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Famous Authors and Illustrators
Maya Angelou: Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and numerous volumes of poetry
Maya Angelou's Official Website: http://www.mayaangelou.com/home.html
Academy of Achievement: http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0bio-1
Avi: Author of the Poppy series, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, the Crispin series, Devil's Race, Seer of Shadows, etc.
Avi's Official Website: http://www.avi-writer.com/
Kids Reads Website: http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-avi.asp
Stan and Jan Berenstain: Authors of the Berenstain Bears series
Berenstain Bears Official Website (Authors' site): http://www.berenstainbears.com/sjbio.html
Jan Berenstain Interview with Scholastic: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=10559_type=Contributor_typeId=3648
Judy Blume: Author of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing series, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, etc.
Judy Blume's Official Website: http://www.judyblume.com/
Kids Reads Website: http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-blume-judy.asp
Norman Bridwell: Author of the Clifford the Big Red Dog series.
Scholastic Publishers: http://content.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1597
Marc Brown: Author of the Arthur and D.W. series.
Teachers at Random: http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/results.pperl?authorid=3496
Kid's Reads: http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-brown-marc.asp
Beverly Cleary: Author of the Ramona series, Runaway Ralph series, Strider, Fifteen, Sister of the Bride, etc.
Beverly Cleary's Official Website: http://www.beverlycleary.com/index.html
Kids Reads Website: http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-cleary-beverly.asp
Video Interview with Beverly Cleary: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7034640420729211850
Andrew Clements: Author of Frindle, No Talking, The School Story, Things Not Seen series, etc.
Andrew Clements Official Website: http://www.andrewclements.com/index.html
Interview with Scholastic: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2883
Kids Reads Interview: http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-clements-andrew.asp
Susan Cooper: Author of The Dark is Rising Sequence, The Boggart series, King of Shadows, etc.
The Lost Land (Susan Cooper's Official Website): http://www.thelostland.com/
Kids Reads Interview: http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-cooper-susan.asp
Susan Creech: Author of Ruby Holler, Chasing Redbird, Absolutely Normal Chaos, Love That Dog, etc.
Susan Creech's Official Website: http://www.sharoncreech.com/
Kids Reads Interview: http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-creech-sharon.asp
Christopher Paul Curtis: Author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, Bud Not Buddy, Bucking the Sarge, Elijah of Buxton, etc.
Kids Reads Interview: http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-curtis-christopher-paul.asp
Random House Website: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/christopherpaulcurtis/
Roald Dahl: Author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Twits, etc.
Roald Dahl's Official Website: http://www.roalddahl.com/
Kate DiCamillo: Author of Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Desperaux, Tiger Rising, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, etc.
Kate DiCamillo's Official Website: http://www.katedicamillo.com/
Kids Reads Interview: http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-dicamillo-kate.asp
Lois Duncan: Author of I Know What You Did Last Summer, Stranger With My Face, Gallows Hill, Killing Mr. Griffin, Hotel for Dogs, etc.
Lois Duncan's Official Website: http://loisduncan.arquettes.com/index.htm
Teen Reads Interview: http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-duncan-lois.asp
Virginia Hamilton: Author of The House of Dies Drear, M. C. Higgins the Great, Bluish, etc.
Virginia Hamilton's Official Website: http://www.virginiahamilton.com/
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature: http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/vhamilton.html
Karen Hesse: Author of Out of the Dust, Stowaway, Witness, etc.
Kids Reads Biography and Interview: http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-hesse-karen.asp
Children's Literature Network: http://www.clnetwork.org/aifolder/aipages/ai_h/hesse.html
Will Hobbs: Author of Bearstone, The Maze, Far North, etc.
Will Hobbes' Official Website: http://www.willhobbsauthor.com/
Random House Publishers: http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=13159&view=full_sptlght
S. E. Hinton: Author of The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, etc.
S. E. Hinton's Official Website: http://www.sehinton.com/
Interview with S. E. Hinton: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2009/05/interview-with-se-hinton.html
C. S. Lewis: Author of the Chronicles of Narnia series
Factmonster Biography: http://www.factmonster.com/spot/narnia-lewis.html
Into the Wardrobe Website: http://cslewis.drzeus.net/
Lois Lowery: Author of The Giver, Gathering Blue, The Willoughbys, Number the Stars, and the Anastasia Krupnik series, etc.
Lois Lowery's Official Website: http://www.loislowry.com/bio.html
Reading Rockets Interview: http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/lowry
Mercer Mayer: Author of There's a Nightmare in My Closet, the Little Critter series, etc.
Greenville Public Library: http://www.yourlibrary.ws/childrens_webpage/e-author122000.htm
Mercer Mayer's Little Critter website: http://www.littlecritter.com/about_mercer_mayer2.html
A. A. Milne: Author of Winnie-the-Pooh, The House on Pooh Corner, etc.
The Page at Pooh Corner: http://www.pooh-corner.org/milne.shtml
Just Pooh: http://www.just-pooh.com/milne.html
Walter Dean Myers: Author of Patrol, Blues Journey, Here in Harlem, Malcolm X, etc.
Walter Dean Myers' Official Website: http://www.walterdeanmyers.net/
Joan Lowery Nixon: Author of Spirit Seeker, Nightmare, Dangerous Promise, etc.
Random House Publishers: http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/results.pperl?authorid=22240
Katherine Paterson: Author of Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Jacob Have I Loved, etc.
Katherine Paterson's Official Website: http://www.terabithia.com/
Gary Paulsen: Author of Hatchet, Brian's Winter, Dogsong, etc.
Gary Paulsen's Official Website: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/about.html
Jim Trelease's Website: http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/paulsen.html
H. A. Rey: Author of the Curious George series.
Kid's Reads: http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-rey-ha.asp
Curious about George? (Houghton Mifflin Publishers): http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/cgsite/authors.shtml
J. K. Rowling: Author of the Harry Potter series
J. K. Rowling's Official Website: http://www.jkrowling.com/en/
Scholastic Publishers: http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/author/index.htm
Dr. Seuss: Author of The Cat in the Hat, The Butter Battle Book, The Lorax, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, etc.
Dr. Seuss National Memorial: http://www.catinthehat.org/history.htm
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat: Author of the Nate the Great mystery series.
Greenville Public Library: http://www.yourlibrary.ws/Childrens_Webpage/e-author112000.htm
Shel Silverstein: Author of poetry collections and books Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, The
Giving Tree, etc.
Shel Silverstein's Official Website: http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html
Academy of American Poets: http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/104
Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler): Author of The Series of Unfortunate Events
Steven Barclay Agency - Daniel Handler Biography: http://www.barclayagency.com/handler.html
Lemony Snicket's Official Website: http://www.lemonysnicket.com/author.cfm
Gary Soto: Poet and author of Baseball in April, Petty Crimes, Pacific Crossing, Taking Sides, etc.
Gary Soto's Official Website: http://www.garysoto.com/bio.html
Notable Biographies: http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Sh-Z/Soto-Gary.html
Jerry Spinelli: Author of Maniac Magee, Stargirl, Loser, Milkweed, etc.
Jerry Spinelli's Official Website: http://www.jerryspinelli.com/newbery_002.htm
R. L. Stine: Author of the Goosebumps series, the Fear Street series, etc.
R. L. Stine's Official Website: http://www.rlstine.com/#nav/home
Scholastic Publishers: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=207
Mildred Taylor: Author of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry; Mississippi Bridge, The Gold Cadillac, etc.
Mississippi Writers Page: http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/taylor_mildred/
Penguin Group Publishers: http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000031974,00.html
J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Lord of the Rings triology, The Hobbit, etc.
The Tolkien Society: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/tolkien/biography.html
Biography Online: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/tolkien/biography.html
Gertrude Chandler Warner: Author of The Boxcar Children mystery series.
Educational Book and Media Association: http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=248
E. B. White: Author of Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, etc.
Harper Collins Publishers: http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/kids/gamesandcontests/features/charlottesweb/about.aspx
Scholastic Publishers: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3410
Jane Yolen: Author of Armegeddon Summer, The Devil's Arithmetic, Girl in a Cage, Queen's Own Fool, the Commander Toad series, etc. Jane Yolen's Official Website: http://janeyolen.com/
Scholastic Publishers: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2349 |