewtyn Chronicles.
• Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) – Wrote the classic fantasy novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.
• Anne Laurel Carter (born 1953) – Author of The Shepherd's Granddaughter and Under a Prairie Sky.
• Peter Carter (1929–1999) – Wrote The Sentinels, Children of the Book, and Borderlands.
• Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969) – Wrote Five Tales, Tales from Sundervan, Pankhudiyaan, and Chanda.
• Scott Chantler (born 1972) – Known for Two Generals and Three Thieves.
• Charles, Prince of Wales (born 1948) – Wrote The Old Man of Lochnagar.
• Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400) – An English poet who wrote Chanticleer and the Fox (from The Canterbury Tales).
• Nan Chauncy (1900–1970) – Wrote They Found a Cave, Tiger in the Bush, Devils' Hill, and Tangara.
• Simon Cheshire (born 1954) – Author of Saxby Smart: Private Detective, Pants on Fire, and Operation Sting.
• Ruth Chew (1920–2010) – Wrote The Wednesday Witch, What the Witch Left, and The Trouble with Magic.
• Lauren Child (born 1965) – Creator of the Charlie and Lola series and Clarice Bean series.
• Irma Chilton (1930–1990) – Wrote Take Away the Flowers.
• John Christopher (1922–2012) – Known for The Prince in Waiting series and The Tripods trilogy.
• Matt Christopher (1917–1997) – Wrote many sports-themed books like Wild Pitch, The Kid Who Only Hit Homers, and Tough to Tackle.
• Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969) – Wrote Moydodyr.
• Mrs. Henry Clarke (1853–1908) – Wrote Miss Merivale's Mistake and Put to the Proof.
• Pauline Clarke (1921–2013) – Known for The Twelve and the Genii.
• Beverly Cleary (born 1916) – Famous for the Ramona Quimby series.
• Andrew Clements (1949–2019) – Author of Frindle and A Week in the Woods.
• Eleanor Clymer (1906–2001) – Wrote The Trolley Car Family.
• Eoin Colfer (born 1965) – Author of the Artemis Fowl series.
• Sneed B. Collard III (born 1959) – Wrote Hangman's Gold, The Governor's Dog is Missing!, and Dog 4491.
• Suzanne Collins (born 1962) – Known for The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games trilogy.
• Carlo Collodi (1826–1890) – An Italian author famous for The Adventures of Pinocchio.
• Padraic Colum (1881–1972) – Wrote The King of Ireland's Son.
• John Amos Comenius (1592–1670) – Wrote Orbis Sesualim Pictis (The Visible World in Pictures), an early illustrated textbook.
• Ying Chang Compestine (born 1963) – Wrote Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier and The Chinese Emperor's New Clothes.
• Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) – Wrote Molly the Drummer Boy and Janet of the Dunes.
• Jane Leslie Conly (born 1948) – Wrote Racso and the Rats of NIMH, R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH, and Crazy Lady!.
• Susan Coolidge (1835–1905) – Known for the What Katy Did series.
• Barbara Cooney (1917–2000) – Wrote Chanticleer and the Fox and Miss Rumphius.
• Susan Cooper (born 1935) – Author of The Dark Is Rising series and The Boggart.
• Esther Copley (1786–1851) – Wrote Early Friendships.
• Zizou Corder – Wrote the Lionboy series.
• William Corlett (1938–2005) – Known for The Magician's House series.
• Rachel Cosgrove (1922–1998) – Wrote The Hidden Valley of Oz.
• John Cotton (1585–1652) – Wrote Milk for Babes, a religious book for children.
• Bruce Coville (born 1950) – Author of Space Brat, My Teacher is an Alien, Aliens Ate My Homework, The Unicorn Chronicles, and Magic Shop series.
• Joy Cowley (born 1936) – Wrote The Silent One and Bow Down Shadrach.
• Palmer Cox (1840–1924) – Creator of The Brownies series.
• John Coy (born 1958) – Wrote Night Driving and Crackback.
• Joe Craig (born 1981) – Author of the Jimmy Coates series.
• Sharon Creech (born 1945) – Wrote Walk Two Moons, Ruby Holler, and Heartbeat.
• Helen Cresswell (1934–2005) – Known for The Bagthorpe Saga.
• Richmal Crompton (1890–1969) – Creator of the Just William stories.
• Michael Cronin (born 1942) – Wrote the Against the Day series.
• Gillian Cross (born 1945) – Author of Wolf, The Great Elephant Chase, and The Demon Headmaster series.
• Sarah Crossan – Wrote The Weight of Water, Apple and Rain, and One.
• Kevin Crossley-Holland (born 1941) – Author of Storm and The Seeing Stone.
• Catherine Crowe (1790–1872) – Wrote Pippie's Warning; or, Mind Your Temper.
• Gabriella Csire (born 1938) – Wrote the Turpi series.
• John Cunliffe (1933–2018) – Creator of the Postman Pat series and Rosie & Jim series.
• Jane Louise Curry (born 1932) – Wrote the Abaloc series, Poor Tom's Ghost, The Egyptian Box, and The Black Canary.

Authors Starting with D

Miep Diekmann

• Debbie Dadey (born 1959) – Co-author of The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids.
• Roald Dahl (1916–1990) – A very famous British author known for many popular books like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, and Fantastic Mr Fox.
• Alice Dalgliesh (1893–1979) – Wrote The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, The Courage of Sarah Noble, and The Silver Pencil.
• Annie Dalton (born 1948) – Author of Angels Unlimited series and Afterdark series.
• David Scott Daniell (1906–1965) – Wrote Young English, Mission for Oliver, The Dragon and the Rose, and By Jiminy.
• Lucy Daniels (born 1960) – Known for the Animal Ark and Dolphin Diaries series.
• Paula Danziger (1944–2004) – Wrote The Cat Ate My Gymsuit and the Amber Brown series.
• James Dashner (born 1972) – Author of The 13th Reality series.
• Alan Davidson (born 1943) – Wrote the Annabel series, Light, and The Bewitching of Alison Allbright.
• Stephen Mark Davies (born 1976) – Wrote the Sophie series, Hacking Timbuktu, and Outlaw.
• Lavinia R. Davis (1909–1961) – Wrote The Wild Birthday Cake, Buttonwood Island, and Donkey Detectives.
• Jean D'Costa (born 1937) – Wrote Escape to Last Man Peak.
• Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908) – An Italian author known for Heart (Cuore).
• Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987) – Wrote The Door in the Wall, Black Fox of Lorne, and Bright April.
• Jeanne de Cavally (1926–1992) – Wrote Pouê-pouê, le petit cabri.
• Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) – Wrote The Three Mulla Mulgars, Songs of Childhood, Peacock Pie, and Collected Stories for Children.
• Silvana De Mari (born 1953) – Author of The Last Dragon.
• Terry Deary (born 1946) – Known for The Fire Thief and Master Crook's Crime Academy series.
• Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) – Wrote the classic adventure novel Robinson Crusoe.
• Meindert DeJong (1906–1991) – Wrote The Wheel on the School and The House of Sixty Fathers.
• Lavinia Derwent (1909–1989) – Wrote Tammy Troot and Sula.
• Kate DiCamillo (born 1964) – Author of popular books like Because of Winn Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures.
• Charles Dickens (1812–1870) – A famous English novelist who wrote A Christmas Carol and The Magic Fishbone.
• Peter Dickinson (1927–2015) – Wrote The Changes trilogy, Tulku, City of Gold, Eva, and The Kin.
• Miep Diekmann (1925–2017) – Wrote The Haunted Island, Just a Street, and Slave Doctor.
• Anne Digby (born 1935) – Known for the Trebizon series.
• Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008) – Wrote The Brave Little Toaster and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.
• Tony DiTerlizzi (born 1969) – Co-created The Spiderwick Chronicles and Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles.
• Franklin W. Dixon (a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate from 1927) – Creator of The Hardy Boys series.
• Rex Dixon (1908–1971) – Wrote the Pocomoto series.
• Chris D'Lacey (born 1954) – Known for the The Fire Within series.
• Lynley Dodd (born 1941) – Creator of Hairy Maclary and Slinky Malinki.
• Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905) – Wrote Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates.
• Julia Donaldson (born 1948) – A popular British author known for The Gruffalo, Monkey Puzzle, and The Troll.
• Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) – Wrote A Little Girl series, Helen Grant series, and A Modern Cinderella.
• Siobhan Dowd (1960–2007) – Wrote The London Eye Mystery and Bog Child.
• Debra Doyle (born 1952) – Wrote School of Wizardry and Knight's Wyrd.
• Roddy Doyle (born 1958) – Wrote Not Just for Christmas and Wilderness.
• Tonke Dragt (born 1930) – Wrote The Letter for the King and The Secrets of the Wild Wood.
• Crescent Dragonwagon (born 1952) – Wrote Always, Always, Home Place, and Half a Moon and One Whole Star.
• Anna Harriett Drury (1824–1912) – Wrote The Three Half-Crowns: a story for boys and Richard Rowe's Parcel.
• William Pène du Bois (1916–1993) – Wrote The Twenty-One Balloons.
• Diane Duane (born 1952) – Author of So You Want to Be a Wizard.
• Tessa Duder (born 1940) – Wrote the Alex Archer series and Tiggie Tompson series.
• Florence Dugdale (1879–1937) – Wrote The Book of Baby Birds.
• Lois Duncan (1934–2016) – Known for I Know What You Did Last Summer and A Gift of Magic.
• Jeanne DuPrau (born 1944) – Author of The Books of Ember series.
• Christine Dzidrums (born 1971) – Wrote Cutters Don't Cry and Gabby Douglas: Golden Smile, Golden Triumph.

Authors Starting with E

T. S. Eliot

• Edward Eager (1911–1964) – Wrote many magic-themed books like Half Magic, Magic by the Lake, Knight's Castle, The Time Garden, The Well-Wishers, Magic or Not, and Seven-Day Magic.
• Marion Eames (1921–2007) – Wrote Sionyn a Siarli, Huw a'r Adar Aur, and Y Tir Tywyll (in Welsh).
• Martin Ebbertz (born 1962) – Wrote Little Mr. Jaromir.
• Dorothy Edwards (1914–1982) – Wrote My Naughty Little Sister and The Witches and the Grinnygog.
• Julie Edwards (Dame Julie Andrews) (born 1935) – The famous actress also wrote The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles.
• Leo Edwards (1884–1944) – Wrote the Jerry Todd series and Poppy Ott series.
• Monica Edwards (1912–1998) – Wrote the Punchbowl Farm series and Romney Marsh series.
• Stephen Elboz (born 1956) – Wrote The Byzantium Bazaar.
• T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) – A famous poet who also wrote Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
• E. C. Eliott (1908–1971) – Wrote the Kemlo and Tas series.
• David Elliott (born 1947) – Wrote Bull, Evangeline Mudd and the Great Mink Escapade, and Knitty Kitty.
• Janice Elliott (1931–1995) – Wrote The Sword and the Dream.
• Sarah Ellis (born 1952) – Wrote Pick-Up Sticks.
• Jonathan Emmett (born 1965) – Wrote Bringing Down the Moon, Someone Bigger, and The Princess and the Pig.
• Michael Ende (1929–1995) – A German author famous for The Neverending Story, Momo, and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver.
• Elizabeth Enright (1909–1968) – Wrote The Melendy series, Thimble Summer, and Gone-Away Lake.
• John R. Erickson (born 1943) – Creator of Hank the Cowdog.
• Eleanor Estes (1908–1988) – Wrote The Moffats, Rufus M., The Hundred Dresses, and Ginger Pye.
• Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841–1885) – Wrote A Flat Iron for a Farthing and The Story of a Short Life.

Authors Starting with F

• John Meade Falkner (1858–1932) – Wrote Moonfleet.
• Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965) – Wrote Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard and The Little Bookroom.
• Walter Farley (1915–1989) – Creator of The Black Stallion series.
• Nancy Farmer (born 1941) – Author of The House of the Scorpion, The Ear, the Eye and the Arm, and A Girl Named Disaster.
• Penelope Farmer (born 1939) – Wrote Charlotte Sometimes, The Summer Birds, and A Castle of Bone.
• G. E. Farrow (1862 – c. 1920) – Wrote The Wallypug of Why and The Little Panjandrum's Dodo.
• Gertrude Minnie Faulding (1875–1961) – Wrote Old Man's Beard and Other Tales.
• Tim Federle – Wrote Better Nate Than Ever and The Great American Whatever.
• Eliza Fenwick (1766–1840) – Wrote Mary and Her Cat and Visits to the Junior Library.
• Ruby Ferguson (1899–1966) – Wrote Jill's Gymkhana, A Stable for Jill, and Jill's Pony Trek.
• Chitra Fernando (1935–1998) – Wrote Glass Bangles, The Adventures of Senerat Bandara, and Bempi Appu.
• Eugene Field (1850–1895) – Wrote the poem Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
• Sarah Fielding (1710–1768) – Wrote The Governess, or The Little Female Academy, one of the earliest children's novels.
• Anne Fine (born 1947) – Author of The Tulip Touch, Madame Doubtfire, and Flour Babies.
• Martha Finley (1828–1909) – Known for the Elsie Dinsmore series and Mildred Keith series.
• Aileen Fisher (1906–2002) – Wrote We Alcotts and I Heard a Bluebird Sing.
• Catherine Fisher (born 1957) – Author of The Snow-Walker, The Book of the Crow, The Oracle, and Corbenic.
• John D. Fitzgerald (1906–1988) – Known for The Great Brain series.
• Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974) – Wrote Harriet the Spy and Nobody's Family Is Going to Change.
• Marjorie Flack (1897–1958) – Wrote The Story of Ping and Angus and the Ducks.
• John Flanagan (born 1944) – Author of the Ranger's Apprentice series.
• Paul Fleischman (born 1952) – Wrote Bull Run and Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices.
• Sid Fleischman (1920–2010) – Wrote The Whipping Boy and By The Great Horn Spoon!.
• Ian Fleming (1908–1964) – Creator of James Bond, he also wrote the children's book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
• Esther Forbes (1891–1967) – Wrote Johnny Tremain.
• Antonia Forest (1915–2003) – Known for Autumn Term, Falconer's Lure, and other Marlow Family books.
• Elena Fortún (1886–1952) – Wrote Celia, lo que dice and Celia en el colegio.
• Helen Fox (born 1962) – Wrote the Eager series.
• Anne Frank (1929–1945) – Her The Diary of a Young Girl is a powerful true story.
• Barbara C. Freeman (1906–1999) – Wrote Two-Thumb Thomas and Timi, the Tale of a Griffin.
• Pamela Freeman (born 1960) – Wrote The Willow Tree's Daughter, The Black Dress, and Cherryblossom and the Golden Bear.
• Jackie French (born 1953) – Author of Hitler's Daughter, Diary of a Wombat, Pete the Sheep, and School for Heroes.
• Frieda Friedman (born 1905) – Wrote Dot for Short, Pat and Her Policeman, and Carol from the Country.
• Cornelia Funke (born 1958) – A German author known for The Thief Lord and the Inkheart trilogy.
• Sandy Fussell (born 1960) – Wrote the Samurai Kids series and Polar Boy.
• Rose Fyleman (1877–1957) – Wrote Fairies and Chimneys, The Fairy Green, and The Dolls' House.
• Fynn (pseudonym of Sydney Hopkins, born 1919) – Wrote Mister God, This Is Anna.

Authors Starting with G

Candy Gourlay

• Jostein Gaarder (born 1952) – A Norwegian author known for Sophie's World and The Christmas Mystery.
• Arkady Gaidar (1904–1941) – Wrote Timur and His Squad.
• Neil Gaiman (born 1960) – Author of Coraline and The Graveyard Book.
• Paul Gallico (1897–1976) – Wrote The Snow Goose, Manxmouse, Jennie, and The Day the Guinea-Pig Talked.
• Sally Gardner – Wrote The Countess's Calamity, I, Coriander, and The Red Necklace.
• Leon Garfield (1921–1996) – Wrote Devil-in-the-Fog, Smith, The God Beneath the Sea, and John Diamond.
• Howard R. Garis (1873–1962) – Known for the Uncle Wiggily Longears series.
• Alan Garner (born 1934) – Author of The Owl Service, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath, Elidor, Red Shift, and The Stone Book Quartet.
• Eve Garnett (1900–1991) – Wrote The Family from One End Street.
• Doris Gates (1901–1987) – Wrote Blue Willow.
• Margaret Gatty (1809–1873) – Wrote Parables from Nature and Aunt Judy's Tales.
• Jamila Gavin (born 1941) – Wrote Coram Boy and Grandpa Chatterji.
• Béatrice Lalinon Gbado (born 1984) – Wrote Beautiful Debo, Bovi series, and Kaïvi series.
• Anna Genover-Mas (born 1963) – Wrote The Grumpy Gardener.
• Jean Craighead George (1919–2012) – Author of My Side of the Mountain and Julie of the Wolves.
• Jessica Day George (born 1976) – Wrote Princess of the Midnight Ball and Dragon Slippers.
• Adèle Geras (born 1944) – Wrote Apricots at Midnight, The Girls in the Velvet Frame, and The Fabulous Fantoras.
• Charles "Father Goose" Ghigna (born 1946) – Wrote Mice Are Nice, Riddle Rhymes, and A Fury of Motion: Poems for Boys.
• Patricia Reilly Giff (born 1935) – Wrote The Polk Street School series, Lily's Crossing, Pictures of Hollis Woods, Eleven, and Storyteller.
• Fred Gipson (1908–1973) – Wrote Old Yeller.
• Debi Gliori (born 1959) – Known for Pure Dead series, Mr Bear series, Witch Baby series, The Tobermory Cat, and What's the Time, Mr Wolf?.
• Rumer Godden (1907–1998) – Wrote The Doll's House, The Mousewife, and The Diddakoi.
• Glenda Goertzen (born 1967) – Wrote The Prairie Dogs and City Dogs.
• John Henry Goldfrap (1879–1917) – Wrote The Ocean Wireless Boys, The Boy Aviators, and The Dreadnought Boys.
• Julia Golding (born 1969) – Author of The Diamond of Drury Lane and Secret of the Sirens.
• Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774) – Wrote The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes.
• Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984) – Wrote The Little White Horse and Linnets and Valerians.
• Candy Gourlay (born 1962) – Wrote Tall Story, Shine, and Bone Talk.
• Harry Graham (1874–1936) – Wrote Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes.
• Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932) – Wrote the classic The Wind in the Willows.
• Hardie Gramatky (1907–1979) – Wrote Little Toot.
• Mary Grannan (1900–1975) – Wrote Just Mary and Maggie Muggins.
• John Grant (1930–2014) – Wrote Little Nose stories.
• Nicholas Stuart Gray (1922–1981) – Wrote Grimbold's Other World and The Seventh Swan.
• John Green (born 1977) – A popular author for young adults, known for Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars, Will Grayson, Will Grayson, and Let It Snow.
• Roger Lancelyn Green (1918–1987) – Wrote King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table and The Luck of Troy.
• Kate Greenaway (1846–1901) – Wrote and illustrated Under the Window.
• Graham Greene (1904–1991) – Wrote The Little Train, The Little Fire Engine, The Little Horse Bus, and The Little Steamroller.
• James Greenwood (1832–1929) – Wrote The True History of a Little Ragamuffin.
• Kristiana Gregory (born 1951) – Wrote Earthquake at Dawn, The Stowaway, and Jenny of the Tetons.
• Andy Griffiths (born 1961) – An Australian author known for The Bad Book, Just Tricking, The 13-Storey Treehouse, and Treasure Fever!.
• Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863 and 1786–1859) – Famous German brothers who collected and published Grimm's Fairy Tales.
• Maria Gripe (1923–2007) – Wrote Hugo and Josephine, In the Time of the Bells, and Elvis and His Secret.
• John Grisham (born 1955) – Known for the Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer series.
• Annie Groovie (born 1970) – Wrote the Léon series.
• Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) – Creator of the Raggedy Ann series.
• Dan Gutman (born 1955) – Author of The Million Dollar Shot, Baseball Card Adventures, and My Weird School series.
• Bethan Gwanas (born 1962) – Wrote Llinyn Trôns and Sgôr.

Authors Starting with H

Thomas Hughes

• Maria Hack (1777–1844) – Wrote Winter Evenings and Harry Beaufoy, or, The Pupil of Nature.
• Margaret Peterson Haddix (born 1964) – Known for the Shadow Children series.
• Mark Haddon (born 1962) – Author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and the Agent Z series.
• Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002) – Wrote M. C. Higgins the Great.
• Leif Hamre (1914–2007) – Wrote Otter Three Two Calling, Contact Lost, and Blue Two ... Bale Out.
• H. Irving Hancock (c. 1866–1922) – Wrote High School Boys series, West Point series, and Young Engineers series.
• Frances Hardinge (born 1973) – Author of Fly by Night and The Lie Tree.
• Roger Hargreaves (1935–1988) – Creator of the Mr. Men series and Little Miss series.
• Cynthia Harnett (1893–1981) – Wrote The Wool-Pack, The Load of Unicorn, and The Writing on the Hearth.
• Amanda Bartlett Harris (1824–1917) – An author and literary critic.
• Joel Chandler Harris (1845–1908) – Known for his Uncle Remus stories.
• Rosemary Harris (1923–2019) – Wrote The Moon in the Cloud, A Quest for Orion, and Zed.
• Edith Ogden Harrison (1862–1955) – Wrote Prince Silverwings and The Star Fairies.
• Lisi Harrison (born 1970) – Wrote The Clique series, Alpha series, and Monster High books.
• Peter Härtling (1933–2017) – Wrote Oma, Ben liebt Anna ^[de], and Krücke ^[de].
• Sonya Hartnett (born 1968) – Wrote The Silver Donkey and The Children of the King.
• Juanita Havill (born 1949) – Known for the Jamaica series and Eyes Like Willy's.
• Charles Hawes (1889–1923) – Wrote The Dark Frigate and The Great Quest.
• Barbara Haworth-Attard (born 1953) – Wrote TruthSinger, To Stand on My Own, and A Trail of Broken Dreams.
• Carolyn Haywood (1898–1990) – Wrote the Betsy series and Eddie series.
• Helen Haywood (1907-1995) – Wrote the Peter Tiggywig series.
• Carol Hedges – Wrote Jigsaw and the Spy Girl series.
• Florence Parry Heide (1919–2011) – Wrote The Shrinking of Treehorn.
• Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) – A science fiction author who wrote Rocket Ship Galileo and Have Space Suit—Will Travel for young readers.
• Racey Helps (1913–1970) – Wrote the Barnaby Littlemouse series.
• Zenna Henderson (1917–1983) – Known for Ingathering: The Complete People Stories.
• Marguerite Henry (1902–1997) – Wrote horse stories like King of the Wind and Misty of Chincoteague.
• G. A. Henty (1832–1902) – Wrote historical adventure novels like Out on the Pampas, The Young Buglers, The Cat of Bubastes, With Lee in Virginia, and Beric the Briton.
• James Herriot (1916–1995) – Wrote All Creatures Great and Small and James Herriot's Treasury for Children.
• Karen Hesse (born 1952) – Wrote Out of the Dust and The Music of Dolphins.
• Carl Hiaasen (born 1953) – Author of Hoot.
• Clifford B. Hicks (1920–2010) – Wrote First Boy on the Moon and The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald.
• E. W. Hildick (1925–2001) – Known for Jack McGurk mysteries and Jim Starling series.
• Lorna Hill (1902–1991) – Wrote A Dream of Sadler's Wells.
• Nigel Hinton (born 1941) – Wrote Buddy and Beaver Towers.
• S. E. Hinton (born 1948) – A well-known author for young adults, famous for The Outsiders, That Was Then, This Is Now, and Rumble Fish.
• Russell Hoban (1925–2011) – Wrote The Mouse and His Child.
• Will Hobbs (born 1947) – Wrote Bearstone, Beardream, Ghost Canoe, and Go Big or Go Home.
• Michael Hoeye (born 1947) – Known for the Hermux Tantamoq series.
• E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) – A German author who wrote The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.
• Mary Hoffman (born 1945) – Known for Stravaganza series and Amazing Grace.
• Barbara Hofland (1770–1844) – Wrote The Son of a Genius, The Blind Farmer and His Children, and The Young Crusoe.
• Christophe Honoré (born 1970) – Wrote Tout contre Léo.
• Laura Lee Hope (a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate from 1904) – Creator of the Bobbsey Twins series.
• Anthony Horowitz (born 1956) – A popular author known for the Alex Rider series, The Diamond Brothers series, and The Gatekeepers series.
• Hasan Hourani (1974–2003) – Wrote Hassan Everywhere.
• Janni Howker – Wrote The Nature of the Beast and Badger on the Barge.
• Carol Hughes (born 1955) – Wrote Jack Black and the Ship of Thieves, Dirty Magic, and The Princess and the Unicorn.
• Ted Hughes (1938–1998) – A British poet who wrote The Iron Man.
• Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) – Wrote the classic school story Tom Brown's School Days.
• John Hulme (born 1970) – Co-author of The Seems series.
• Robert Humphrey (born 1947) – Wrote the The Christmas Poodle series.
• Irene Hunt (1907–2001) – Wrote Up a Road Slowly and The Lottery Rose.
• Erin Hunter (a joint pseudonym used from 2003) – Authors of the Warriors series and Seekers series.
• Norman Hunter (1899–1995) – Creator of the Professor Branestawm series.
• Emily Huws (born 1942) – Wrote Cyfres Corryn: Chwannen and Lol neu Lwc?.

Authors Starting with I

• Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010) – Wrote Which Witch?, The Secret of Platform 13, and Journey to the River Sea.
• Theodor Illek (born 1984) – Wrote The Golden Key.
• Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) – Wrote Mopsa the Fairy.
• Mick Inkpen (born 1962) – Creator of Kipper the Dog series and Wibbly Pig series.
• Washington Irving (1783–1859) – An American author known for short stories like "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle".
• Koji Ishikawa (born 1963) – Wrote the Colorful Animals Hide and Seek series.

Authors Starting with J

Richard Jefferies

• Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916) – Collected and retold English Fairy Tales, Celtic Fairy Tales, and European Folk and Fairy Tales.
• Brian Jacques (1939–2011) – Known for the Redwall series and Castaways of the Flying Dutchman.
• Grace James – Wrote the John and Mary series and Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales.
• James Janeway (1636–1674) – Wrote A Token for Children.
• Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003) – Wrote If I Were a Grown-Up and Who Does This Kid Take After?.
• Tove Jansson (1914–2001) – A Finnish author and artist who created the Moomin series.
• Richard Jefferies (1848–1887) – Wrote Wood Magic and Bevis.
• Paul Jennings (born 1943) – An Australian author known for his short story collections like Unreal!, Undone!, Unbelievable!, The Paw Thing, The Gizmo, and the Wicked series.
• W. E. Johns (1893–1968) – Creator of the Biggles series.
• Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) – Wrote The Little Colonel and Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman.
• Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) – A British fantasy author known for Chrestomanci series, Howl's Moving Castle, and Dogsbody.
• Lara Jones (1975–2010) – Creator of the Poppy Cat series.
• Marcia Thornton Jones (born 1958) – Co-author of The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series and Ghostville Elementary series.
• T. Llew Jones (1915–2009) – Wrote Trysor Plas y wernen and Anturiaethau Twm Siôn Cati: Y Ffordd Beryglus.
• Terry Jones (1942–2020) – A member of Monty Python, he also wrote Fairy Tales, The Saga of Erik the Viking, and the Squire series.
• Jacqueline Jules (born 1956) – Wrote the Zapato Power series and Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation.
• Norton Juster (born 1929) – Wrote The Phantom Tollbooth and The Hello, Goodbye Window.
• May Justus (1898–1989) – Wrote Gabby Gaffer, Luck for Little Lihu, and New Boy in School.

Authors Starting with K

Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir

• Cynthia Kadohata (born 1956) – Wrote Kira-Kira, Weedflower, and The Thing About Luck.
• Eiko Kadono (born 1935) – A Japanese author known for Kiki's Delivery Service.
• Joan Kahn (1914–1994) – Wrote Ladies and Gentlemen, said the Ringmaster, Seesaw, and You Can't Catch Me.
• Maira Kalman (born 1949) – Wrote Fireboat and the Max Stravinsky: Poet-Dog series.
• Ulrich Karger (born 1957) – Wrote The Scary Sleepover.
• Jan Karon (born 1937) – Wrote Miss Fannie's Hat.
• Erich Kästner (1899–1974) – A German author known for Emil and the Detectives, Lottie and Lisa, and The Flying Classroom.
• Elizabeth Kay (born 1949) – Wrote The Divide trilogy.
• Annie Keary (1825–1879) – Wrote Heroes of Asgard.
• Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983) – Wrote and illustrated The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie, and Goggles!.
• Carolyn Keene (a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate from 1930) – Creator of the Nancy Drew mystery series.
• Charles Keeping (1924–1988) – Wrote Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary.
• Harold Keith (1903–1998) – Wrote Rifles for Watie.
• Eric P. Kelly (1884–1960) – Wrote The Trumpeter of Krakow.
• Gene Kemp (1926–2015) – Wrote The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler and The Pride of Tamworth Pig.
• Louise Andrews Kent (1886–1969) – Wrote He Went with Marco Polo, He Went with Hannibal, and Two Children of Tyre.
• Judith Kerr (1923–2019) – A British author known for When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit and The Tiger Who Came To Tea.
• P. B. Kerr (born 1956) – Wrote the Children of the Lamp series.
• Alexander Key (1904–1979) – Wrote Escape to Witch Mountain, The Forgotten Door, and The Case of the Vanishing Boy.
• Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836) – Wrote The Life and Perambulation of a Mouse.
• Garry Kilworth (born 1941) – Wrote The Welkin Weasels series, Knights of Liöfwende series, and Attica.
• Clive King (1924–2018) – Wrote Stig of the Dump.
• Dick King-Smith (1922–2011) – Wrote The Sheep-Pig (which became the movie Babe) and The Queen's Nose.
• Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) – Wrote The Water Babies and The Heroes.
• Jeff Kinney (born 1971) – Creator of the hugely popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
• Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) – A British author famous for Just So Stories, The Jungle Book, and Puck of Pook's Hill.
• Jim Kjelgaard (1910–1959) – Wrote Kalak of the Ice, Fire-Hunter, The Spell of the White Sturgeon, and Wolf Brother.
• Jon Klassen (born 1981) – Wrote and illustrated This Is Not My Hat.
• Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953) – Wrote Blood and Chocolate.
• Anne Knight (1792–1860) – Wrote School-Room Lyrics and Mary Gray.
• E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013) – Wrote From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, The Second Mrs. Giaconda, and The View from Saturday.
• Robin Koontz (born 1954) – Wrote In a Cabin in a Wood and Leaps and Creeps: How Animals Move to Survive.
• Janusz Korczak (1878–1942) – A Polish author and educator who wrote King Matt the First and Kaytek the Wizard.
• Conor Kostick (born 1964) – Wrote Epic, Saga, Edda, Move, The Book of Curses, and The Book of Wishes.
• Erik P. Kraft – Wrote Chocolatina, the Lenny and Mel series, and Miracle Wimp.
• Ruth Krauss (1901–1993) – Wrote The Carrot Seed.
• Adrienne Kress – Wrote Alex and the Ironic Gentleman and Timothy and the Dragon's Gate.
• Uma Krishnaswami (born 1956) – Wrote Naming Maya and Monsoon.
• Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir (born 1963) – Wrote the Fiasol series.
• Joseph Krumgold (1908–1980) – Wrote ...And Now Miguel and Onion John.
• Jane Kurtz (born 1952) – Wrote River Friendly River Wild and Water Hole Waiting.

Authors Starting with L

Gail Carson Levine

• Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) – A Swedish author who wrote The Wonderful Adventures of Nils.
• Elizabeth Laird (born 1943) – Wrote The Garbage King and Crusade.
• Charles Lamb (1775–1834) and Mary Lamb (1764–1847) – Known for Tales from Shakespeare, which retold Shakespeare's plays for young readers.
• Derek Landy (born 1974) – Author of the Skulduggery Pleasant series.
• Andrew Lang (1844–1912) – Collected and published many fairy tale collections, including The Blue Fairy Book and The Red Fairy Book.
• Noel Langley (1911–1980) – Wrote The Land of Green Ginger.
• Katherine Langrish – Wrote Troll Fell, Troll Mill, and Troll Blood.
• Jane Langton (1922–2018) – Wrote The Hall Family Chronicles series.
• Jennifer Lanthier (born 1964) – Wrote The Mystery of the Martello Tower and The Stamp Collector.
• Kirby Larson – Wrote The Magic Kerchief and Hattie Big Sky.
• Kathryn Lasky (born 1944) – Author of Guardians of Ga'hoole series and The Night Journey.
• Dorothy P. Lathrop (1891–1980) – Wrote The Fairy Circus and The Dog in the Tapestry Garden.
• Caroline Lawrence (born 1954) – Known for The Roman Mysteries series.
• Michael Lawrence (born 1943) – Wrote The Snottle and other Jiggy McCue books, Young Dracula, and The Aldous Lexicon.
• Robert Lawson (1892–1957) – Wrote and illustrated Rabbit Hill, Ben and Me, and They Were Strong and Good.
• Ervin Lázár (1936–2006) – Wrote The Seven Headed Fairy, The Little Boy and the Lions, and The Square Round Wood.
• Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) – A famous fantasy and science fiction author known for the Earthsea series, Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, and Catwings series.
• Munro Leaf (1905–1976) – Wrote The Story of Ferdinand.
• Edward Lear (1812–1888) – A poet known for "The Owl and the Pussycat" and A Book of Nonsense.
• Dennis Lee (born 1939) – Wrote Alligator Pie.
• Harper Lee (1926–2016) – Wrote the classic American novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
• Robert Leeson (1928–2013) – Wrote The Third Class Genie and It's My Life.
• Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) – Author of A Wrinkle in Time and Meet the Austins.
• Lois Gladys Leppard (1924–2008) – Known for the Mandie series.
• Peter Lerangis (born 1955) – Wrote Seven Wonders series, and contributed to The 39 Clues series.
• Helen Lester (born 1936) – Wrote Tacky the Penguin.
• Gail Carson Levine (born 1947) – Author of Ella Enchanted, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, Fairest, Dave at Night, and The Wish.
• Ted Lewin (born 1935) – Wrote Peppe the Lamplighter.
• C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) – A British author famous for The Chronicles of Narnia series.
• Hilda Lewis (1896–1974) – Wrote The Ship That Flew and The Gentle Falcon.
• J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942) – Wrote A Hippopotamusn't, Swan Song, and The House.
• J. S. Lewis (born 1972) – Co-author of Grey Griffins.
• Naomi Lewis (1911–2009) – Known for her English translations of Hans Christian Andersen's works.
• Grace Lin (born 1974) – Wrote Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and The Year of the Dog.
• Anne Lindbergh (1940–1993) – Wrote The People of Pineapple Place, The Worry Week, and Nick of Time.
• Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) – A Swedish author famous for Pippi Longstocking and Ronia the Robber's Daughter.
• Eva Lindström (born 1952) – Wrote The Cat Hat, Olli och Mo, and My Dog Mouse.
• Eric Linklater (1899–1974) – Wrote The Wind on the Moon and The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea.
• Leo Lionni (1910–1999) – Wrote and illustrated Inch by Inch, Swimmy, Frederick, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse.
• Jean Little (born 1932) – Wrote Mine for Keeps, From Anna, and Orphan at My Door.
• Penelope Lively (born 1933) – Wrote The Ghost of Thomas Kempe and A Stitch in Time.
• Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948) – A Brazilian author known for the Sítio do Picapau Amarelo series.
• Hugh Lofting (1886–1947) – Creator of the Doctor Dolittle series.
• Jack London (1876–1916) – Wrote adventure novels like The Call of the Wild and White Fang.
• Lois Lowry (born 1937) – A well-known American author who wrote Number the Stars, The Giver, and the Anastasia Krupnik series.
• Nina Lugovskaya (1918–1993) – Wrote The Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl, 1932–1937.
• Janet Lunn (1928–2017) – Wrote The Root Cellar and The Hollow Tree.
• Patricia Lynch (c. 1894–1972) – Wrote The Turf-Cutter's Donkey and the Brogeen series.
• Elinor Lyon (1921–2008) – Wrote The House in Hiding, Carver's Journey, and Run Away Home.

Authors Starting with M

James Mayhew

• Amy MacDonald (born 1951) – Wrote Little Beaver and the Echo and Rachel Fister's Blister.
• Betty MacDonald (1908–1958) – Creator of the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series.
• George MacDonald (1824–1905) – A Scottish author who wrote At the Back of the North Wind and The Princess and the Goblin.
• Ellen MacGregor (1906–1954) – Wrote the Miss Pickerell series.
• Reginald James MacGregor – Wrote The Young Detectives.
• D. J. MacHale (born 1955) – Author of The Pendragon Adventure.
• Sandra Magsamen (born 1959) – Wrote The Gift.
• Margaret Mahy (1936–2012) – A New Zealand author known for The Haunting, The Changeover, Maddigan's Fantasia, and Memory.
• Hector Malot (1830–1907) – A French author known for Nobody's Boy (Sans Famille).
• Clare Mallory (1913–1991) – Wrote Merry Begins, Juliet Overseas, and The League of the Smallest.
• Ruth Manning-Sanders (1888–1988) – Collected and retold A Book of Dragons and other fairy tales from around the world.
• Alicia Catherine Mant (1788–1869) – A children's writer.
• Emilia Marryat (c. 1835–1875) – Wrote Amongst the Maoris.
• Frederick Marryat (1792–1848) – Wrote The Children of the New Forest.
• John Marsden (born 1950) – An Australian author known for the Tomorrow series.
• Katherine Marsh (born 1974) – Wrote The Night Tourist and Jepp, Who Defied the Stars.
• James Edward Marshall (1942–1992) – Known for Fox in Love, Fox and His Friends, Fox on Wheels.
• Ann M. Martin (born 1955) – Creator of The Babysitters Club series.
• Emily Winfield Martin – Wrote Dream Animals and Oddfellow's Orphanage.
• J. P. Martin (1880–1966) – Wrote the Uncle series.
• Cissy van Marxveldt (1889–1948) – Wrote the Joop ter Heul series.
• John Masefield (1878–1967) – Wrote The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights.
• Cotton Mather (1663–1728) – Wrote A Token for the Children of New England.
• André Maurois (1885–1967) – Wrote Fattypuffs and Thinifers.
• Mercer Mayer (born 1943) – Creator of the Little Critter series and Little Monster series.
• James Mayhew (born 1964) – Wrote Miranda the Explorer, Ella Bella Ballerina, and The Knight Who Took All Day.
• William Mayne (1928–2010) – Wrote A Swarm in May (Choir School series), A Grass Rope, Earthfasts, and Low Tide.
• Geraldine McCaughrean (born 1951) – Wrote Peter Pan in Scarlet and A Pack of Lies.
• Robert McCloskey (1914–2003) – Wrote and illustrated Make Way for Ducklings, Time of Wonder, and Blueberries for Sal.
• Eloise McGraw (1915–2000) – Wrote The Golden Goblet, The Moorchild, and The Rundelstone of Oz.
• Lauren Lynn McGraw – Wrote Merry Go Round in Oz.
• Sharon E. McKay (born 1954) – Wrote Charlie Wilcox and the Our Canadian Girl: Penelope series.
• David McKee (born 1935) – Wrote Toucan Two Can.
• Robin McKinley (born 1952) – Author of The Hero and the Crown, The Blue Sword, and Spindle's End.
• Patricia McKissack (1944–2017) – Wrote Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters and Never Forgotten.
• Colin McNaughton (born 1951) – Wrote Captain Abdul's Pirate School.
• Janet McNeill (1907–1994) – Wrote My Friend Specs McCann and The Battle of St. George Without.
• Karen McQuestion – Wrote Celia and the Fairies and Edgewood.
• Geoffrey McSkimming (born 1962) – Known for the Cairo Jim series.
• L. T. Meade (1854–1914) – Wrote A World of Girls.
• Stephen W. Meader (1892–1977) – Wrote Boy with a Pack.
• Milton Meltzer (1915–2009) – Wrote non-fiction books like The Black Americans, The American Revolutionaries, and Mark Twain Himself.
• Jean Merrill (1923–2012) – Wrote The Pushcart War.
• Laurence Meynell (1899–1989) – Wrote The Old Gang.
• Richard Michelson (born 1953) – Wrote Animals That Ought to Be: Poems about Imaginary Pets and Across the Alley.
• Katherine Milhous (1894–1977) – Wrote The Egg Tree.
• Olive Beaupre Miller (1883–1968) – Wrote My Book House series.
• A. A. Milne (1882–1956) – A British author famous for Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, and When We Were Very Young.
• Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002) – Wrote the Silver Brumby series.
• Ingvar Moe (1936–1993) – Wrote Dei må ikkje skyta Garm (They Musn't Shoot Garm).
• Walter Moers (born 1957) – Wrote The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear.
• John Mole (born 1941) – Wrote "Variations on an old Rhyme".
• Chris Monroe (born 1962) – Wrote Monkey with a Tool Belt and Sneaky Sheep.
• Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) – A Canadian author famous for the Anne of Green Gables series and Emily of New Moon.
• Susanna Moodie (1803–1885) – Wrote The Little Quaker and The Sailor Brother.
• Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863) – Wrote the famous poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas".
• Pat Mora (born 1942) – Wrote Pablo's Tree, A Library for Juana, Confetti, Doña Flor, and A Birthday Basket for Tia.
• Yuyi Morales (born 1968) – Wrote Niño Wrestles the World, Viva Frida, and Little Night.
• Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975) – Wrote A Boy Born from Mold and Other Delectable Morsels and The Goodbye Family.
• John A. Moroso (1874–1957) – Wrote Nobody's Buddy.
• Michael Morpurgo (born 1943) – A British author known for Why the Whales Came, The Wreck of the Zanzibar, and Private Peaceful.
• Farley Mowat (1921–2014) – A Canadian author who wrote Lost in the Barrens and Owls in the Family.
• Robert Muchamore (born 1972) – Author of the CHERUB series and Henderson's Boys series.
• Brandon Mull (born 1974) – Author of the Fablehaven series.
• Robert Munsch (born 1945) – A Canadian author known for Love You Forever and The Paper Bag Princess.
• Jill Murphy (born 1949) – Creator of The Worst Witch and The Last Noo-Noo.
• Andrew Murray (born 1970) – Wrote Ghost Rescue.
• Susan Musgrave (born 1951) – Wrote Gullband and Dreams Are More Real Than Bathtubs.

Authors Starting with N

Christine Nöstlinger

• Beverley Naidoo (born 1943) – Wrote Journey to Jo'berg and The Other Side of Truth.
• Violet Needham (1876–1967) – Wrote The Black Riders, The Stormy Petrel, and The Woods of Windri.
• John R. Neill (1877–1943) – Continued the Oz series with books like The Wonder City of Oz, The Scalawagons of Oz, and Lucky Bucky in Oz.
• Marilyn Nelson (born 1946) – Wrote A Wreath for Emmett Till, Snook Alone, and Ostrich and Lark.
• Božena Němcová (1820–1862) – A Czech author known for Slovak Fairy Tales and Legends and The Grandma.
• Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) – A British author known for The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Bastable series), The Railway Children, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, and The Story of the Amulet.
• Patrick Ness (born 1971) – Author of the Chaos Walking trilogy, A Monster Calls, and More Than This.
• John Newbery (1713–1767) – An early publisher of children's books, known for A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, intended for the Amusement of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly with Two Letters from Jack the Giant Killer.
• Sally Nicholls (born 1983) – Wrote Ways to Live Forever, Season of Secrets, and Things a Bright Girl Can Do.
• Jenny Nimmo (born 1944) – Known for The Snow Spider trilogy and the Children of the Red King (Charlie Bone) series.
• Garth Nix (born 1963) – An Australian fantasy author known for The Old Kingdom (Abhorsen) series, The Keys to the Kingdom series, and The Seventh Tower series.
• Joan Lowery Nixon (1927–2003) – Wrote the Colonial Williamsburg series and Orphan Train series.
• Andrew Norriss (born 1947) – Wrote Aquila and The Unluckiest Boy in the World.
• Grace May North (1876–1960) – Wrote Bobs, a Girl Detective, Meg of Mystery Mountain, Sisters, and the Adele Doring series.
• Jessica Nelson North (1891–1988) – Wrote The Giant Shoe.
• Sterling North (1906–1974) – Wrote Rascal and The Wolfing.
• Carol Norton – A pen name used for reprints of some of Grace May North's works.
• Mary Norton (1903–1992) – A British author famous for The Borrowers series and Bedknob and Broomstick.
• Nikolay Nosov (1908–1976) – A Russian author known for The Adventures of Dunno and his Friends.
• Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018) – An Austrian author who wrote Fly Away Home.
• Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) – Wrote The Secret of Pooduck Island and Daddy Fell into the Pond and Other Poems for Children.
• Sevinj Nurugizi (born 1964) – Wrote Kite.

Authors Starting with O

• Graham Oakley (born 1929) – Creator of The Church Mice series and Magical Changes.
• Robert C. O'Brien (1918–1973) – Wrote Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and Z for Zachariah.
• Jane O'Connor (born 1947) – Creator of the Fancy Nancy series.
• Scott O'Dell (1898–1989) – Wrote historical novels like Island of the Blue Dolphins, The King's Fifth, and The Black Pearl.
• Charles Ogden (a pseudonym used by Star Farm Productions from 2003) – Creator of the Edgar & Ellen series.
• Ian Ogilvy (born 1943) – Wrote Measle and the Wrathmonk and Measle and the Dragodon.
• Jenny Oldfield (born 1949) – Wrote My Magical Pony, Home Farm Twins, and the Horses of Half-Moon Ranch series.
• Sibylle von Olfers (1881–1916) – Wrote The Root Children and Little Princess in the Wood.
• Carola Oman (1897–1978) – Wrote Ferry the Fearless.
• Kenneth Oppel (born 1967) – A Canadian author known for the Silverwing series and Airborn.
• Uri Orlev (born 1931) – Wrote The Island on Bird Street.
• Mary Pope Osborne (born 1949) – Creator of the popular Magic Tree House series.
• Pat O'Shea (1931–2007) – Wrote The Hounds of the Morrigan.
• Elsie J. Oxenham (1880–1960) – Known for the Abbey series.

Authors Starting with P

Michelle Paver

• Bernard Palmer (1914–1998) – Wrote the Danny Orlis series and Felicia Cartwright series.
• Christopher Paolini (born 1983) – Author of the Inheritance Cycle.
• Peggy Parish (1927–1988) & Herman Parish – Creators of the Amelia Bedelia series.
• Barbara Park (1947–2013) – Wrote Skinnybones and the Junie B. Jones series.
• Peter Parnall (born 1936) – Wrote Winter Barn, Apple Tree, and Woodpile.
• Anne Parrish (1888–1957) – Wrote The Dream Coach, Floating Island, and The Story of Appleby Capple.
• Katherine Paterson (born 1932) – A well-known American author who wrote The Master Puppeteer, Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins, and Jacob Have I Loved.
• Jill Paton Walsh (born 1937) – Wrote Gaffer Samson's Luck and The Emperor's Winding Sheet.
• James Patterson (born 1947) – Known for the Maximum Ride series and The Dangerous Days of Daniel X.
• Gary Paulsen (born 1939) – Author of Hatchet and The Time Hackers.
• Michelle Paver (born 1960) – A British author known for the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series.
• Philippa Pearce (1920–2006) – Wrote Tom's Midnight Garden.
• Kit Pearson (born 1947) – Wrote The Sky Is Falling and Awake and Dreaming.
• Ridley Pearson (born 1953) – Co-author of Peter and the Starcatchers series and The Kingdom Keepers series.
• Howard Pease (1894–1974) – Wrote Secret Cargo, Highroad to Adventure, and Bound for Singapore.
• Dale Peck (born 1967) – Wrote the Drift House series.
• Ethel Pedley (1859–1898) – Wrote Dot and the Kangaroo.
• Mary Louise Peebles (1833–1915) – Wrote The Magnet Stories.
• Bill Peet (1915–2002) – Wrote and illustrated The Wump World and Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure.
• Daniel Pennac (born 1944) – Wrote The Eye of the Wolf.
• Ethel Penrose (1857–1938) – Wrote Clear as the Noon Day.
• Lucy Fitch Perkins (1865–1937) – Wrote the Twins series.
• Lynne Rae Perkins (born 1956) – Wrote Criss Cross and All Alone in the Universe.
• Charles Perrault (1628–1703) – A French author who wrote classic fairy tales like Tales of Mother Goose and Little Red Riding Hood.
• K. M. Peyton (born 1929) – Wrote Flambards, Fly-by-Night, Prove Yourself a Hero, and Blind Beauty.
• Rodman Philbrick (born 1951) – Author of Freak The Mighty, Max the Mighty, The Last Book in the Universe, and The Fire Pony.
• Joan Phipson (1912–2003) – Wrote The Boundary Riders, The Family Conspiracy, and Polly's Tiger.
• Tamora Pierce (born 1954) – A fantasy author known for the Tortall series and Circle of Magic series.
• Clara D. Pierson (1868–1952) – Wrote the "Among the People" series.
• Christopher Pike (born 1955) – Known for the Spooksville series.
• Dav Pilkey (born 1966) – Creator of the Captain Underpants series.
• Elizabeth Pinchard (fl. 1791–1820) – Wrote The Blind Child, or, Anecdotes of the Wyndham Family and The Two Cousins.
• Daniel Pinkwater (born 1941) – Wrote The Big Orange Splot and The Hoboken Chicken Emergency.
• Saviour Pirotta (born 1958) – Wrote The Orchard Book of First Greek Myths.
• Annabel Pitcher (born 1982) – Wrote My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece and Ketchup Clouds.
• Sarah Pitt (fl. 1881–1900) – An author.
• Kin Platt (1911–2003) – Wrote Big Max series and The Blue Man.
• Peter Pohl (born 1940) – Wrote Johnny, My Friend.
• Josephine Pollard (1834–1892) – Wrote The Brave Little Tailor, The Life of Washington, A Child's History of America: Told in One-Syllable Words, and Bible Stories for Children.
• Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920) – Wrote Pollyanna.
• Tracey Porter – Wrote Billy Creekmore.
• Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) – A British author and illustrator famous for The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Tailor of Gloucester.
• Ellen Potter (born c. 1960) – Wrote the Olivia Kidney series.
• Rhoda Power (1890–1957) – Wrote Redcap Runs Away.
• Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) – A British fantasy author known for The Nome Trilogy, Johnny Maxwell series, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, and Tiffany Aching series.
• Otfried Preussler (1923–2013) – A German author who wrote The Robber Hotzenplotz and The Curse of the Darkling Mill.
• Willard Price (1887–1983) – Wrote Amazon Adventure and the Adventure series.
• Elise Primavera (born 1955) – Wrote The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls.
• Alison Prince (1931–2019) – Wrote My Royal Story.
• Josephine, Diana, and Christine Pullein-Thompson (born 1924–25) – Sisters who wrote horse stories like Six Ponies, I Wanted a Pony, and We Rode to the Sea.
• Philip Pullman (born 1946) – A British author famous for His Dark Materials trilogy, Clockwork, and The Firework-Maker's Daughter.
• Howard Pyle (1853–1911) – Wrote and illustrated Otto of the Silver Hand, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, and Men of Iron.

Authors Starting with R

Adam Rex

• Gwynedd Rae (1892–1977) – Creator of the Mary Plain series.
• Janette Rallison (born 1966) – Wrote Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List.
• Arthur Ransome (1884–1967) – A British author known for the Swallows and Amazons series.
• Ellen Raskin (1928–1984) – Wrote The Westing Game and Figgs & Phantoms.
• Marjorie Rawlings (1896–1953) – Wrote The Yearling and The Secret River.
• Wilson Rawls (1913–1984) – Wrote Where the Red Fern Grows and Summer of the Monkeys.
• Sukumar Ray (1887–1923) – An Indian author known for HaJaBaRaLa, Abol Tabol, and Pagla Dashu.
• Talbot Baines Reed (1852–1893) – Wrote The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's.
• W. Maxwell Reed (1871–1962) – Wrote The Earth for Sam and The Stars for Sam.
• Celia Rees (born 1949) – Wrote The Bailey Game, Witch Child, and Pirates!.
• David Rees (1936–1993) – Wrote The Exeter Blitz and The Flying Island.
• Gwyneth Rees (born 1968) – Wrote The Mum Hunt, Fairy Dust series, and Mermaid Magic.
• Philip Reeve (born 1966) – A British author known for Buster Bayliss, Mortal Engines, and Larklight.
• Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991) – Wrote Beyond the Wide World's End.
• Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883) – Wrote adventure novels like The Boy Hunters, The Young Voyageurs, and The Boy Tar.
• Kathryn Reiss (born 1957) – Wrote Time Windows, Paint by Magic, and Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge.
• Adam Rex (born 1973) – Wrote The True Meaning of Smekday, Cold Cereal, Fat Vampire, and Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich.
• H. A. Rey (1898–1977) and Margret Rey (1906–1996) – Creators of the Curious George series and Pretzel.
• Lou Rhodes – Wrote The Phlunk and The Phlunk's Worldwide Symphony.
• Frank Richards (1876–1961) – Known for the Greyfriars School stories featuring Billy Bunter.
• Justin Richards (born 1961) – Wrote The Invisible Detective series.
• Laura E. Richards (1850–1943) – Wrote Captain January, Tirra Lirra, and Eletelephony.
• Chris Riddell (born 1962) – Co-created The Edge Chronicles and Barnaby Grimes.
• E. V. Rieu (1887–1972) – Wrote The Flattered Flying Fish and Other Poems.
• Rick Riordan (born 1964) – A very popular American author known for the Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and The Kane Chronicles series.
• Jamie Rix (born 1958) – Wrote the Alistair Fury series and Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids series.
• Keith Robertson (1914–1991) – Known for the Henry Reed series.
• Hilary Robinson (born 1962) – Wrote Mixed Up Fairy Tales and The Princess's Secret Letters.
• Joan G. Robinson (1910–1988) – Wrote the Teddy Robinson series and When Marnie Was There.
• Gary D. Robson (born 1958) – Wrote the Who Pooped? series.
• Gianni Rodari (1920–1980) – An Italian author known for Telephone Tales (Favole al telefono) and Tales Told by a Machine (Novelle fatte a macchina).
• Emily Rodda (born 1948) – An Australian author known for Fairy Realm series, Rowan of Rin series, and Deltora Quest series.
• Don Roff (born 1966) – Wrote Scary Stories.
• Malcolm Rose (born 1953) – Wrote the Traces series and Lawless and Tilley series.
• Simon Rose (born 1961) – Wrote The Alchemist's Portrait, The Sorcerer's Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, and The Heretic's Tomb.
• Michael Rosen (born 1946) – A British author and poet known for Sad Book, Fantastically Funny Stories, Quick, Let's Get Out of Here, and We're Going on a Bear Hunt.
• Amy Krouse Rosenthal – Wrote Duck! Rabbit!.
• Meg Rosoff (born 1956) – Wrote How I Live Now, Just In Case, There Is No Dog, and Picture Me Gone.
• Diana Ross (1910–2000) – Wrote The Little Red Engine series.
• Miriam Roth (1910–2005) – Wrote A Tale of Five Balloons.
• Veronica Roth (born 1988) – Author of the Divergent trilogy.
• J. K. Rowling (born 1965) – The famous British author of the Harry Potter series.
• Hemendra Kumar Roy (1888–1963) – Wrote the Bimal-Kumar series.
• Ron Roy (born 1940) – Known for A to Z Mysteries and Capital Mysteries.
• Gillian Rubinstein (born 1942) – Wrote Space Demons and Galax-Arena.
• Katherine Rundell (born 1987) – Wrote The Girl Savage and Rooftoppers.
• Salman Rushdie (born 1947) – Wrote Haroun and the Sea of Stories.
• Rachel Renee Russell (born 1959) – Creator of the Dork Diaries series.
• An Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990) – Wrote Children on the Oregon Trail and Avalanche!.
• Chris Ryan (born 1961) – Wrote the Alpha Force series.
• Pam Muñoz Ryan (born 1951) – Wrote Esperanza Rising, Becoming Naomi León.
• Cynthia Rylant (born 1954) – Wrote Missing May, Henry and Mudge series, and Poppleton series.

Authors Starting with S

Isaac Bashevis Singer

• Louis Sachar (born 1954) – Author of Sideways Stories From Wayside School series and Holes.
• Angie Sage (born 1952) – Known for the Septimus Heap series.
• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) – A French author and aviator who wrote The Little Prince.
• Emilio Salgari (1862–1911) – An Italian author known for The Tigers of Mompracem and The Black Corsair.
• Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) – Wrote Rootabaga Stories.
• Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) – Author of Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians.
• Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947) – Wrote Beautiful Joe.
• Constance Savery (1897–1999) – Wrote Enemy Brothers.
• Malcolm Saville (1901–1982) – Known for the Lone Pine Club series.
• Ruth Sawyer (1880–1970) – Wrote Roller Skates.
• Allen Say (born 1937) – Wrote and illustrated Grandfather's Journey and The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice.
• Kurtis Scaletta – Wrote Mudville, Mamba Point, and The Tanglewood Terror.
• Richard Scarry (1919–1994) – Famous for his detailed picture books set in Busytown.
• Pam Scheunemann (born 1955) – Wrote Overdue Kangaroo, Ape Cape, and The Crane Loves Grain.
• Jon Scieszka (born 1954) – Wrote The Time Warp Trio, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, and Science Verse.
• Miriam Schlein (1926–2004) – Wrote The Year of the Panda, I, Tut, and The Way Mothers Are.
• Mark Schlichting (born 1948) – Wrote Harry and the Haunted House.
• Laura Amy Schlitz (born 1955) – Wrote Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village.
• Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854) – Wrote The Basket of Flowers and Easter Eggs.
• Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995) – A Dutch author known for Jip and Janneke, Abeltje, and Pluk van de Petteflet.
• Alvin Schwartz (1927–1992) – Collected and retold Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
• Michael Scott (born 1959) – An Irish author known for The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series.
• Will Scott (1893–1964) – Wrote The Cherrys series.
• Laura Vaccaro Seeger – Wrote and illustrated First the Egg and Green.
• Countess of Ségur (1799–1874) – A French author known for Sophie's Misfortunes, Good Little Girls, and Monsieur Cadichon: Memoirs of a Donkey.
• Tor Seidler (born 1952) – Wrote A Rat's Tale, The Wainscott Weasel, and Mean Margaret.
• George Selden (1929–1989) – Wrote The Cricket in Times Square series.
• Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – Wrote and illustrated the classic picture book Where the Wild Things Are.
• Kate Seredy (1896–1975) – Wrote The White Stag, The Good Master, and The Singing Tree.
• Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946) – Wrote animal stories like Wild Animals I Have Known, Bannertail, and Two Little Savages.
• Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) – A very famous American author and illustrator known for The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!.
• David Severn (1918–2010) – Wrote Ponies and Poachers, Dream Gold, and The Future Took Us.
• Anna Sewell (1820–1878) – Wrote the classic horse story Black Beauty.
• Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906) – Wrote Amy Herbert.
• Miranda Seymour (born 1948) – Wrote Mumtaz the Magical Cat.
• Margery Sharp (1905–1991) – Wrote The Rescuers.
• Mark Shasha (born 1961) – Wrote Night of the Moonjellies.
• Charles Green Shaw (1892–1974) – Wrote It Looked Like Spilt Milk.
• Mary Shelley (1797–1851) – The author of Frankenstein, she also wrote the children's story Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot.
• Dorothy Sherrill (1901–1990) – Wrote The Story of a Little Gray Mouse.
• Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851) – Wrote The History of Little Henry and his Bearer and The History of the Fairchild Family.
• Gary Shipman (born 1966) and Rhoda Shipman (born 1968) – Creators of Pakkins' Land.
• Mark Shulman (born 1962) – Wrote Scrawl, Mom and Dad are Palindromes, and Secret Hiding Places.
• Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born 1963) – Wrote We Want Christmas in July and Biobörn.
• Shel Silverstein (1930–1999) – A poet and artist known for The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends.
• Francesca Simon (born 1955) – Creator of the Horrid Henry series.
• Seymour Simon (born 1931) – Wrote Einstein Anderson, Science Detective.
• Catherine Sinclair (1800–1864) – Wrote Holiday House, A Book for the Young.
• Lester Basil Sinclair (1894–1974) – Wrote Why Cows Moo.
• Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) – A Nobel Prize winner who wrote Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories, A Day of Pleasure, and The Golem.
• Marilyn Singer (born 1948) – Wrote Turtle in July.
• Steve Skidmore (born 1960) and Steve Barlow (The Two Steves) – Wrote the Outernet series.
• Obert Skye – Known for the Leven Thumps series.
• Arthur Slade (born 1967) – Wrote Dust and The Hunchback Assignments.
• William Sleator (1945–2011) – Wrote Singularity and Rewind.
• Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982) – Known for the Carbonel series, Jessamy, No One Must Know, and The Snowball.
• Dodie Smith (1896–1990) – Wrote The Hundred and One Dalmatians.
• Edward Wyke Smith (1871–1935) – Wrote The Marvellous Land of Snergs.
• Georgina Castle Smith (1845–1933) – Wrote Froggy's Little Brother.
• Roland Smith (born 1951) – Wrote Thunder Cave, Peak, and Cryptid Hunters.
• Barbara Smucker (1915–2003) – Wrote Underground to Canada and Days of Terror.
• Pat Smythe (1928–1996) – Wrote the Three Jays series and Adventure series.
• Caroline Snedeker (1871–1956) – Wrote Downright Dencey and The Forgotten Daughter.
• Lemony Snicket (born 1970) – The pen name of Daniel Handler, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events.
• Jack Snow (1907–1956) – Wrote The Magical Mimics in Oz and The Shaggy Man of Oz.
• Laurel Snyder – Wrote Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains, Any Which Wall, and Penny Dreadful.
• Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1927–2014) – Wrote The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid, and The Witches of Worm.
• Donald J. Sobol (1924–2012) – Creator of the Encyclopedia Brown series and Two-Minute Mysteries series.
• Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born 1948) – Wrote The Little Vampire series.
• Virginia Sorenson (1912–1991) – Wrote Miracles on Maple Hill.
• Ivan Southall (1921–2008) – An Australian author known for Josh, Ash Road, Hills End, To the Wild Sky, Bread and Honey, and Fly West.
• Stephen Southwold (1887–1964) – Wrote Fiddlededee: A Medley of Stories.
• Elizabeth George Speare (1908–1994) – Wrote historical novels like The Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Bronze Bow, and The Sign of the Beaver.
• Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976) – Wrote Call It Courage.
• Peter Spier (1927–2017) – Wrote and illustrated Noah's Ark.
• Jerry Spinelli (born 1941) – A popular American author known for Loser, Stargirl, Maniac Magee, Crash, and Wringer.
• Nancy Springer (born 1948) – Wrote The Enola Holmes Mysteries and Tales of Rowan Hood.
• E. C. Spykman (1896–1965) – Wrote A Lemon and a Star, The Wild Angel, Terrible Horrible Edie, and Edie on the Warpath.
• Johanna Spyri (1827–1901) – A Swiss author famous for Heidi.
• Andy Stanton (born 1973) – Creator of the Mr Gum series.
• Dugald Steer (born 1965) – Known for the Ologies series.
• William Steig (1907–2003) – Wrote and illustrated Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Doctor De Soto, and Shrek!.
• John Steptoe (1950–1989) – Wrote Stevie and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters.
• Robin Stevens (born 1988) – Wrote Murder Most Unladylike.
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) – A Scottish author known for A Child's Garden of Verses, Treasure Island, and Kidnapped.
• Jennifer J. Stewart – Wrote If That Breathes Fire, We're Toast! and Close Encounters of a Third World Kind.
• Mary Stewart (1916–2014) – Wrote The Little Broomstick, Ludo and the Star Horse, and A Walk in Wolf Wood.
• Paul Stewart (born 1955) – Co-created The Edge Chronicles and wrote Fergus Crane, Muddle Earth, and Barnaby Grimes.
• R. L. Stine (born 1943) – A very popular author of horror books for young readers, known for Goosebumps, Fear Street, and The Nightmare Room series.
• Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902) – Wrote The Lady, or the Tiger?.
• Hilda van Stockum (1908–2006) – Wrote A Day on Skates and The Winged Watchman.
• Margaret Storey – Wrote Timothy and the Two Witches, The Stone Sorcerer, and Pauline.
• Walter Scott Story (1879–1955) – Wrote Skinny Harrison Adventurer.
• Herbert Strang (1866–1958) – Wrote Round the World in Seven Days, King of the Air, and Rob the Ranger.
• Todd Strasser (born 1950) – Known for the Help! I'm Trapped... series.
• Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930) – The founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which created many famous series like Rover Boys, Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew.
• Noel Streatfeild (1895–1986) – A British author known for Ballet Shoes, The Circus Is Coming, Curtain Up, White Boots, and The Painted Garden.
• Jakob Streit (1910–2009) – Wrote Liputto: Stories of Gnomes and Trolls.
• Hesba Stretton (1832–1911) – Wrote Jessica's First Prayer.
• Agnes Strickland (1796–1874) – Wrote Tales from English History for Children and The Rival Crusoes.
• Charles S. Strong (1906–1962) – Wrote The Hooded Hawk Mystery, The Scarlet Slipper Mystery, and Snow King: Herd Dog of Lapland.
• Jeremy Strong (born 1949) – Wrote There's a Viking in My Bed.
• Jonathan Stroud (born 1970) – A British fantasy author known for The Bartimaeus Trilogy.
• Dorothy Margaret Stuart (1889–1963) – Wrote The Children's Chronicle and The Young Clavengers.
• Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945) – Wrote The Magic Apostrophe and Gwydion and the Flying Wand.
• Deirdre Sullivan – An Irish children's writer and poet.
• Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992) – A British author known for historical novels like The Eagle of the Ninth, The Lantern Bearers, The Mark of the Horse Lord, and Black Ships Before Troy.
• Jón Sveinsson (1857–1944) – Wrote the Nonni series.
• Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) – Wrote Gulliver's Travels.

Authors Starting with T

Ethel Turner

• Rajesh Talwar (born 1958) – Wrote The Three Greens.
• Shaun Tan (born 1974) – An Australian author and illustrator known for The Red Tree, The Lost Thing, Tales from Outer Suburbia, and Rules of Summer.
• Kathryn Tanquary – Wrote The Night Parade.
• Ann Taylor (1782–1866) and Jane Taylor (1783–1824) – Sisters who wrote poems like Rhymes for the Nursery and Original Poems for Infant Minds.
• Colin Thiele (1920–2006) – An Australian author known for Storm Boy, Blue Fin, and Sun on the Stubble.
• Scarlett Thomas (born 1972) – Wrote the Worldquake series.
• Kate Thompson (born 1956) – Wrote Switchers and The New Policeman.
• Ruth Plumly Thompson (1891–1976) – Wrote many of the Oz books after L. Frank Baum, starting with The Royal Book of Oz (1921).
• James Thurber (1894–1961) – Wrote The Thirteen Clocks, The Wonderful O, and Many Moons.
• Eve Titus (1905–2002) – Creator of the Basil of Baker Street series and Anatole series.
• Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976) – Creator of the Worzel Gummidge series.
• H. E. Todd (1908–1988) – Wrote the Bobby Brewster series.
• J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) – A famous British author known for The Hobbit and The Father Christmas Letters.
• Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1883–1945) – A Russian author who wrote The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino.
• Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) – A famous Russian author who also wrote Classic Tales and Fables for Children.
• Theresa Tomlinson (born 1946) – Wrote The Forestwife, Meet Me by the Steelmen, and The Moon Riders.
• Hazel Townson (1928–2010) – Wrote The Deathwood Letters, The Speckled Panic, and The Invisible Boy.
• Catharine Parr Traill (1802–1899) – A Canadian author who wrote Canadian Crusoes.
• Nigel Tranter (1909–2000) – Wrote Spaniard's Isle and Nestor the Monster.
• P. L. Travers (1899–1986) – Creator of the Mary Poppins series.
• Mary Treadgold (1910–2005) – Wrote We Couldn't Leave Dinah.
• Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998) – Wrote historical novels like Cue for Treason and The Hills of Varna.
• Henry Treece (1911–1966) – Wrote Horned Helmet, The Road to Miklagard, and The Children's Crusade.
• Sharon Tregenza (born 1951) – Wrote Tarantula Tide and The Shiver Stone.
• Meriol Trevor (1919–2000) – Wrote Merlin's Ring, The Other Side of the Moon, The Rose Round, The King of the Castle, and The Letzenstein Chronicles.
• John R. Tunis (1889–1975) – Wrote sports novels like Iron Duke, All American, Keystone Kids, and The Kid from Tomkinsville.
• Ann Turnbull (born 1943) – Wrote Pigeon Summer, The Sand Horse, and No Shame, No Fear.
• Ethel Turner (1872–1958) – An Australian author known for Seven Little Australians.
• Julian Tuwim (1894–1953) – A Polish poet known for "The Locomotive" and other poems for children.
• Mark Twain (1835–1910) – A famous American author who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

Authors Starting with U

Tomi Ungerer

• Tomi Ungerer (1931–2019) – Wrote and illustrated The Mellops series, Moon Man, and Flix.
• Florence Kate Upton (1873–1922) – Creator of The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg.
• Anne Ursu – Wrote The Cronus Chronicles.
• Else Ury (1877–1943) – A German author known for Nesthäkchen and Her Dolls and Nesthäkchen and the World War.
• Eduard Uspensky (1937–2018) – A Russian author known for Crocodile Gena and His Friends and Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat.
• Alison Uttley (1884–1976) – Wrote the Little Grey Rabbit series and A Traveller in Time.

Authors Starting with V

• Rachel Vail (born 1966) – Wrote Wonder, Do-Over, and The Friendship Ring series.
• Jenny Valentine – Wrote Finding Violet Park and Broken Soup.
• Chris Van Allsburg (born 1949) – Wrote and illustrated Jumanji, The Polar Express, and The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.
• Wendelin Van Draanen (born 1965) – Known for the Sammy Keyes series and Flipped.
• Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944) – Wrote the non-fiction book The Story of Mankind.
• Shreekumar Varma (born 1955) – Wrote The Royal Rebel.
• Heiki Vilep (born 1960) – Wrote The Sounds of Silence and The Monsters of the Closet Door.
• Rene Villanueva (1954–2007) – Wrote Ang Unang Baboy Sa Langit (The First Pig In Heaven).
• Judith Viorst (born 1931) – Wrote Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
• Elfrida Vipont (1902–1992) – Wrote The Lark in the Morn, The Lark on the Wing, and The Elephant and the Bad Baby.
• John Vornholt (born 1951) – Wrote The Troll King series.
• Anne de Vries (1904–1964) – Wrote Journey Through the Night.
• Seita Vuorela (1971–2015) – Wrote The School of Possibilities and Karikko.

Authors Starting with W

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• Bernard Waber (1921–2013) – Wrote The House on East 88th Street.
• Muriel Wace (1881–1968) – Wrote Moorland Mousie.
• Lea Wait (born 1946) – Wrote Stopping to Home and Wintering Well.
• Judy Waite – Wrote Mouse Look Out.
• Priscilla Wakefield (1751–1832) – Wrote The Juvenile Travellers: Containing the Remarks of A Family During a Tour Through the Principal States and Kingdoms of Europe.
• Dorothy Wall (1894–1942) – Creator of Blinky Bill.
• Ivy Wallace (1915–2006) – Wrote the Pookie series and The Animal Shelf series.
• John Graham Wallace (born 1966) – Wrote Mr Bumble.
• Maria Elena Walsh (1930–2011) – Wrote Tutú Marambá.
• Vivian Walsh – Wrote Olive, the Other Reindeer, Gluey, Penguin Dreams, and the Mr. Lunch series.
• Amy Catherine Walton (Mrs. O. F. Walton, 1849–1939) – Wrote Christie's Old Organ.
• Jennifer Ward (born 1963) – Wrote Way Out in the Desert.
• Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1887–1966) – Wrote Plant y Mynachdy and Onesimus.
• Victor Watson (born 1936) – Wrote the Paradise Barn series.
• Marion St John Webb (1888–1930) – Wrote Knock Three Times and The Girls of Chequertrees.
• Regina Webb (born 1980) – Wrote the Detective Henry Hopper series.
• Sadie Rose Weilerstein (1894–1993) – Wrote The Adventures of K'tonton.
• Ronald Welch (1909–1982) – Wrote The Gauntlet and Knight Crusader.
• Jacqueline West (born 1979) – Wrote Dreamers Often Lie and The Books of Elsewhere.
• Robert Westall (1929–1993) – Wrote The Machine Gunners, Fathom Five, and The Scarecrows.
• Frank Atha Westbury (1838–1901) – Wrote Australian Fairy Tales.
• Scott Westerfeld (born 1963) – Author of the Midnighters trilogy, Peeps, The Last Days, and the Uglies series.
• John F. C. Westerman (1901–1991) – Wrote John Wentley Takes Charge and The Invisible Plane.
• Percy F. Westerman (1876–1959) – Wrote All Hands to the Boats and Deeds of Pluck and Daring in the Great War.
• Carol Weston (born 1956) – Wrote the Melanie Martin series and Ava and Pip.
• Michael Wexler – Co-author of The Seems series.
• Suzanne Weyn (born 1955) – Wrote The Bar Code Tattoo and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.
• Gloria Whelan (born 1923) – Wrote Homeless Bird, Angel on the Square, Listening for Lions, and Chu Ju's House.
• Evelyn Whitaker (1844–1929) – Wrote Laddie and Tip Cat.
• E. B. White (1899–1985) – A famous American author known for Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan.
• T. H. White (1906–1964) – Wrote The Sword in the Stone and Mistress Masham's Repose.
• Martin Widmark (born 1961) – Wrote The Whodunit Detective Agency series.
• Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856–1923) – Wrote Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) – An Irish writer who wrote fairy tales like "The Selfish Giant" and The Happy Prince and Other Stories.
• Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) – Wrote the Little House on the Prairie and other Little House books, based on her own childhood.
• Geoffrey Willans (1911–1958) – Wrote Down with Skool and How to Be Topp.
• John Ellis Williams (1924–2008) – Wrote Owen the Goat of Snowdon.
• Karen Lynn Williams (born 1952) – Wrote Galimoto.
• Maiya Williams (born 1962) – Wrote The Golden Hour.
• Margery Williams (1881–1944) – Wrote The Velveteen Rabbit, Poor Cecco, and Winterbound.
• Ursula Moray Williams (1911–2006) – Wrote Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse and Gobbolino the Witch's Cat.
• Rita Williams-Garcia (born 1957) – Wrote One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven, and Gone Crazy in Alabama.
• Henry Williamson (1895–1977) – Wrote Tarka the Otter.
• Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945) – A very popular British author known for Girls in Love, Double Act, The Story of Tracy Beaker, and The Illustrated Mum.
• Jane Wilson-Howarth (born 1954) – Wrote Himalayan Kidnap and Chasing the Tiger.
• Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer pseudonym from 1899) – Wrote the Rover Boys series.
• Henry Winkler (born 1945) – The actor also writes the Hank Zipzer series.
• Henry Winterfeld (1901–1990) – Wrote Trouble at Timpetill, Detectives in Togas, and Star Girl.
• Elizabeth Winthrop (born 1948) – Wrote The Castle in the Attic.
• Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) – An early feminist writer who also wrote Original Stories from Real Life.
• Audrey Wood (born 1948) – Wrote The Napping House, Moonflute, and King Bidgood's in the Bathtub.
• Patricia Wrede (born 1953) – Known for the Enchanted Forest Chronicles series.
• Dare Wright (1914–2001) – Wrote The Lonely Doll.
• Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010) – An Australian author who wrote The Crooked Snake and The Nargun and the Stars.
• Eva-Lis Wuorio (1918–1988) – Wrote The Island of Fish in the Trees and The Happiness Flower.
• Johann David Wyss (1743–1818) – A Swiss author who wrote The Swiss Family Robinson.

Authors Starting with Y

• Laurence Yep (born 1948) – Wrote The Golden Mountain Chronicles, Dragon series, and Ribbons.
• Jane Yolen (born 1939) – Wrote Owl Moon, Commander Toad series, Pit Dragon series, and Wizard's Hall.
• E. H. Young (1880–1949) – Wrote Caravan Island and River Holiday.
• Ed Young (born 1931) – Wrote and illustrated Lon Po Po and Seven Blind Mice.
• Miriam Young (1913–1974) – Wrote Miss Suzy, Jellybeans for Breakfast, and A Witch's Garden.

Authors Starting with Z

• Zheng Yuanjie (born 1955) – Wrote King of Fairy Tales.
• Paul Zindel (1936–2003) – Wrote The Pigman.
• Charlotte Zolotow (1915–2013) – Wrote Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present.

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