Tasha Tudor

Tasha Tudor

female, 94 years old
Corgiville Christmas, Drawn from New England, The Private World of Tasha Tudor, ReginaMedal, caldecott honor, anthropomorphic
Tasha Tudor, born Starling Burgess in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 28, 1915, is an American illustrator and author of children's books. She was...
Marcia Brown

Marcia Brown

female, 91 years old
German, Marcia Joan Brown, The Little Carousel, Cornwall High School, New York State College for Teacher, Afrikaans language…ReginaMedal, Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, Caldecott Medal winner, caldecott medal
Marcia Joan Brown (born July 13, 1918 in Rochester, New York) is an American children's author and illustrator of more than 30 children's books....
Marguerite de Angeli

Marguerite de Angeli

female, deceased (1987)
Philadelphia writer, from Michigan, American women writer, Religious Society of Friends, amish, fantasy writer…Newbery Medal winner, caldecott medal, ReginaMedal
Marguerite de Angeli was a bestselling author and illustrator of children's books including the 1950 Newbery Award winning book "The Door in the...

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 Book and Literacy Alliance…ReginaMedal
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...
May McNeer

May McNeer

female, deceased (1994)
Columbia University, ReginaMedal, May Yonge McNeer Ward
May Yonge McNeer Ward (born 1902 in Tampa, Florida -- died 1994 in Reston, Virginia) was an American journalist and author of a variety of...

Virginia Haviland

female, deceased (1988)
Cornell University, Cornell University alumni, library of congress, ReginaMedal, Children's Literature Center
Virginia Haviland (May 21, 1911--January 19, 1988) was a retired director of the Children's Literature Center at the Library of Congress and author...
Bertha Mahony Miller

Bertha Mahony Miller

female, deceased (1969)
Simmons College, Horn Book Magazine, Horn Book editor, ReginaMedal, T.S. Eliot, Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Bertha Everett Mahony Miller (1882-1969) was an American editor and publisher who spent most of her life promoting children's literature. She was...
Morton Schindel

Morton Schindel

male
University of Pennsylvania, film producer, ReginaMedal, Weston Woods Institute and Studios, American, actor
Morton Schindel (1918--) is an American producer, the founder of Weston Woods Institute and Studios in 1983. He is known for bringing children's...