Katherine Paterson

Katherine Paterson

female, 77 years old
The Bridge to Terabithia, Master Puppeteer, Jip, His Story, Hans Christian Andersen Medal, National Book Award, National Children's BookandLiteracyAlliance
Katherine Paterson is an award-winning American author of books for children. She was born in China on October 31, 1932 to missionary parents. She...
Steven Kellogg

Steven Kellogg

male, 68 years old
rhode island school of design, children's writer, American, Rhode Island School of Design alumni, National Children's BookandLiteracyAlliance
Steven Kellogg (Born October 26, 1941) is an author and illustrator who has contributed 90 books for children. He is best known for writing books...
Susan Cooper

Susan Cooper

female, 74 years old
British, British folklore, Susan Mary Cooper, The Dark is Rising, Books by Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising Sequence…National Children's BookandLiteracyAlliance
Susan Mary Cooper (born May 23 1935) in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England is a British author. Cooper is most notably the author of "The Dark Is...
David MacAulay

David MacAulay

male, 63 years old
rhode island school of design, illustrator, National Children's BookandLiteracyAlliance, Aventis Prize for Science Books, Rhode Island writer, Rhode Island School of Design alumni…Book Guild
David Macaulay celebrates his birthday on December 2nd. He was born in Lancashire, England and moved to Bloomfield, New Jersey at the age of...
Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire

male, 55 years old (Concord, Massachusetts, United States)
State University of New York at Albany alumni, State University of New York at Albany, Tufts University alumni, revisionism, Wicked Witch of the West, revisionist…National Children's BookandLiteracyAlliance
Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954 in Albany, New York) is an American author. He is the author of the novels "Wicked: The Life and Times of the...

Patricia MacLachlan

female, 71 years old
American women writer, from Hampshire County, Massachusetts, From Cheyenne, Wyoming, Massachusetts writer, newbery medal, Bittle…Sarah, Plain and Tall, National Children's BookandLiteracyAlliance
Patricia MacLachlan (born March 3, 1938 in Cheyenne, Wyoming) is a bestselling U.S. children's author, best known for winning the 1986 Newbery...

Patricia McKissack

female
From st. louis, missouri, children's writer, The Great Migration North, Nzingha Warrior Queen of Matamba, Color Me Dark The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, National Children's BookandLiteracyAlliance
Patricia McKissack is the author of three Dear America books: "A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl", "Color Me Dark: The Diary...
Matthew Tobin Anderson

Matthew Tobin Anderson

male, 41 years old
Harvard University, feed, picture books, National Children's BookandLiteracyAlliance, . For middle grader readers, his novels include, Handel Who Knew What He Liked
Matthew Tobin Anderson (M. T. Anderson), (1968-) is an author, primarily of picture books for children and novels for young adults. Anderson lives...