Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

male, deceased (1990)
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a Welsh novelist, short story author and screenwriter of Norwegian parentage, famous as a wr...
Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak

male, 81 years old
Maurice Bernard Sendak (born June 10, 1928) is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature who is best known for his book "Where...
Lois Lowry

Lois Lowry

female, 72 years old
Lois A. Lowry (born March 20, 1937) is an author of children's literature who has been awarded the Newbery Medal twice: first for "Number the...
Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter

female, deceased (1943)
(Helen) Beatrix Potter was an English author and illustrator, botanist, and conservationist, best known for her children's books, which featured...
Jon Scieszka

Jon Scieszka

male, 55 years old
Scieszka shares some of the sillier pronunciations hes heard for Scieszka and he sets the record straight with the correct pronunciation, which...
Diana Wynne Jones

Diana Wynne Jones

female, 75 years old
Diana Wynne Jones (born London August 16, 1934) is a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as a small...
L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum

male, deceased (1919)
Lyman Frank Baum (May 15 1856-May 6 1919) was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with...
David Almond

David Almond

male, 58 years old
David Almond (* May 15 1951 in Felling near Newcastle, England) is a British children's writer who has penned several novels, each one to critical...
Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren

female, deceased (2002)
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren was a Swedish children's book author and screenwriter, whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and...
Ezra Jack Keats

Ezra Jack Keats

male, deceased (1916) (Brooklyn, New York)
Ezra Jack Keats was born on March 11, 1916 in a Jewish quarter of Brooklyn, New York. At an early age Ezra ( then known as Jacob ) became...