List of children's literature writers

These writers are notable authors of children's literature with some of their most famous works.

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A

Socorro Acioli

• Verna Aardema (1911–2001) – Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
• Rafael Ábalos (born 1956) – Grimpow
• Jacob Abbott (1803–1879) – Rollo series, Cousin Lucy's Conversations, Bruno
• Tony Abbott (born 1952) – The Secrets of Droon, Danger Guys
• Deborah Abela (born 1966) – Max Remy Superspy, Grimsdon
• Joan Abelove (born 1945) – Go and Come Back
• Chris van Abkoude (1880–1960) – Pietje Bell series, Little Crumb
• Socorro Acioli (born 1975) – The Ghost Dancer
• Richard Adams (1920–2016) – Watership Down
• Jean Adamson (born 1928) – Topsy and Tim
• C. S. Adler (born 1932) – Magic of the Glits, Ghost Brother
• David A. Adler (born 1947) – Cam Jansen series, The Babe and I
• Aesop (6th century BCE) – Fables
• Joan Aiken (1924–2004) – The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Arabel and Mortimer series, A Necklace of Raindrops
• Ahmad Akbarpour (born 1970) – If I Were a Pilot
• Vivien Alcock (1924–2003) – The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
• Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) – Little Women, The Brownie and the Princess
• Kwame Alexander (born 1958) – The Crossover
• Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007) – The Chronicles of Prydain series, Westmark trilogy
• Sue Alexander (1933–2008) – Nadia the Willful
• Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832–1899) – Ragged Dick
• Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998) – Over the Sea to School, Ballet for Drina, The Ballet Family
• David Almond (born 1951) – Skellig, Heaven Eyes, Kit's Wilderness
• Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919) – The Young Trailers series, The Civil War series
• Julia Alvarez (born 1950) – Tia Lola series
• Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) – "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Princess and the Pea", "Thumbelina"
• Lena Anderson (born 1939) – Tea for Ten, Tick-Tock
• Verily Anderson (1915–2010) – Brownies series
• Sam Angus (born 1967) – Soldier Dog, The House on Hummingbird Island
• Charlotte Anley (1796–1893) – Influence: A Moral Tale for Young People (1822)
• K. A. Applegate (born 1956) – Animorphs, Remnants, Everworld series, The One and Only Ivan
• Victor Appleton (Stratemeyer house pseudonym from 1910) – Tom Swift series
• Philip Ardagh (born 1961) – Eddie Dickens series, Unlikely Exploits series
• Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979) – Tim All Alone, Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (self-illustrated)
• Laura Adams Armer (1874–1963) – Waterless Mountain
• William H. Armstrong (1914–1999) – Sounder
• Elizabeth Arnold (born 1944) – The Parsley Parcel
• Tedd Arnold (born 1949) – No Jumping on the Bed!, Parts
• Ruth M. Arthur (1905–1979) – A Candle in Her Room, Portrait of Margarita, Requiem for a Princess
• Frank Asch (born 1946) – I Can Blink
• Bernard Ashley (born 1935) – The Trouble with Donovan Croft, Dodgem, Little Soldier
• Ros Asquith (living) – Teenage Worrier series
• M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974) – August Adventure, Smugglers' Gap, Mystery Manor
• Margaret Atwood (born 1939) – Up in the Tree, Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut, Wandering Wenda and Widow Wallop's Wunderground Washery
• Cécile Aubry (1928–2010) – Belle et Sébastien
• Malayath Appunni (born 1943) – Kambili Kuppayam
• Martin Auer (born 1951) – Now, Now, Markus, The Blue Boy
• Steve Augarde (born 1950) – The Various, Celandine
• Jonathan Auxier (born 1981) – The Night Gardener, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
• Esther Averill (1902–1992) – The Cat Club, The Fire Cat
• Gillian Avery (1926–2016) – The Warden's Niece, The Elephant War, A Likely Lad
• Harold Avery (1869–1943) – The Triple Alliance, Play the Game
• Avi (born 1937) – Crispin: The Cross of Lead, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
• Christopher Awdry (born 1940) – The Railway Series #27–40 (Thomas the Tank Engine stories)
• Wilbert Awdry (1911–1997) – The Railway Series #1–26 (Thomas the Tank Engine stories)

B

Ashley Bryan

• Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016) – Tuck Everlasting, Knee-Knock Rise, The Search for Delicious
• Maria Baciu (born 1942) – Ghetuţele copilăriei
• Enid Bagnold (1889–1981) – National Velvet
• Bob Balaban (born 1945) – McGrowl series
• R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894) – The Coral Island
• Blue Balliett (born 1955) – Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3, The Calder Game
• Lynne Reid Banks (born 1929) – The Indian in the Cupboard series
• Helen Bannerman (1862–1946) – Little Black Sambo
• Shirley Barber (born 1935) – The Tale of Martha B. Rabbit, A Wedding in Fairyland
• Ralph Henry Barbour (1870–1944) – The Half Back, For the Honor of the School, Tom, Dick and Harriet
• Clive Barker (born 1952) – The Thief of Always
• Joyce Barkhouse (1913–2012) – Pit Pony
• Jill Barklem (1951–2017) – Brambly Hedge
• Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore – Outernet series
• Kitty Barne (1883–1961) – She Shall Have Music, Family Footlights, Visitors from London, Rosina Copper
• Kelly Barnhill (living) – The Girl Who Drank the Moon
• J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) – Peter Pan
• T. A. Barron (born 1952) – The Lost Years of Merlin
• Dave Barry (born 1947) – Peter and the Starcatchers series
• Margaret Stuart Barry (born 1927) – Simon and the Witch
• Graeme Base (born 1958) – Animalia
• L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz series
• Hans Baumann (1914–1988) – Sons of the Steppe, I Marched with Hannibal
• Nina Bawden (1925–2012) – Carrie's War, The Witch's Daughter, The Peppermint Pig
• "BB" (D. J. Watkins-Pitchford) (1905–1990) – The Little Grey Men, Down the Bright Stream, Bill Badger and the Pirates
• S. G. Hulme Beaman (1887–1932) – Toytown stories
• Jerome Beatty Jr (1916–2002) – Matthew Looney space series
• Aaron Becker (born 1974) – Journey, Quest, Return
• Thea Beckman (1923–2004) – Crusade in Jeans, Children of Mother Earth series
• Frank Beddor (born 1958) – The Looking Glass Wars series
• John Bellairs (1938–1991) – The House with a Clock in Its Walls
• Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) – Cautionary Tales for Children, The Bad Child's Book of Beasts, More Beasts for Worse Children
• Ludwig Bemelmans (1898–1962) – Madeline
• Derek Benz (born 1971) – Grey Griffins
• Berechiah ha-Nakdan (12th – 13th century) – Mishle Shualim, Fables of a Jewish Aesop
• Stan and Jan Berenstain (1923–2005 and 1923–2012) – The Berenstain Bears series
• Elisabeth Beresford (1928–2010) – The Wombles, Awkward Magic
• Leila Berg (1917–2012) – Nippers series
• Paul Berna (1908–1994) – A Hundred Million Francs, The Street Musician, Flood Warning
• Elsa Beskow (1874–1953)
• Luc Besson (born 1958) – Arthur and the Minimoys series
• Vitaly Bianki (1894–1959) – Whose Nose Is Better?
• David Biedrzycki (born 1955) – Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective, Me and My Dragon, Santa Retires
• Paul Biegel (1925–2006) – The King of the Copper Mountains, The Little Captain, The Elephant Party
• Margaret Biggs (born 1929) – Melling School series
• Franny Billingsley (born 1954) – Well Wished, Big Bad Bunny
• Claire Huchet Bishop (1899–1993) – The Five Chinese Brothers, All Alone, The Big Loop
• Christina Björk (born 1938) – Linnea in Monet's Garden
• Holly Black (born 1971) – The Spiderwick Chronicles, Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, Tithe, Valiant
• Malorie Blackman (born 1962) – Noughts & Crosses, Pig Heart Boy, Cloud Busting
• Clair Blank (1915–1965) – Beverly Gray mystery series
• Judy Blume (born 1938) – Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, Fudge series
• Enid Blyton (1897–1968) – Noddy series, The Famous Five series, The Secret Seven series, The Faraway Tree series, Sunny Stories magazine
• Godfried Bomans (1913–1971) – Eric in the Land of the Insects, The Wily Wizard and the Wicked Witch, Pim, Frits en Ida
• Michael Bond (1926–2017) – Paddington Bear series
• Nancy Bond (born 1945) – A String in the Harp
• Ruskin Bond (born 1934) – The Room on the Roof, The Blue Umbrella, Angry River
• Veronica Bonilla (born 1962) – The Platanario series, Magic Dream
• Arna Bontemps (1902–1970) – Sad-Faced Boy, Lonesome Boy, Mr. Kelso's Lion
• Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990) – Green Knowe series
• J. Allan Bosworth (1925–1990) – White Water, Still Water, All the Dark Places
• Marie Marguerite Bouvet (1865–1915) – Sweet William, Little Marjorie's Love Story, Prince Tip–Top
• Chris Bradford (born 1974) – Young Samurai series

Margaret Wise Brown

• Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (born 1967) – The War That Saved My Life
• Tony Bradman (born 1954) – Dilly the Dinosaur series
• Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956) – The Dragon and the Thief, The Land of Gold, Beyond the North Wind
• Christianna Brand (1907–1988) – Nurse Matilda series (adapted as Nanny McPhee)
• Ann Brashares (born 1967) – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series
• Angela Brazil (1868–1947) – The Nicest Girl in the School, For the Sake of the School, The Jolliest Term on Record
• Petronella Breinburg (1931–2019) – My Brother Sean, Sally-Ann's Umbrella
• Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969) – Chalet School series
• Jan Brett (born 1949) – Trouble with Trolls
• Thomas Brezina (born 1963) – The Knickerbocker Gang, Tom Turbo
• Rae Bridgman – The MiddleGate Books: The Serpent's Spell, Amber Ambrosia, Fish & Sphinx
• Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980) – Hobberdy Dick, Kate Crackernuts
• Robert Bright (1902–1988) – Georgie
• Carol Ryrie Brink (1895–1981) – Caddie Woodlawn, Baby Island
• Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003) – Pastures of the Blue Crane, Longtime Dreaming
• Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938) – The Marvelous Adventures and Misadventures of Hlapić the Apprentice, Tales of Long Ago
• Frances Freeling Broderip (1830–1878) – Funny Fables for Little Folks
• Lauren Brooke – Heartland series, Chestnut Hill series
• Walter R. Brooks (1886–1958) – Freddy the Pig series
• Marc Brown (born 1946) – Arthur series
• Marcia Brown (1918–2015) – Puss in Boots
• Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952) – Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny
• Pamela Brown (1924–1989) – The Swish of the Curtain
• Frances Browne (1816–1879) – Granny's Wonderful Chair
• Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937) – Babar the Elephant series
• Ashley Bryan (1923–2022) – Freedom Over Me, Sing to the Sun
• Jan Brzechwa (1900–1966) – Pan Kleks series, and many poems for children
• John Buchan (1875–1940) – The Magic Walking Stick, The Long Traverse
• Susan Buchan (1882–1977) – Jim and the Dragon, Mice on Horseback, The Cat's Grandmother
• Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004) – Jennings school stories
• Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832) – Always Happy!!: Or, Anecdotes of Felix and his Sister Serena. A Tale
• Kir Bulychev (1934–2003) – Alisa Selezneva series
• Elizabeth C. Bunce (living) – A Curse Dark as Gold, StarCrossed, Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery series Premeditated Myrtle, Cold-Blooded Myrtle
• Eve Bunting (born 1928) – Smoky Night
• John Bunyan (1628–1688) – Pilgrim's Progress
• Robert J. Burch (1925–2007) – Queenie Peavy, Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain
• Della Burford (born 1946) – Journey to Dodoland, Magical Earth Secrets, Miracle Galaxy
• Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) – A Long Trip to Tea Time, The Land Where the Ice Cream Grows
• Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) – Goops series, and many poems for children including "Purple Cow"
• Thornton Burgess (1874–1965) – The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse, Old Mother West Wind
• Doris Burn (1923–2011) – Andrew Henry's Meadow, The Summerfolk
• Alice Hale Burnett (fl. early 20th c.) – The Merryvale Boys
• Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) – A Little Princess, Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Secret Garden
• Sheila Burnford (1918–1984) – The Incredible Journey
• Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950) – Tarzan series
• Hester Burton (1913–2000) – Time of Trial
• Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968) – The Little House, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
• A. J. Butcher – Spy High series
• Rumena Bužarovska (born 1981) – What the Ladybug Saw
• Betsy Byars (1928–2020) – Summer of the Swans, Tornado
• Georgia Byng (born 1965) – Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism, Molly Moon Stops the World

C

Lauren Child

• Meg Cabot (born 1967) – The Princess Diaries, Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls
• Eleanor Cameron (1912–1996) – The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, The Court of the Stone Children
• Joanna Campbell (born 1946) – Thoroughbred series
• Cao Wenxuan (born 1954) – Bronze and Sunflower
• William Cardell (1780–1828) – The Story of Jack Halyard, the Sailor Boy
• Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909) – Not Like Other Girls, Heriot's Choice
• Eric Carle (1929–2021) – The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider
• Natalie Savage Carlson (1906–1997) – The Happy Orpheline, The Family Under the Bridge, The Empty Schoolhouse
• Isobelle Carmody (born 1958) – The Legend of Little Fur, Magic Night, Obernewtyn Chronicles
• Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass
• Anne Laurel Carter (born 1953) – The Shepherd's Granddaughter, Under a Prairie Sky
• Peter Carter (1929–1999) – The Sentinels, Children of the Book, Borderlands
• Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969) – Five Tales, Tales from Sundervan, Pankhudiyaan, Chanda
• Scott Chantler (born 1972) – Two Generals, Three Thieves, NorthWest Passage
• Charles III (born 1948) – The Old Man of Lochnagar
• Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400) – Chanticleer and the Fox (from The Canterbury Tales)
• Nan Chauncy (1900–1970) – They Found a Cave, Tiger in the Bush, Devils' Hill, Tangara
• Simon Cheshire (born 1954) – Saxby Smart: Private Detective, Pants on Fire, Operation Sting
• Ruth Chew (1920–2010) – The Wednesday Witch, What the Witch Left, The Trouble with Magic
• Lauren Child (born 1965) – Charlie and Lola series, Clarice Bean series
• Irma Chilton (1930–1990) – Take Away the Flowers
• John Christopher (1922–2012) – The Prince in Waiting series, The Tripods trilogy
• Matt Christopher (1917–1997) – Wild Pitch, The Kid Who Only Hit Homers, Tough to Tackle
• Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969) – Moydodyr
• Mrs. Henry Clarke (1853–1908) – Miss Merivale's Mistake, Put to the Proof
• Pauline Clarke (1921–2013) – The Twelve and the Genii
• Beverly Cleary (1916–2021) – Ramona Quimby series
• Andrew Clements (1949–2019) – Frindle, A Week in the Woods
• Eleanor Clymer (1906–2001) – The Trolley Car Family
• Susan Clymer (born 1951) – Animals in Room 202 series
• Joanna Cole (1944–2020) – The Magic School Bus series
• Chris Colfer (born 1990) – The Land of Stories
• Eoin Colfer (born 1965) – Artemis Fowl series
• Sneed B. Collard III (born 1959) – Hangman's Gold, The Governor's Dog Is Missing!, Dog 4491
• Suzanne Collins (born 1962) – The Underland Chronicles, The Hunger Games trilogy
• Carlo Collodi (1826–1890) – The Adventures of Pinocchio
• Joséphine Colomb (1833–1892) – La fille de Carilès
• Padraic Colum (1881–1972) – The King of Ireland's Son
• John Amos Comenius (1592–1670) – Orbis Sesualim Pictis (The Visible World in Pictures)
• Ying Chang Compestine (born 1963) – Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier, The Chinese Emperor's New Clothes
• Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) – Molly the Drummer Boy, Janet of the Dunes
• Jane Leslie Conly (born 1948) – Racso and the Rats of NIMH, R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH, Crazy Lady!
• Susan Coolidge (1835–1905) – What Katy Did series
• Barbara Cooney (1917–2000) – Chanticleer and the Fox, Miss Rumphius
• Susan Cooper (born 1935) – The Dark Is Rising series, The Boggart
• Esther Copley (1786–1851) – Early Friendships
• Zizou Corder – Lionboy series
• William Corlett (1938–2005) – The Magician's House series
• Rachel Cosgrove (1922–1998) – The Hidden Valley of Oz
• John Cotton (1585–1652) – Milk for Babes catechism
• Bruce Coville (born 1950) – Space Brat, My Teacher Is an Alien, Aliens Ate My Homework, The Unicorn Chronicles, Magic Shop series
• Joy Cowley (born 1936) – The Silent One, Bow Down Shadrach
• Palmer Cox (1840–1924) – The Brownies series
• John Coy (born 1958) – Night Driving, Crackback
• Joe Craig (born 1981) – Jimmy Coates series
• Ion Creangă (1837–1889) – Childhood Memories, The Goat and Her Three Kids, Harap Alb, Ivan Turbincă, Dănilă Prepeleac
• Sharon Creech (born 1945) – Walk Two Moons, Ruby Holler, Heartbeat
• Helen Cresswell (1934–2005) – The Bagthorpe Saga
• Richmal Crompton (1890–1969) – Just William
• Michael Cronin (born 1942) – Against the Day series
• Gillian Cross (born 1945) – Wolf, The Great Elephant Chase, The Demon Headmaster series
• Sarah Crossan – The Weight of Water, Apple and Rain, One
• Kevin Crossley-Holland (born 1941) – Storm, The Seeing Stone
• Catherine Crowe (1790–1872) – Pippie's Warning; or, Mind Your Temper
• Gabriella Csire (born 1938) – Turpi series
• John Cunliffe (1933–2018) – Postman Pat series; Rosie & Jim series
• Jane Louise Curry (born 1932) – Abaloc series, Poor Tom's Ghost, The Egyptian Box, The Black Canary
• Judi Curtin (born 1960s) – Alice & Megan series, Time after Time series
• Chara M. Curtis – How Far to Heaven, All I See Is Part of Me, No One Walks on My Father's Moon, Fun Is a Feeling

D

Roddy Doyle

• Debbie Dadey (born 1959) – The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids
• Roald Dahl (1916–1990) – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox
• Alice Dalgliesh (1893–1979) – The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, The Courage of Sarah Noble, The Silver Pencil
• Annie Dalton (born 1948) – Angels Unlimited series, Afterdark series
• David Scott Daniell (1906–1965) – Young English, Mission for Oliver, The Dragon and the Rose, By Jiminy
• Lucy Daniels (born 1960) – Animal Ark, Dolphin Diaries
• Paula Danziger (1944–2004) – The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Amber Brown series
• James Dashner (born 1972) – The 13th Reality series
• Alan Davidson (born 1943) – Annabel series, Light, The Bewitching of Alison Allbright
• Stephen Mark Davies (born 1976) – Sophie series, Hacking Timbuktu, Outlaw
• Lavinia R. Davis (1909–1961) – The Wild Birthday Cake, Buttonwood Island, Donkey Detectives
• Mary Hayes Davis (c.1884–1948) – Chinese Fables and Folk Stories (with Chow Leung)
• Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972) – Dick Willoughby, The Otterbury Incident
• Jean D'Costa (born 1937) – Escape to Last Man Peak
• Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908) – Heart (Cuore)
• Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987) – The Door in the Wall, Black Fox of Lorne, Bright April
• Jeanne de Cavally (1926–1992) – Pouê-pouê, le petit cabri
• Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) – The Three Mulla Mulgars, Songs of Childhood, Peacock Pie, Collected Stories for Children
• Silvana De Mari (born 1953) – The Last Dragon
• Terry Deary (born 1946) – The Fire Thief, Master Crook's Crime Academy series
• Jan Deberitz (1950–2014)
• Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) – Robinson Crusoe
• Meindert DeJong (1906–1991) – The Wheel on the School, The House of Sixty Fathers
• Lavinia Derwent (1909–1989) – Tammy Troot, Sula
• Kate DiCamillo (born 1964) – Because of Winn Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
• Charles Dickens (1812–1870) – A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, The Magic Fishbone
• Peter Dickinson (1927–2015) – The Changes trilogy, Tulku, City of Gold, Eva, The Kin
• Miep Diekmann (1925–2017) – The Haunted Island, Just a Street, Slave Doctor
• Anne Digby (born 1935) – Trebizon series
• Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008) – The Brave Little Toaster, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
• Tony DiTerlizzi (born 1969) – The Spiderwick Chronicles, Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles
• Franklin W. Dixon (Stratemeyer house pseudonym from 1927) – The Hardy Boys series
• Rex Dixon (1908–1971) – Pocomoto series
• Chris D'Lacey (born 1954) – The Fire Within series
• Lynley Dodd (born 1941) – Hairy Maclary, Slinky Malinki
• Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905) – Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
• Julia Donaldson (born 1948) – The Gruffalo, Monkey Puzzle, The Troll
• Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) – A Little Girl series, Helen Grant series, A Modern Cinderella
• Siobhan Dowd (1960–2007) – The London Eye Mystery, Bog Child
• Debra Doyle (1952–2020) – School of Wizardry, Knight's Wyrd
• Roddy Doyle (born 1958) – Not Just for Christmas, Wilderness
• Tonke Dragt (born 1930) – The Letter for the King, The Secrets of the Wild Wood
• Crescent Dragonwagon (born 1952) – Always, Always, Home Place, Half a Moon and One Whole Star
• Anna Harriett Drury (also Harriet, 1824–1912) – The Three Half-Crowns: a story for boys, Richard Rowe's Parcel
• William Pène du Bois (1916–1993) – The Twenty-One Balloons
• Diane Duane (born 1952) – So You Want to Be a Wizard
• Ursula Dubosarsky (born 1961) – The Red Shoe, The Golden Day, The Blue Cat
• Tessa Duder (born 1940) – Alex Archer series, Tiggie Tompson series
• Florence Dugdale (1879–1937) – The Book of Baby Birds
• Lois Duncan (1934–2016) – I Know What You Did Last Summer, A Gift of Magic
• Jeanne DuPrau (born 1944) – The Books of Ember series
• Christine Dzidrums (born 1971) – Cutters Don't Cry, Gabby Douglas: Golden Smile, Golden Triumph

E

Louise Erdrich

• Edward Eager (1911–1964) – Half Magic, Magic by the Lake, Knight's Castle, The Time Garden, The Well-Wishers, Magic or Not, Seven-Day Magic
• Marion Eames (1921–2007) – Sionyn a Siarli, Huw a'r Adar Aur, Y Tir Tywyll (in Welsh)
• Martin Ebbertz (born 1962) – Little Mr. Jaromir
• Irmengarde Eberle (1898–1979)
• Walter D. Edmonds (1903–1998) – The Matchlock Gun, Bert Breen's Barn
• Dorothy Edwards (1914–1982) – My Naughty Little Sister, The Witches and the Grinnygog
• Julie Edwards (Dame Julie Andrews) (born 1935) – The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
• Leo Edwards (1884–1944) – Jerry Todd series, Poppy Ott series
• Monica Edwards (1912–1998) – Punchbowl Farm series, Romney Marsh series
• Stephen Elboz (born 1956) – The Byzantium Bazaar
• T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) – Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
• E. C. Eliott (1908–1971) – Kemlo and Tas series
• David Elliott (born 1947) – Bull, Evangeline Mudd and the Great Mink Escapade, Knitty Kitty
• Janice Elliott (1931–1995) – The Sword and the Dream
• Sarah Ellis (born 1952) – Pick-Up Sticks
• Jonathan Emmett (born 1965) – Bringing Down the Moon, Someone Bigger, The Princess and the Pig
• Michael Ende (1929–1995) – The Neverending Story, Momo, Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
• Margarita Engle (born 1951) – The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
• Elizabeth Enright (1909–1968) – The Melendy series, Thimble Summer, Gone-Away Lake
• Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929–2022) – The Number Devil, Where Were You, Robert?
• Louise Erdrich (born 1954) – The Birchbark House, The Game of Silence
• John R. Erickson (born 1943) – Hank the Cowdog
• Eleanor Estes (1908–1988) – The Moffats, Rufus M., The Hundred Dresses, Ginger Pye
• Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841–1885) – A Flat Iron for a Farthing, The Story of a Short Life

F

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

• John Meade Falkner (1858–1932) – Moonfleet
• Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965) – Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard, The Little Bookroom
• Walter Farley (1915–1989) – The Black Stallion series
• Nancy Farmer (born 1941) – The House of the Scorpion, The Ear, the Eye and the Arm, A Girl Named Disaster
• Penelope Farmer (born 1939) – Charlotte Sometimes, The Summer Birds, A Castle of Bone
• G. E. Farrow (1862 – c. 1920) – The Wallypug of Why, The Little Panjandrum's Dodo
• Gertrude Minnie Faulding (1875–1961) – Old Man's Beard and Other Tales
• Tim Federle – Better Nate Than Ever, The Great American Whatever
• Eliza Fenwick (1766–1840) – Mary and Her Cat, Visits to the Junior Library
• Ruby Ferguson (1899–1966) – Jill's Gymkhana, A Stable for Jill, Jill's Pony Trek
• Chitra Fernando (1935–1998) – Glass Bangles, The Adventures of Senerat Bandara, Bempi Appu
• Arkady Fiedler (1894–1985) – Robinson Crusoe Island, Orinoco
• Eugene Field (1850–1895) – Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
• Sarah Fielding (1710–1768) – The Governess, or The Little Female Academy
• Anne Fine (born 1947) – The Tulip Touch, Madame Doubtfire, Flour Babies
• Nadia Fink (born 1977) – Anti-Princess series and Anti-Hero series
• Martha Finley (1828–1909) – Elsie Dinsmore series, Mildred Keith series
• Aileen Fisher (1906–2002) – We Alcotts, I Heard a Bluebird Sing
• Catherine Fisher (born 1957) – The Snow-Walker, The Book of the Crow, The Oracle, Corbenic
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958) – Understood Betsy
• John D. Fitzgerald (1906–1988) – The Great Brain series
• Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974) – Harriet the Spy, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change
• Philippe Fix (born 1937)
• Marjorie Flack (1897–1958) – The Story of Ping, Angus and the Ducks
• John Flanagan (born 1944) – Ranger's Apprentice series
• Paul Fleischman (born 1952) – Bull Run, Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
• Sid Fleischman (1920–2010) – The Whipping Boy, By The Great Horn Spoon!
• Ian Fleming (1908–1964) – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Shamini Flint (born 1969) – Ten: A Soccer Story, Diary of a Soccer Star, The Seeds of Time, Sasha Visits series
• Esther Forbes (1891–1967) – Johnny Tremain
• Antonia Forest (1915–2003) – Autumn Term, Falconer's Lure and other Marlow Family books
• Elena Fortún (1886–1952) – Celia, lo que dice, Celia en el colegio
• Helen Fox (born 1962) – Eager series
• Anne Frank (1929–1945) – The Diary of a Young Girl
• Barbara C. Freeman (1906–1999) – Two-Thumb Thomas, Timi, the Tale of a Griffin
• Don Freeman (1908–1978) – Corduroy
• Pamela Freeman (born 1960) – The Willow Tree's Daughter, The Black Dress, Cherryblossom and the Golden Bear
• Jackie French (born 1953) – Hitler's Daughter, Diary of a Wombat, Pete the Sheep, School for Heroes
• Frieda Friedman (born 1905, date of death unknown) – Dot for Short, Pat and Her Policeman, Carol from the Country
• Cornelia Funke (born 1958) – The Thief Lord, Inkheart series
• Sandy Fussell (born 1960) – Samurai Kids series, Polar Boy
• Rose Fyleman (1877–1957) – Fairies and Chimneys, The Fairy Green, The Dolls' House
• Fynn (pseudonym of Sydney Hopkins, 1919–1999) – Mister God, This Is Anna

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Charles Ghigna

• Jostein Gaarder (born 1952) – Sophie's World, The Christmas Mystery
• Eva Roe Gaggin (1879–1966) – Down Ryton Water, An Ear for Uncle Emil
• Arkady Gaidar (1904–1941) – Timur and His Squad
• Neil Gaiman (born 1960) – Coraline, The Graveyard Book
• Paul Gallico (1897–1976) – The Snow Goose, Manxmouse, Jennie, The Day the Guinea-Pig Talked
• Sally Gardner – The Countess's Calamity, I, Coriander, The Red Necklace
• Leon Garfield (1921–1996) – Devil-in-the-Fog, Smith, The God Beneath the Sea, John Diamond
• Howard R. Garis (1873–1962) – Uncle Wiggily Longears series
• Alan Garner (born 1934) – The Owl Service, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath, Elidor, Red Shift, The Stone Book Quartet
• Eve Garnett (1900–1991) – The Family from One End Street
• Doris Gates (1901–1987) – Blue Willow
• Margaret Gatty (1809–1873) – Parables from Nature, Aunt Judy's Tales
• Jamila Gavin (born 1941) – Coram Boy, Grandpa Chatterji
• Béatrice Lalinon Gbado (born 1984) – Beautiful Debo, Bovi series, Kaïvi series
• Anna Genover-Mas (born 1963) – The Grumpy Gardener
• Jean Craighead George (1919–2012) – My Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves
• Jessica Day George (born 1976) – Princess of the Midnight Ball, Dragon Slippers
• Adèle Geras (born 1944) – Apricots at Midnight, The Girls in the Velvet Frame, The Fabulous Fantoras
• Charles "Father Goose" Ghigna (born 1946) – Mice Are Nice, Riddle Rhymes, A Fury of Motion: Poems for Boys
• May Gibbs (1877–1969) – Snugglepot and Cuddlepie
• Patricia Reilly Giff (1935–2021) – The Polk Street School series, Lily's Crossing, Pictures of Hollis Woods, Eleven, Storyteller
• Fred Gipson (1908–1973) – Old Yeller
• Debi Gliori (born 1959) – Pure Dead series, Mr Bear series, Witch Baby series, The Tobermory Cat, What's the Time, Mr Wolf?
• Rumer Godden (1907–1998) – The Doll's House, The Mousewife, The Diddakoi
• Glenda Goertzen (born 1967) – The Prairie Dogs, City Dogs
• John Henry Goldfrap (1879–1917) – The Ocean Wireless Boys, The Boy Aviators, The Dreadnought Boys
• Julia Golding (born 1969) – The Diamond of Drury Lane, Secret of the Sirens
• Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774) – The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes
• Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984) – The Little White Horse, Linnets and Valerians
• Candy Gourlay (born 1962) – Tall Story, Shine, Bone Talk
• Harry Graham (1874–1936) – Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes
• Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932) – The Wind in the Willows
• Hardie Gramatky (1907–1979) – Little Toot
• Mary Grannan (1900–1975) – Just Mary, Maggie Muggins
• John Grant (1930–2014) – Little Nose stories
• Nicholas Stuart Gray (1922–1981) – Grimbold's Other World, The Seventh Swan
• Alain Grée (born 1936)
• John Green (born 1977) – Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars, Will Grayson, Will Grayson, Let It Snow
• Roger Lancelyn Green (1918–1987) – King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, The Luck of Troy
• Kate Greenaway (1846–1901) – Under the Window
• Frances Nimmo Greene (1867-1937) – Legends of King Arthur and His Court
• Graham Greene (1904–1991) – The Little Train, The Little Fire Engine, The Little Horse Bus, The Little Steamroller
• James Greenwood (1832–1929) – The True History of a Little Ragamuffin
• Kristiana Gregory (born 1951) – Earthquake at Dawn, The Stowaway, Jenny of the Tetons
• Andy Griffiths (born 1961) – The Bad Book, Just Tricking, The 13-Storey Treehouse, Treasure Fever!
• Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863 and 1786–1859) – Grimm's Fairy Tales
• Maria Gripe (1923–2007) – Hugo and Josephine, In the Time of the Bells, Elvis and His Secret
• John Grisham (born 1955) – Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer series
• Annie Groovie (born 1970) – Léon series
• Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) – Raggedy Ann series
• Jacqueline Guest (fl. 1999–2018) – Free Throw, Triple Threat, Death by Dinosaur
• Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir (born 1963) – Fiasol series
• Dan Gutman (born 1955) – The Million Dollar Shot, Baseball Card Adventures, My Weird School series
• Bethan Gwanas (born 1962) – Llinyn Trôns, Sgôr

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Edith Ogden Harrison

• Maria Hack (1777–1844) – Winter Evenings, Harry Beaufoy, or, The Pupil of Nature
• Margaret Peterson Haddix (born 1964) – Shadow Children series
• Mark Haddon (born 1962) – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Agent Z series
• Matt Haig (born 1975) – Shadow Forest, A Boy Called Christmas
• Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002) – M. C. Higgins the Great
• Leif Hamre (1914–2007) – Otter Three Two Calling, Contact Lost, Blue Two ... Bale Out
• H. Irving Hancock (c. 1866–1922) – High School Boys series, West Point series, Young Engineers series
• Joyce Hansen (born 1942) – The Gift-Giver, The Captive, I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly
• Frances Hardinge (born 1973) – Fly by Night, The Lie Tree
• Roger Hargreaves (1935–1988) – Mr. Men series, Little Miss series
• Cynthia Harnett (1893–1981) – The Wool-Pack, The Load of Unicorn, The Writing on the Hearth
• Amanda Bartlett Harris (1824–1917) – How We Went Birds' Nesting, Little Folks' Every Day Book
• Joel Chandler Harris (1845–1908) – Uncle Remus
• Rosemary Harris (1923–2019) – The Moon in the Cloud, A Quest for Orion, Zed
• Edith Ogden Harrison (1862–1955) – Prince Silverwings, The Star Fairies
• Lisi Harrison (born 1970) – The Clique series, Alpha series, Monster High books
• Peter Härtling (1933–2017) – Oma, Ben liebt Anna, Krücke
• Sonya Hartnett (born 1968) – The Silver Donkey, The Children of the King
• Juanita Havill (born 1949) – Jamaica series, Eyes Like Willy's
• Charles Hawes (1889–1923) – The Dark Frigate, The Great Quest
• Barbara Haworth-Attard (born 1953) – TruthSinger, To Stand on My Own, A Trail of Broken Dreams
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) – A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, Tanglewood Tales
• Carolyn Haywood (1898–1990) – Betsy series, Eddie series
• Helen Haywood (1907–1995) – Peter Tiggywig series
• Carol Hedges – Jigsaw, Spy Girl series
• Florence Parry Heide (1919–2011) – The Shrinking of Treehorn
• Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) – Rocket Ship Galileo, Have Space Suit—Will Travel
• Racey Helps (1913–1970) – Barnaby Littlemouse series
• Zenna Henderson (1917–1983) – Ingathering: The Complete People Stories
• Marguerite Henry (1902–1997) – King of the Wind, Misty of Chincoteague
• G. A. Henty (1832–1902) – Out on the Pampas, The Young Buglers, The Cat of Bubastes, With Lee in Virginia, Beric the Briton
• James Herriot (1916–1995) – All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot's Treasury for Children
• Karen Hesse (born 1952) – Out of the Dust, The Music of Dolphins
• Carl Hiaasen (born 1953) – Hoot
• Clifford B. Hicks (1920–2010) – First Boy on the Moon, The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald
• E. W. Hildick (1925–2001) – Jack McGurk mysteries, Jim Starling series
• Lorna Hill (1902–1991) – A Dream of Sadler's Wells
• Nigel Hinton (born 1941) – Buddy, Beaver Towers
• S. E. Hinton (born 1948) – The Outsiders, That Was Then, This Is Now, Rumble Fish
• Russell Hoban (1925–2011) – The Mouse and His Child
• Will Hobbs (born 1947) – Bearstone, Beardream, Ghost Canoe, Go Big or Go Home
• Michael Hoeye (born 1947) – Hermux Tantamoq series
• E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) – The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
• Mary Hoffman (born 1945) – Stravaganza series, Amazing Grace
• Barbara Hofland (1770–1844) – The Son of a Genius, The Blind Farmer and His Children, The Young Crusoe
• Christophe Honoré (born 1970) – Tout contre Léo
• Laura Lee Hope (Stratemeyer house pseudonym from 1904) – Bobbsey Twins series
• Anthony Horowitz (born 1955) – Alex Rider series, The Diamond Brothers series, The Gatekeepers series
• Hasan Hourani (1974–2003) – Hassan Everywhere
• Janni Howker – The Nature of the Beast, Badger on the Barge
• Carol Hughes (born 1955) – Jack Black and the Ship of Thieves, Dirty Magic, The Princess and the Unicorn
• Ted Hughes (1938–1998) – The Iron Man
• Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) – Tom Brown's School Days
• Shirley Hughes (1927–2022) – Dogger, Hero on a Bicycle, Ella's Big Chance, Alfie series
• John Hulme (born 1970) – The Seems series
• Irene Hunt (1907–2001) – Up a Road Slowly, The Lottery Rose
• Erin Hunter (joint pseudonym from 2003) – Warriors series, Seekers series
• Norman Hunter (1899–1995) – Professor Branestawm series
• Emily Huws (born 1942) – Cyfres Corryn: Chwannen, Lol neu Lwc?
• Zach Hyman (born 1992) – The Magician's Secret, Hockey Hero, The Bambino and Me
• Tuuli Hypén (born 1983) – Veikan metsäretki, Veikka ja talvi

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• Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010) – Which Witch?, The Secret of Platform 13, Journey to the River Sea
• Theodor Illek (born 1984) – The Golden Key
• Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) – Mopsa the Fairy
• Mick Inkpen (born 1962) – Kipper the Dog series, Wibbly Pig series
• Mary E. Ireland (1834–1927) – Timothy and His Friends
• Washington Irving (1783–1859) – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle
• Koji Ishikawa (born 1963) – Colorful Animals Hide and Seek series
• Petre Ispirescu (1830–1887) – Romanian Legends or Fairy Tales, Greuceanu
• Oksana Ivanenko (1906–1997) – Forest Tales

J

Éva Janikovszky

• Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916) – English Fairy Tales, Celtic Fairy Tales, European Folk and Fairy Tales
• Brian Jacques (1939–2011) – Redwall series, Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
• Grace James – John and Mary series, Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
• James Janeway (1636–1674) – A Token for Children
• Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003) – If I Were a Grown-Up, Who Does This Kid Take After?
• Tove Jansson (1914–2001) – Moomin series
• Annie Jay (born 1957) – Complot à Versailles, À la poursuite d'Olympe
• Richard Jefferies (1848–1887) – Wood Magic, Bevis
• Theodora Robinson Jenness (1847–1935) – Two Young Homesteaders, Piokee, Above the Range
• Paul Jennings (born 1943) – Unreal!, Undone!, Unbelievable!, The Paw Thing, The Gizmo, Wicked series
• W. E. Johns (1893–1968) – Biggles series, Worrals series
• Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) – The Little Colonel, Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman
• Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) – Chrestomanci series, Howl's Moving Castle, Dogsbody
• Lara Jones (1975–2010) – Poppy Cat series
• Marcia Thornton Jones (born 1958) – The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series, Ghostville Elementary series
• T. Llew Jones (1915–2009) – Trysor Plas y wernen, Anturiaethau Twm Siôn Cati: Y Ffordd Beryglus
• Terry Jones (1942–2020) – Fairy Tales, The Saga of Erik the Viking, Squire series
• Mary Catherine Judd (1852–1930s) – Classic Myths, Wigwam Stories
• Jacqueline Jules (born 1956) – Zapato Power series, Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation
• Norton Juster (1929–2021) – The Phantom Tollbooth, The Hello, Goodbye Window
• May Justus (1898–1989) – Gabby Gaffer, Luck for Little Lihu, New Boy in School

K

Ulrich Karger

• Keri Kaa (1942–2020) – Taka Ki Ro Wai
• Cynthia Kadohata (born 1956) – Kira-Kira, Weedflower, The Thing About Luck
• Eiko Kadono (born 1935) – Kiki's Delivery Service
• Joan Kahn (1914–1994) – Ladies and Gentlemen, said the Ringmaster, Seesaw, You Can't Catch Me
• Maira Kalman (born 1949) – Fireboat, Max Stravinsky: Poet-Dog series
• Ulrich Karger (born 1957) – The Scary Sleepover
• Jan Karon (born 1937) – Miss Fannie's Hat
• Erich Kästner (1899–1974) – Emil and the Detectives, Lottie and Lisa, The Flying Classroom
• Elizabeth Kay (born 1949) – The Divide trilogy
• Annie Keary (1825–1879) – Heroes of Asgard
• Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983) – The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie, Goggles!
• Carolyn Keene (Stratemeyer house pseudonym from 1930) – Nancy Drew mystery series
• Charles Keeping (1924–1988) – Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary
• Harold Keith (1903–1998) – Rifles for Watie
• Eric P. Kelly (1884–1960) – The Trumpeter of Krakow
• Gene Kemp (1926–2015) – The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler, The Pride of Tamworth Pig
• Louise Andrews Kent (1886–1969) – He Went with Marco Polo, He Went with Hannibal, Two Children of Tyre
• Judith Kerr (1923–2019) – When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, The Tiger Who Came To Tea
• Lady Amabel Kerr (1846–1906) – A Bible Picture Book for Catholic Children, Lives of the Saints for Children
• P. B. Kerr (1956–2018) – Children of the Lamp series
• Alexander Key (1904–1979) – Escape to Witch Mountain, The Forgotten Door, The Case of the Vanishing Boy
• Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836) – The Life and Perambulation of a Mouse
• Garry Kilworth (born 1941) – The Welkin Weasels series, Knights of Liöfwende series, Attica
• Clive King (1924–2018) – Stig of the Dump
• Dick King-Smith (1922–2011) – The Sheep-Pig, The Queen's Nose
• Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) – The Water Babies, The Heroes
• Jeff Kinney (born 1971) – Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
• Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) – Just So Stories, The Jungle Book, Puck of Pook's Hill
• Ole Lund Kirkegaard (1940–1979)
• Jim Kjelgaard (1910–1959) – Kalak of the Ice, Fire-Hunter, The Spell of the White Sturgeon, Wolf Brother
• Jon Klassen (born 1981) – This Is Not My Hat
• Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953) – Blood and Chocolate
• Anne Knight (1792–1860) – School-Room Lyrics, Mary Gray
• Nellie van Kol (1851–1930) – Ons Blaadje
• E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013) – From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, The Second Mrs. Giaconda, The View from Saturday
• Robin Koontz (born 1954) – In a Cabin in a Wood, Leaps and Creeps: How Animals Move to Survive
• Janusz Korczak (1878–1942) – King Matt the First, Kaytek the Wizard
• Conor Kostick (born 1964) – Epic, Saga, Edda, Move, The Book of Curses, The Book of Wishes
• Erik P. Kraft – Chocolatina, Lenny and Mel series, Miracle Wimp
• Ruth Krauss (1901–1993) – The Carrot Seed
• Adrienne Kress – Alex and the Ironic Gentleman, Timothy and the Dragon's Gate
• Uma Krishnaswami (born 1956) – Naming Maya, Monsoon
• Joseph Krumgold (1908–1980) – ...And Now Miguel, Onion John
• Guus Kuijer (born 1942) – Madelief series, Polleke series
• Kunjunni (1927–2006) – Kunjunni Kavithakal
• Jane Kurtz (born 1952) – River Friendly River Wild, Water Hole Waiting

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Penelope Lively

• María Hortensia Lacau (1910–2006) – País de Silvia, Chingola y Hornerín, Yo y Hornerín, El libro de Juancito Maricaminero
• Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) – The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
• Elizabeth Laird (born 1943) – The Garbage King, Crusade
• Charles Lamb (1775–1834) and Mary Lamb (1764–1847) – Tales from Shakespeare
• Derek Landy (born 1974) – Skulduggery Pleasant series
• Andrew Lang (1844–1912) – The Blue Fairy Book, The Red Fairy Book, The Red Romance Book
• Noel Langley (1911–1980) – The Land of Green Ginger
• Katherine Langrish – Troll Fell, Troll Mill, Troll Blood
• Jane Langton (1922–2018) – The Hall Family Chronicles series
• Jennifer Lanthier (born 1964) – The Mystery of the Martello Tower, The Stamp Collector
• Kirby Larson – The Magic Kerchief, Hattie Big Sky
• Kathryn Lasky (born 1944) – Guardians of Ga'hoole series, The Night Journey
• Dorothy P. Lathrop (1891–1980) – The Fairy Circus, The Dog in the Tapestry Garden
• Caroline Lawrence (born 1954) – The Roman Mysteries
• Michael Lawrence (born 1943) – The Snottle and other Jiggy McCue books, Young Dracula, The Aldous Lexicon
• Robert Lawson (1892–1957) – Rabbit Hill, Ben and Me, They Were Strong and Good
• Ervin Lázár (1936–2006) – The Seven Headed Fairy, The Little Boy and the Lions, The Square Round Wood
• Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) – Earthsea series, Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, Catwings series, Annals of the Western Shore series
• Munro Leaf (1905–1976) – The Story of Ferdinand
• Sarah Lean – A Dog Called Homeless
• Edward Lear (1812–1888) – "The Owl and the Pussycat", A Book of Nonsense
• Diana Lebacs (1947–2022) – Nanco van Bonaire, Caimins geheim
• Dennis Lee (born 1939) – Alligator Pie
• Harper Lee (1926–2016) – To Kill a Mockingbird
• Robert Leeson (1928–2013) – The Third Class Genie, It's My Life
• Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) – A Wrinkle in Time, Meet the Austins
• Lois Lenski (1893–1974) – Phebe Fairchild: Her Book, Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison, Strawberry Girl
• Lois Gladys Leppard (1924–2008) – Mandie series
• Peter Lerangis (born 1955) – Seven Wonders series, The Sword Thief and The Viper's Nest in The 39 Clues collaborative series, Spy X series, Abracadabra series
• Helen Lester (born 1936) – Tacky the Penguin
• Gail Carson Levine (born 1947) – Ella Enchanted, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, Fairest, Dave at Night, The Wish
• Ted Lewin (1935–2021) – Peppe the Lamplighter
• C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) – The Chronicles of Narnia series
• Hilda Lewis (1896–1974) – The Ship That Flew, The Gentle Falcon
• J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942) – A Hippopotamusn't, Swan Song, The House
• J. S. Lewis (born 1972) – Grey Griffins
• Naomi Lewis (1911–2009) – English translations of the works of Hans Christian Andersen
• Grace Lin (born 1974) – Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, The Year of the Dog
• Anne Lindbergh (1940–1993) – The People of Pineapple Place, The Worry Week, Nick of Time
• Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) – Pippi Longstocking, Ronia the Robber's Daughter
• Eva Lindström (born 1952) – The Cat Hat, Olli och Mo, My Dog Mouse
• Eric Linklater (1899–1974) – The Wind on the Moon, The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea
• Leo Lionni (1910–1999) – Inch by Inch, Swimmy, Frederick, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
• Jean Little (1932–2020) – Mine for Keeps, From Anna, Orphan at My Door
• Penelope Lively (born 1933) – The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, A Stitch in Time
• Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948) – Sítio do Picapau Amarelo series
• Mira Lobe (1913–1995) – The Snowman Who Went for a Walk, Little I Am Me
• Hugh Lofting (1886–1947) – Doctor Dolittle series
• Jack London (1876–1916) – The Call of the Wild, White Fang
• Lois Lowry (born 1937) – Number the Stars, The Giver, Anastasia Krupnik series
• Nina Lugovskaya (1918–1993) – The Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl, 1932–1937
• Janet Lunn (1928–2017) – The Root Cellar, The Hollow Tree
• Patricia Lynch (c. 1894–1972) – The Turf-Cutter's Donkey, Brogeen series
• Elinor Lyon (1921–2008) – The House in Hiding, Carver's Journey, Run Away Home

M

Dhan Gopal Mukerji

• Amy MacDonald (born 1951) – Little Beaver and the Echo, Rachel Fister's Blister
• Betty MacDonald (1908–1958) – Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series
• George MacDonald (1824–1905) – At the Back of the North Wind, The Princess and the Goblin
• Ellen MacGregor (1906–1954) – Miss Pickerell series
• Reginald James MacGregor – The Young Detectives
• D. J. MacHale (born 1955) – The Pendragon Adventure
• Božena Mačingová (1922–2017) – Danuška
• Angus MacVicar (1908–2001) – The Lost Planet
• Sandra Magsamen (born 1959) – The Gift
• Margaret Mahy (1936–2012) – The Haunting, The Changeover, Maddigan's Fantasia, Memory
• Hector Malot (1830–1907) – Nobody's Boy (Sans Famille)
• Clare Mallory (1913–1991) – Merry Begins, Juliet Overseas, The League of the Smallest
• Ruth Manning-Sanders (1888–1988) – A Book of Dragons and other anthologies of fairy tales from around the world (A Book of ... series)
• Daniel P. Mannix (1911–1997) – The Fox and the Hound
• Alicia Catherine Mant (1788–1869) – Christmas, a Happy Time, Ellen, or The Young Godmother
• Margaret Manuel (fl. 2010) — I See Me
• Emilia Marryat (c. 1835–1875) – Amongst the Maoris
• Frederick Marryat (1792–1848) – The Children of the New Forest
• John Marsden (born 1950) – Tomorrow series
• Katherine Marsh (born 1974) – The Night Tourist, Jepp, Who Defied the Stars
• James Edward Marshall (1942–1992), as James Marshall and/or Edward Marshall – Fox in Love, Fox and His Friends, Fox on Wheels
• Ann M. Martin (born 1955) – The Babysitters Club series
• Emily Winfield Martin – Dream Animals, Oddfellow's Orphanage
• J. P. Martin (1880–1966) – Uncle series
• Cissy van Marxveldt (1889–1948) – Joop ter Heul series
• John Masefield (1878–1967) – The Midnight Folk, The Box of Delights
• Cotton Mather (1663–1728) – A Token for the Children of New England
• André Maurois (1885–1967) – Fattypuffs and Thinifers
• Mercer Mayer (born 1943) – Little Critter series, Little Monster series
• James Mayhew (born 1964) – Miranda the Explorer, Ella Bella Ballerina, The Knight Who Took All Day
• William Mayne (1928–2010) – A Swarm in May (Choir School series), A Grass Rope, Earthfasts, Low Tide
• Geraldine McCaughrean (born 1951) – Peter Pan in Scarlet, A Pack of Lies
• Robert McCloskey (1914–2003) – Make Way for Ducklings, Time of Wonder, Blueberries for Sal
• Eloise McGraw (1915–2000) – The Golden Goblet, The Moorchild, The Rundelstone of Oz
• Lauren Lynn McGraw (1915–2000) – Merry Go Round in Oz
• Lurline Wailana McGregor (fl. 2008) – Between the Deep Blue Sea and Me
• Sharon E. McKay (born 1954) – Charlie Wilcox, Our Canadian Girl: Penelope series
• David McKee (born 1935) – Toucan Two Can
• Robin McKinley (born 1952) – The Hero and the Crown, The Blue Sword, Spindle's End'
• Patricia McKissack (1944–2017) – Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters, Never Forgotten
• Colin McNaughton (born 1951) – Captain Abdul's Pirate School
• Janet McNeill (1907–1994) – My Friend Specs McCann, The Battle of St. George Without
• Karen McQuestion – Celia and the Fairies, Edgewood
• Geoffrey McSkimming (born 1962) – Cairo Jim series
• L. T. Meade (1854–1914) – A World of Girls
• Stephen W. Meader (1892–1977) – Boy with a Pack
• Daisy Meadows – Rainbow Magic series
• Joe Medicine Crow (1913–2016) – Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond

• Milton Meltzer (1915–2009) – The Black Americans, The American Revolutionaries, Mark Twain Himself
• Jean Merrill (1923–2012) – The Pushcart War
• Laurence Meynell (1899–1989) – The Old Gang
• Karin Michaëlis (1872–1950) – Bibi
• Richard Michelson (born 1953) – Animals That Ought to Be: Poems about Imaginary Pets, Across the Alley
• Katherine Milhous (1894–1977) – The Egg Tree
• Olive Beaupre Miller (1883–1968) – My Book House series
• A. A. Milne (1882–1956) – Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young
• Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002) – Silver Brumby series
• Ingvar Moe (1936–1993) – Dei må ikkje skyta Garm (They Musn't Shoot Garm)
• Walter Moers (born 1957) – The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear
• John Mole (born 1941) – "Variations on an old Rhyme"
• Chris Monroe (born 1962) – Monkey with a Tool Belt, Sneaky Sheep
• Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) – Anne of Green Gables series, Emily of New Moon
• Susanna Moodie (1803–1885) – The Little Quaker, The Sailor Brother
• Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863) – "A Visit From St. Nicholas"
• Pat Mora (born 1942) – Pablo's Tree, A Library for Juana, Confetti, Doña Flor, A Birthday Basket for Tia
• Yuyi Morales (born 1968) – Niño Wrestles the World, Viva Frida, Little Night
• Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975) – A Boy Born from Mold and Other Delectable Morsels, The Goodbye Family
• John A. Moroso (1874–1957) – Nobody's Buddy
• Michael Morpurgo (born 1943) – Why the Whales Came, The Wreck of the Zanzibar, Private Peaceful
• Farley Mowat (1921–2014) – Lost in the Barrens, Owls in the Family
• Robert Muchamore (born 1972) – CHERUB series, Henderson's Boys series
• Dhan Gopal Mukerji (1890–1936) – Kari the Elephant, Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon, Hindu Fables for Little Children
• Clara Mulholland (1849–1934) – The Strange Adventures of Little Snowdrop and Other Tales
• Brandon Mull (born 1974) – Fablehaven series
• Robert Munsch (born 1945) – Love You Forever, The Paper Bag Princess
• Jill Murphy (1949–2021) – The Worst Witch, The Last Noo-Noo
• Andrew Murray (born 1970) – Ghost Rescue
• Susan Musgrave (born 1951) – Gullband, Dreams Are More Real Than Bathtubs

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Andrew Norriss

• Beverley Naidoo (born 1943) – Journey to Jo'burg, The Other Side of Truth
• Mali Madhavan Nair (1914–1994) – Mali Ramayanam, Mali Bhagavatham, Tenali Raman
• Leela Nambudiripad (1934–2021) – Neypayasam, Mithayippoti
• Claire Julie de Nanteuil (1834–1897) – Capitaine, L'Épave mystérieuse
• P. Narendranath (1934–1991) – Vikritiraman
• John Neal (1793–1876) – Great Mysteries and Little Plagues
• Violet Needham (1876–1967) – The Black Riders, The Stormy Petrel, The Woods of Windri
• John R. Neill (1877–1943) – The Wonder City of Oz, The Scalawagons of Oz, Lucky Bucky in Oz
• Marilyn Nelson (born 1946) – A Wreath for Emmett Till, Snook Alone, Ostrich and Lark
• Božena Němcová (1820–1862) – Slovak Fairy Tales and Legends, The Grandmother
• Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) – The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Bastable series), The Railway Children, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet
• Patrick Ness (born 1971) – Chaos Walking trilogy, A Monster Calls, More Than This
• John Newbery (1713–1767) – 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) – Ways to Live Forever, Season of Secrets, Things a Bright Girl Can Do
• Jenny Nimmo (born c. 1944) – The Snow Spider trilogy, Children of the Red King/Charlie Bone series
• Garth Nix (born 1963) – The Old Kingdom/Abhorsen series, The Keys to the Kingdom series, The Seventh Tower series
• Joan Lowery Nixon (1927–2003) – Colonial Williamsburg series, Orphan Train series
• Ethel Nokes (1883–1976) – The Fourth Form Gang, Nibs: The Story of a Pony
• Andrew Norriss (born 1947) – Aquila, The Unluckiest Boy in the World
• Grace May North (1876–1960) – Bobs, a Girl Detective, Meg of Mystery Mountain, Sisters, the Adele Doring series
• Jessica Nelson North (1891–1988) – The Giant Shoe
• Sterling North (1906–1974) – Rascal, The Wolfing
• Carol Norton – pen name under which certain works of Grace May North (1876–1960) were reprinted
• Mary Norton (1903–1992) – The Borrowers series, Bedknob and Broomstick
• Nikolay Nosov (1908–1976) – The Adventures of Dunno and his Friends
• Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018) – Fly Away Home
• Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) – The Secret of Pooduck Island, Daddy Fell into the Pond and Other Poems for Children
• Sevinj Nurugizi (born 1964) – Kite

O

Nnedi Okorafor

• Graham Oakley (1929–2022) – The Church Mice series, Magical Changes
• Robert C. O'Brien (1918–1973) – Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Z for Zachariah
• Jane O'Connor (born 1947) – Fancy Nancy series
• Scott O'Dell (1898–1989) – Island of the Blue Dolphins, The King's Fifth, The Black Pearl
• Charles Ogden (Star Farm Productions pseudonym from 2003) – Edgar & Ellen series
• Ian Ogilvy (born 1943) – Measle and the Wrathmonk, Measle and the Dragodon
• Nnedi Okorafor (born 1974) – Zahrah the Windseeker, Akata Witch series
• Jenny Oldfield (born 1949) – My Magical Pony, Home Farm Twins, Horses of Half-Moon Ranch series
• Sibylle von Olfers (1881–1916) – The Root Children, Little Princess in the Wood
• Carola Oman (1897–1978) – Ferry the Fearless
• Kenneth Oppel (born 1967) – Silverwing series, Airborn
• Uri Orlev (born 1931) – The Island on Bird Street
• Edward Ormondroyd (born 1925) – David and the Phoenix, Castaways on Long Ago, Time at the Top
• Mary Pope Osborne (born 1949) – Magic Tree House series
• Pat O'Shea (1931–2007) – The Hounds of the Morrigan
• Elsie J. Oxenham (1880–1960) – Abbey series

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Jane Marsh Parker

• Roopa Pai – Taranauts, The Gita for Children
• Sippy Pallippuram (born 1943) – Oridathoru Kunjunni
• Bernard Palmer (1914–1998) – Danny Orlis series, Felicia Cartwright series
• Christopher Paolini (born 1983) – Inheritance Cycle
• Peggy Parish (1927–1988) and Herman Parish – Amelia Bedelia series
• Barbara Park (1947–2013) – Skinnybones, Junie B. Jones series
• Linda Sue Park (born 1960) – A Single Shard
• Jenny Marsh Parker (1836–1913) – The Boy Missionary, What a Little Child Should Know
• Peter Parnall (born 1936) – Winter Barn, Apple Tree, Woodpile
• Anne Parrish (1888–1957) – The Dream Coach, Floating Island, The Story of Appleby Capple
• Katherine Paterson (born 1932) – The Master Puppeteer, Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Jacob Have I Loved
• Jill Paton Walsh (1937–2020) – Gaffer Samson's Luck, The Emperor's Winding Sheet
• James Patterson (born 1947) – Maximum Ride series, The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
• Gary Paulsen (1939–2021) – Hatchet, The Time Hackers
• Michelle Paver (born 1960) – Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series
• Philippa Pearce (1920–2006) – Tom's Midnight Garden
• Kit Pearson (born 1947) – The Sky Is Falling, Awake and Dreaming
• Ridley Pearson (born 1953) – Peter and the Starcatchers series, The Kingdom Keepers series
• Howard Pease (1894–1974) – Secret Cargo, Highroad to Adventure, Bound for Singapore
• Dale Peck (born 1967) – Drift House series
• Ethel Pedley (1859–1898) – Dot and the Kangaroo
• Mary Louise Peebles, a.k.a. Lynde Palmer (1833–1915) – The Magnet Stories
• Bill Peet (1915–2002) – The Wump World, Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure
• Daniel Pennac (born 1944) – The Eye of the Wolf
• Ethel Penrose (1857–1938) – Clear as the Noon Day
• Lucy Fitch Perkins (1865–1937) – Twins series
• Lynne Rae Perkins (born 1956) – Criss Cross, All Alone in the Universe
• Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins (1824–1905) – Alice and Her Friends, Eugene Cooper
• Charles Perrault (1628–1703) – Tales of Mother Goose, Little Red Riding Hood
• Jen Petro-Roy (born 1982) – P.S. I Miss You, Life in the Balance, You are Enough, Good Enough: A Novel
• K. M. Peyton (born 1929) – Flambards, Fly-by-Night, Prove Yourself a Hero, Blind Beauty
• LeUyen Pham (born 1973) – Big Sister, Little Sister
• Rodman Philbrick (born 1951) – Freak The Mighty, Max the Mighty, The Last Book in the Universe, The Fire Pony
• Joan Phipson (1912–2003) – The Boundary Riders, The Family Conspiracy, Polly's Tiger
• Tamora Pierce (born 1954) – Tortall series, Circle of Magic series
• Clara D. Pierson (1868–1952) – Among the People series
• Christopher Pike (born 1954) – Spooksville series
• Dav Pilkey (born 1966) – Captain Underpants series
• Elizabeth Pinchard (fl. 1791–1820) – The Blind Child, or, Anecdotes of the Wyndham Family, The Two Cousins
• Daniel Pinkwater (born 1941) – The Big Orange Splot, The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
• Saviour Pirotta (born 1958) – The Orchard Book of First Greek Myths
• Annabel Pitcher (born 1982) – My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece, Ketchup Clouds
• Sarah Pitt (fl. 1881–1900)
• Kin Platt (1911–2003) – Big Max series, The Blue Man
• Peter Pohl (born 1940) – Johnny, My Friend
• Josephine Pollard (1834–1892) – The Brave Little Tailor, The Life of Washington, A Child's History of America: Told in One-Syllable Words, Bible Stories for Children
• Delia Lyman Porter (1858–1933) – "Time and Tommy", "How Polly Saw the Aprons Grow"
• Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920) – Pollyanna
• Tracey Porter – Billy Creekmore
• Lidia Postma (born 1952) – The Witch's Garden, The Stolen Mirror
• Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) – The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tailor of Gloucester
• Ellen Potter (born c. 1960) – Olivia Kidney series
• Rhoda Power (1890–1957) – Redcap Runs Away
• Núria Pradas (born 1954) – Sota el mateix cel
• Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) – The Nome Trilogy, Johnny Maxwell series, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, Tiffany Aching series
• Otfried Preussler (1923–2013) – The Robber Hotzenplotz, The Curse of the Darkling Mill
• Willard Price (1887–1983) – Amazon Adventure, Adventure series
• Elise Primavera (born 1955) – The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls
• Alison Prince (1931–2019) – My Royal Story
• Alf Prøysen (1914–1970) – Mrs. Pepperpot series
• Christine Pullein-Thompson (1925–2005) – We Rode to the Sea
• Diana Pullein-Thompson (1925–2015) – I Wanted a Pony
• Josephine Pullein-Thompson (1924–2014) – Six Ponies
• Philip Pullman (born 1946) – His Dark Materials trilogy, Clockwork, The Firework-Maker's Daughter
• Howard Pyle (1853–1911) – Otto of the Silver Hand, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Men of Iron

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Gianni Rodari

• Gwynedd Rae (1892–1977) – Mary Plain series
• Janette Rallison (born 1966) – Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List
• María Cristina Ramos (born 1952) – La luna lleva un silencio, El trasluz
• Arthur Ransome (1884–1967) – Swallows and Amazons series
• Ellen Raskin (1928–1984) – The Westing Game, Figgs & Phantoms
• Onjali Q. Raúf (born 1981) – The Boy at the Back of the Class, The Great (Food) Bank Heist
• Marjorie Rawlings (1896–1953) – The Yearling, The Secret River
• Wilson Rawls (1913–1984) – Where the Red Fern Grows, Summer of the Monkeys
• Sukumar Ray (1887–1923) – HaJaBaRaLa, Abol Tabol, Pagla Dashu
• Talbot Baines Reed (1852–1893) – The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's
• W. Maxwell Reed (1871–1962) – The Earth for Sam, The Stars for Sam
• Celia Rees (born 1949) – The Bailey Game, Witch Child, Pirates!
• David Rees (1936–1993) – The Exeter Blitz, The Flying Island
• Gwyneth Rees (born 1968) – The Mum Hunt, Fairy Dust series, Mermaid Magic
• Philip Reeve (born 1966) – Buster Bayliss, Mortal Engines, Larklight
• Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991) – Beyond the Wide World's End
• Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883) – The Boy Hunters, The Young Voyageurs, The Boy Tar
• Kathryn Reiss (born 1957) – Time Windows, Paint by Magic, Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge
• Ren Rongrong (1923–2022) – Nobrain, Neverhappy
• Adam Rex (born 1973) – The True Meaning of Smekday, Cold Cereal, Fat Vampire, Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich
• H. A. Rey (1898–1977) and Margret Rey (1906–1996) – Curious George series, Pretzel
• Lou Rhodes – The Phlunk, The Phlunk's Worldwide Symphony
• Frank Richards (1876–1961) – Greyfriars School stories featuring Billy Bunter
• Justin Richards (born 1961) – The Invisible Detective series
• Laura E. Richards (1850–1943) – Captain January, Tirra Lirra, Eletelephony
• E. J. Richmond (1825–1918) – The Jewelled Serpent
• Chris Riddell (born 1962) – The Edge Chronicles, Barnaby Grimes
• E. V. Rieu (1887–1972) – The Flattered Flying Fish and Other Poems
• Rick Riordan (born 1964) – Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, The Kane Chronicles, The Maze of Bones
• Jamie Rix (born 1958) – Alistair Fury series, Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids series
• Keith Robertson (1914–1991) – Henry Reed series
• Hilary Robinson (born 1962) – Mixed Up Fairy Tales, Where The Poppies Now Grow
• Joan G. Robinson (1910–1988) – Teddy Robinson series, When Marnie Was There
• Gary D. Robson (born 1958) – Who Pooped? series
• Gianni Rodari (1920–1980) – Telephone Tales (Favole al telefono), Tales Told by a Machine (Novelle fatte a macchina)
• Emily Rodda (born 1948) – Fairy Realm series, Rowan of Rin series, Deltora Quest series
• Don Roff (born 1966) – Scary Stories
• Malcolm Rose (born 1953) – Traces series, Lawless and Tilley series
• Simon Rose (born 1961) – The Alchemist's Portrait, The Sorcerer's Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic's Tomb
• Michael Rosen (born 1946) – Sad Book, Fantastically Funny Stories, Quick, Let's Get Out of Here, We're Going on a Bear Hunt
• Amy Krouse Rosenthal – Duck! Rabbit!
• Meg Rosoff (born 1956) – How I Live Now, Just In Case, There Is No Dog, Picture Me Gone
• Diana Ross (1910–2000) – The Little Red Engine series
• Miriam Roth (1910–2005) – A Tale of Five Balloons
• Veronica Roth (born 1988) – Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant
• J. K. Rowling (born 1965) – Harry Potter series
• Hemendra Kumar Roy (1888–1963) – Bimal-Kumar series
• Ron Roy (born 1940) – A to Z Mysteries, Capital Mysteries
• Gillian Rubinstein (born 1942) – Space Demons, Galax-Arena
• Katherine Rundell (born 1987) – The Girl Savage, Rooftoppers
• Salman Rushdie (born 1947) – Haroun and the Sea of Stories
• Rachel Renee Russell (born 1959) – Dork Diaries
• An Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990) – Children on the Oregon Trail, Avalanche!
• Chris Ryan (born 1961) – Alpha Force series
• Pam Muñoz Ryan (born 1951) – Esperanza Rising, Becoming Naomi León
• Cynthia Rylant (born 1954) – Missing May, Henry and Mudge series, Poppleton series

S

Margery Sharp

• Louis Sachar (born 1954) – Sideways Stories From Wayside School series, Holes
• Angie Sage (born 1952) – Septimus Heap series
• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) – The Little Prince
• Emilio Salgari (1862–1911) – The Tigers of Mompracem, The Black Corsair
• Felix Salten (1869–1945) – Bambi
• Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) – Rootabaga Stories
• Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) – Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
• Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947) – Beautiful Joe
• Constance Savery (1897–1999) – Enemy Brothers
• Malcolm Saville (1901–1982) – Lone Pine Club series
• Ruth Sawyer (1880–1970) – Roller Skates
• Allen Say (born 1937) – Grandfather's Journey, The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice
• Kurtis Scaletta – Mudville, Mamba Point, The Tanglewood Terror
• Richard Scarry (1919–1994) – Busytown series
• Annet Schaap (born 1965) – Lampje
• Pam Scheunemann (born 1955) – Overdue Kangaroo, Ape Cape, The Crane Loves Grain
• Jon Scieszka (born 1954) – The Time Warp Trio, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, Science Verse
• Miriam Schlein (1926–2004) – The Year of the Panda, I, Tut, The Way Mothers Are
• Mark Schlichting (born 1948) – Harry and the Haunted House
• Laura Amy Schlitz (born 1955) – Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
• Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854) – The Basket of Flowers, Easter Eggs
• Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995) – Jip and Janneke, Abeltje, Pluk van de Petteflet
• Alvin Schwartz (1927–1992) – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
• Ann Scott-Moncrieff (1914–1943) – Aboard the Bulger, Auntie Robbo
• Michael Scott (born 1959) – The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series
• Will Scott (1893–1964) – The Cherrys series
• Laura Vaccaro Seeger – First the Egg, Green
• Countess of Ségur (1799–1874) – Sophie's Misfortunes, Good Little Girls, Monsieur Cadichon: Memoirs of a Donkey
• Tor Seidler (born 1952) – A Rat's Tale, The Wainscott Weasel, Mean Margaret
• George Selden (1929–1989) – The Cricket in Times Square series
• Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – Where the Wild Things Are
• Kate Seredy (1896–1975) – The White Stag, The Good Master, The Singing Tree
• Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946) – Wild Animals I Have Known, Bannertail, Two Little Savages
• Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) – The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
• David Severn (1918–2010) – Ponies and Poachers, Dream Gold, The Future Took Us
• Anna Sewell (1820–1878) – Black Beauty
• Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906) – Amy Herbert
• Miranda Seymour (born 1948) – Mumtaz the Magical Cat
• Evelyn Sharp (1869–1955) – All the Way to Fairyland, The Other Side of the Sun
• Margery Sharp (1905–1991) – The Rescuers
• Mark Shasha (born 1961) – Night of the Moonjellies
• Charles Green Shaw (1892–1974) – It Looked Like Spilt Milk
• Jane Shaw (1910–2000) – Susan Pulls the Strings
• Mary Shelley (1797–1851) – Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot
• Dorothy Sherrill (1901–1990) – The Story of a Little Gray Mouse
• Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851) – The History of Little Henry and his Bearer, The History of the Fairchild Family
• Gary Shipman (born 1966) and Rhoda Shipman (born 1968) – Pakkins' Land
• Mark Shulman (born 1962) – Scrawl, Mom and Dad are Palindromes, Secret Hiding Places
• Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916) – In Desert and Wilderness
• Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born 1963) – We Want Christmas in July, Biobörn
• Shel Silverstein (1930–1999) – The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends
• Francesca Simon (born 1955) – Horrid Henry series
• Seymour Simon (born 1931) – Einstein Anderson, Science Detective
• Catherine Sinclair (1800–1864) – Holiday House: A Book for the Young
• Lester Basil Sinclair (1894–1974) – Why Cows Moo
• Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) – Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories, A Day of Pleasure, The Golem
• Marilyn Singer (born 1948) – Turtle in July
• S. Sivadas (born 1940) – Rasatantra Kathakal, Pustaka Kalikal
• Steve Skidmore (born 1960) and Steve Barlow – Outernet series
• Obert Skye – Leven Thumps series
• Ioan Slavici (1848–1925) – The Fairy Aurora, The Twins with the Golden Star
• Arthur Slade (born 1967) – Dust, The Hunchback Assignments
• William Sleator (1945–2011) – Singularity, Rewind
• Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982) – Carbonel series, Jessamy, No One Must Know, The Snowball
• Dodie Smith (1896–1990) – The Hundred and One Dalmatians
• Edward Wyke Smith (1871–1935) – The Marvellous Land of Snergs
• Georgina Castle Smith (1845–1933) – Froggy's Little Brother
• Roland Smith (born 1951) – Thunder Cave, Peak, Cryptid Hunters
• Barbara Smucker (1915–2003) – Underground to Canada, Days of Terror

Pat Smythe

• Pat Smythe (1928–1996) – Three Jays series, Adventure series
• Caroline Snedeker (1871–1956) – Downright Dencey, The Forgotten Daughter
• Lemony Snicket (born 1970) – A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Jack Snow (1907–1956) – The Magical Mimics in Oz, The Shaggy Man of Oz
• Laurel Snyder – Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains, Any Which Wall, Penny Dreadful
• Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1927–2014) – The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid, The Witches of Worm
• Donald J. Sobol (1924–2012) – Encyclopedia Brown series, Two-Minute Mysteries series
• Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born 1948) – The Little Vampire series
• Virginia Sorenson (1912–1991) – Miracles on Maple Hill
• Ivan Southall (1921–2008) – Josh, Ash Road, Hills End, To the Wild Sky, Bread and Honey, Fly West
• Stephen Southwold (1887–1964) – Fiddlededee: A Medley of Stories
• Elizabeth George Speare (1908–1994) – The Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Bronze Bow, The Sign of the Beaver
• Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976) – Call It Courage
• Peter Spier (1927–2017) – Noah's Ark
• Jerry Spinelli (born 1941) – Loser, Stargirl, Maniac Magee, Crash, Wringer
• Nancy Springer (born 1948) – The Enola Holmes Mysteries, Tales of Rowan Hood
• E. C. Spykman (1896–1965) – A Lemon and a Star, The Wild Angel, Terrible Horrible Edie, Edie on the Warpath
• Johanna Spyri (1827–1901) – Heidi
• Andy Stanton (born 1973) – Mr Gum series
• Dugald Steer (born 1965) – Ologies series
• William Steig (1907–2003) – Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Doctor De Soto, Shrek!
• John Steptoe (1950–1989) – Stevie, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
• Robin Stevens (born 1988) – Murder Most Unladylike
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) – A Child's Garden of Verses, Treasure Island, Kidnapped
• Jennifer J. Stewart – If That Breathes Fire, We're Toast!, Close Encounters of a Third World Kind
• Mary Stewart (1916–2014) – The Little Broomstick, Ludo and the Star Horse, A Walk in Wolf Wood
• Paul Stewart (born 1955) – The Edge Chronicles, Fergus Crane, Muddle Earth, Barnaby Grimes
• R. L. Stine (born 1943) – Goosebumps, Fear Street, The Nightmare Room series
• Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902) – The Lady, or the Tiger?
• Hilda van Stockum (1908–2006) – A Day on Skates, The Winged Watchman
• Margaret Storey – Timothy and the Two Witches, The Stone Sorcerer, Pauline
• Walter Scott Story (1879–1955) – Skinny Harrison Adventurer
• Herbert Strang (1866–1958) – Round the World in Seven Days, King of the Air, Rob the Ranger
• Todd Strasser (born 1950) – Help! I'm Trapped... series
• Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930) – founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate that produced many series, most famously Rover Boys (by Stratemeyer as Arthur M. Winfield), Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew
• Noel Streatfeild (1895–1986) – Ballet Shoes, The Circus Is Coming, Curtain Up, White Boots, The Painted Garden (US titles Circus Shoes, Theater Shoes, Skating Shoes, Movie Shoes)
• Jakob Streit (1910–2009) – Liputto: Stories of Gnomes and Trolls
• Hesba Stretton (1832–1911) – Jessica's First Prayer
• Agnes Strickland (1796–1874) – Tales from English History for Children, The Rival Crusoes
• Charles S. Strong (1906–1962) – The Hooded Hawk Mystery, The Scarlet Slipper Mystery, Snow King: Herd Dog of Lapland
• Jeremy Strong (born 1949) – There's a Viking in My Bed
• Jonathan Stroud (born 1970) – The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Lockwood & Co.
• Dorothy Margaret Stuart (1889–1963) – The Children's Chronicle, The Young Clavengers
• Sheila Stuart (1892–1984) – Alison's Highland Holiday
• Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945) – The Magic Apostrophe, Gwydion and the Flying Wand
• Deirdre Sullivan – Tangleweed and Brine, Prim Improper
• Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992) – The Eagle of the Ninth, The Lantern Bearers, The Mark of the Horse Lord, Black Ships Before Troy
• Jón Sveinsson (1857–1944) – Nonni series
• Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) – Gulliver's Travels

T

Leo Tolstoy

• Rajesh Talwar (born 1958) – The Three Greens
• Shaun Tan (born 1974) – The Red Tree, The Lost Thing, Tales from Outer Suburbia, Rules of Summer
• Kathryn Tanquary – The Night Parade
• Ann Taylor (1782–1866) and Jane Taylor (1783–1824) – Rhymes for the Nursery, Original Poems for Infant Minds, Little Ann and Other Poems
• Dorota Terakowska (1938–2004) – Córka czarownicy
• K. Thayat (1927–2011) – Mela, Naivedyam
• Colin Thiele (1920–2006) – Storm Boy, Blue Fin, Sun on the Stubble
• Scarlett Thomas (born 1972) – Worldquake series
• Kate Thompson (born 1956) – Switchers, The New Policeman
• Ruth Plumly Thompson (1891–1976) – The Royal Book of Oz (1921) and twenty subsequent Oz books
• James Thurber (1894–1961) – The Thirteen Clocks, The Wonderful O, Many Moons
• Tim Tingle (fl. 2002–2018) – Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom
• Eve Titus (1905–2002) – Basil of Baker Street series, Anatole series
• Ada Josephine Todd (1858–1904) – The Vacation Club
• Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976) – Worzel Gummidge series
• H. E. Todd (1908–1988) – Bobby Brewster series
• J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) – The Hobbit, The Father Christmas Letters
• Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1883–1945) – The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino
• Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) – Classic Tales and Fables for Children
• Theresa Tomlinson (born 1946) – The Forestwife, Meet Me by the Steelmen, The Moon Riders
• Hazel Townson (1928–2010) – The Deathwood Letters, The Speckled Panic, The Invisible Boy
• Catharine Parr Traill (1802–1899) – Canadian Crusoes
• Nigel Tranter (1909–2000) – Spaniard's Isle, Nestor the Monster
• P. L. Travers (1899–1986) – Mary Poppins series
• Mary Treadgold (1910–2005) – We Couldn't Leave Dinah
• Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998) – Cue for Treason, The Hills of Varna
• Henry Treece (1911–1966) – Horned Helmet, The Road to Miklagard, The Children's Crusade
• Sharon Tregenza (born 1951) – Tarantula Tide, The Shiver Stone
• Meriol Trevor (1919–2000) – Merlin's Ring, The Other Side of the Moon, The Rose Round, The King of the Castle, The Letzenstein Chronicles
• John R. Tunis (1889–1975) – Iron Duke, All American, Keystone Kids, The Kid from Tomkinsville
• Ann Turnbull (born 1943) – Pigeon Summer, The Sand Horse, No Shame, No Fear
• Ethel Turner (1872–1958) – Seven Little Australians
• Julian Tuwim (1894–1953) – "The Locomotive" and other poems for children,
• Mark Twain (1835–1910) – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

U

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

V

Heiki Vilep

• Rachel Vail (born 1966) – Wonder, Do-Over, The Friendship Ring series
• Jenny Valentine – Finding Violet Park, Broken Soup
• Chris Van Allsburg (born 1949) – Jumanji, The Polar Express, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
• Wendelin Van Draanen (born 1965) – Sammy Keyes series, Flipped
• Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944) – The Story of Mankind (nonfiction)
• Shreekumar Varma (born 1955) – The Royal Rebel
• Amy Cripps Vernon (1870–1956) – Gerald's Chum
• Heiki Vilep (born 1960) – The Sounds of Silence, The Monsters of the Closet Door
• Rene Villanueva (1954–2007) – Ang Unang Baboy Sa Langit (The First Pig In Heaven)
• Judith Viorst (born 1931) – Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
• Elfrida Vipont (1902–1992) – The Lark in the Morn, The Lark on the Wing, The Elephant and the Bad Baby
• John Vornholt (born 1951) – The Troll King series
• Anne de Vries (1904–1964) – Journey Through the Night
• Seita Vuorela (1971–2015) – The School of Possibilities, Karikko

W

Jacqueline West

• Bernard Waber (1921–2013) – The House on East 88th Street
• Muriel Wace (1881–1968) – Moorland Mousie
• Lea Wait (born 1946) – Stopping to Home, Wintering Well
• Judy Waite – Mouse Look Out
• Priscilla Wakefield (1751–1832) – The Juvenile Travellers: Containing the Remarks of A Family During a Tour Through the Principal States and Kingdoms of Europe
• Dorothy Wall (1894–1942) – Blinky Bill
• Ivy Wallace (1915–2006) – Pookie series, The Animal Shelf series
• Nancy Elizabeth Wallace (born 1948) – Snow
• John Graham Wallace (born 1966) – Mr Bumble
• Maria Elena Walsh (1930–2011) – Tutú Marambá
• Vivian Walsh – Olive, the Other Reindeer, Gluey, Penguin Dreams, Mr. Lunch series
• Mildred Pitts Walter – Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, Second Daughter: The Story of a Slave Girl
• Amy Catherine Walton (Mrs. O. F. Walton, 1849–1939) – Christie's Old Organ
• Jennifer Ward (born 1963) – Way Out in the Desert
• Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1887–1966) – Plant y Mynachdy, Onesimus
• Victor Watson (born 1936) – Paradise Barn series
• Marion St John Webb (1888–1930) – Knock Three Times, The Girls of Chequertrees
• Regina Webb (born 1980) – Detective Henry Hopper series
• Sadie Rose Weilerstein (1894–1993) – The Adventures of K'tonton
• Ronald Welch (1909–1982) – The Gauntlet, Knight Crusader
• Jacqueline West (born 1979) – Dreamers Often Lie, The Books of Elsewhere
• Robert Westall (1929–1993) – The Machine Gunners, Fathom Five, The Scarecrows
• Frank Atha Westbury (1838–1901) – Australian Fairy Tales
• Scott Westerfeld (born 1963) – Midnighters trilogy, Peeps, The Last Days, Uglies series
• John F. C. Westerman (1901–1991) – John Wentley Takes Charge, The Invisible Plane
• Percy F. Westerman (1876–1959) – All Hands to the Boats, Deeds of Pluck and Daring in the Great War
• Carol Weston (born 1956) – Melanie Martin series, Ava and Pip
• Michael Wexler – The Seems series
• Suzanne Weyn (born 1955) – The Bar Code Tattoo, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
• Gloria Whelan (born 1923) – Homeless Bird, Angel on the Square, Listening for Lions, Chu Ju's House
• Evelyn Whitaker (1844–1929) – Laddie, Tip Cat
• E. B. White (1899–1985) – Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan
• T. H. White (1906–1964) – The Sword in the Stone, Mistress Masham's Repose
• Martin Widmark (born 1961) – The Whodunit Detective Agency series
• Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856–1923) – Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) – The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince and Other Stories
• Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) – Little House on the Prairie and other Little House books
• Geoffrey Willans (1911–1958) – Down with Skool, How to Be Topp
• Barbara Willard (1909–1994) – The Iron Lily
• John Ellis Williams (1924–2008) – Owen the Goat of Snowdon
• Karen Lynn Williams (born 1952) – Galimoto
• Maiya Williams (born 1962) – The Golden Hour
• Margery Williams (1881–1944) – The Velveteen Rabbit, Poor Cecco, Winterbound
• Oneeka Williams (born 1966) – Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo series, Not Even the Sky Is the Limit
• Ursula Moray Williams (1911–2006) – Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse, Gobbolino the Witch's Cat
• Rita Williams-Garcia (born 1957) – One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven, Gone Crazy in Alabama
• Henry Williamson (1895–1977) – Tarka the Otter
• Budge Wilson (1927–2021) – Before Green Gables, The Leaving
• Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945) – Girls in Love, Double Act, The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Illustrated Mum
• Jane Wilson-Howarth (born 1954) – Himalayan Kidnap, Chasing the Tiger
• Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer pseudonym from 1899) – Rover Boys series
• Henry Winkler (born 1945) – Hank Zipzer series
• Henry Winterfeld (1901–1990) – Trouble at Timpetill, Detectives in Togas, Star Girl
• Elizabeth Winthrop (born 1948) – The Castle in the Attic
• Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) – Original Stories from Real Life
• Audrey Wood (born 1948) – The Napping House, Moonflute, King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
• Patricia Wrede (born 1953) – Enchanted Forest Chronicles series
• Dare Wright (1914–2001) – The Lonely Doll
• Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010) – The Crooked Snake, The Nargun and the Stars
• Eva-Lis Wuorio (1918–1988) – The Island of Fish in the Trees, The Happiness Flower
• Johann David Wyss (1743–1818) – The Swiss Family Robinson

Y

• Kelly Yang – Front Desk
• Laurence Yep (born 1948) – The Golden Mountain Chronicles, Dragon series, Ribbons
• Jane Yolen (born 1939) – Owl Moon, Commander Toad series, Pit Dragon series, Wizard's Hall
• Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901) – The Daisy Chain, The Little Duke, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
• E. H. Young (1880–1949) – Caravan Island, River Holiday
• Ed Young (born 1931) – Lon Po Po, Seven Blind Mice
• Miriam Young (1913–1974) – Miss Suzy, Jellybeans for Breakfast, A Witch's Garden

Z

• Zheng Yuanjie (born 1955) – King of Fairy Tales
• Paul Zindel (1936–2003) – The Pigman
• Feenie Ziner (1921–2012) – Squanto, The Book of Time
• Charlotte Zolotow (1915–2013) – Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
• Rania Zaghir (born 1977) – Who Ate My Ice Cream?

See also

• Caldecott Medal
• Carnegie Medal
• Children's literature
• Fairy tale
• Newbery Medal
• Young adult literature
• List of American children's books
• List of children's book illustrators
• List of children's classic books
• List of children's non-fiction writers
• List of fairy tales
• List of young adult authors
• Lists of writers

External links

• Hunt, Peter (14 January 2004). International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. ISBN 9780203168127.
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature.
• Vintage Series Books for Girls ... and a Few for Boys