List of children's literature writers

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

A

Verna Aardema (1911–2001) – Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Rafael Ábalos (born 1956) – Grimpow
Joan Abelove (born 1945) – Go and Come Back
Socorro Acioli (born 1975) – The Ghost Dancer
Richard Adams (born 1920) – Watership Down
C. S. Adler (born 1932) – Magic of the Glits, Ghost Brother
Aesop (6th century BC) – Fables
Joan Aiken (1924–2004) – The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and sequels (Wolves series), Arabel and Mortimer series
Vivien Alcock (1924–2003) – The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) – Little Women
Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007) – The Chronicles of Prydain series, Westmark trilogy
Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832–1899) – Ragged Dick
Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919) – The Young Trailers series, The Civil War series
David Almond (born 1951) – Skellig, Heaven Eyes, Kit's Wilderness
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" and other fairy tales
Charlotte Anley (1796–1893) – didactic novelist, Influence. A Moral Tale for Young People (1822)
K. A. Applegate (born 1956) – Animorphs, Remnants, Everworld series
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
Tedd Arnold (born 1949) – No Jumping on the Bed!, Parts
Frank Asch (born 1946) – I Can Blink, Happy Birthday Moon
Martin Auer (born 1951) – Now, Now, Markus, The Blue Boy
Steve Augarde (born 1950) – The Various, Celandine
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

Natalie Babbitt (born 1932) – 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
Clive Barker (born 1952) – The Thief of Always
Jill Barklem (born 1951) – Brambly Hedge
Steve Barlow – Outernet series
Kitty Barne (1883–1961) – She Shall Have Music, Family Footlights, Visitors from London, Rosina Copper
J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) – Peter Pan
T. A. Barron (born 1952) – Lost Years of Merlin series
Dave Barry (born 1949) – Peter and the Starcatchers series
Margaret Stuart Barry (born 1958) – 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 (born 1925) – Carrie's War, The Witch's Daughter, The Peppermint Pig
Dale E. Basye – Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go
"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
Thea Beckman (1923–2004) – Crusade in Jeans, Children of Mother Earth series
Frank Beddor – 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
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 & born 1923) – The Berenstain Bears series
Elisabeth Beresford (born 1928) – The Wombles
Paul Berna (1908–1994) – A Hundred Million Francs, The Street Musician, Flood Warning
Luc Besson (born 1958) – Arthur and the Minimoys series
Vitaly Bianki (1894–1959) – Whose Nose is Better?
John Bibee – Spirit Flyer series
Margaret Biggs – Melling School series
Franny Billingsley – Well Wished, Big Bad Bunny
Claire Huchet Bishop (1899–1993) – The Five Chinese Brothers, All Alone, The Big Loop
Holly Black (born 1971) – The Spiderwick Chronicles, Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, Tithe, Valiant
Malorie Blackman (born 1962) – The Noughts & Crosses series
Judy Blume (born 1938) – Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, Fudge series
Enid Blyton (1897–1968) – Noddy books, The Famous Five series, The Secret Seven series, The Magic Faraway Tree series, Sunny Stories magazine
Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born 1948) – The Little Vampire series
Michael Bond (born 1926) – Paddington Bear series
Nancy Bond – A String in the Harp
Ruskin Bond – The Room on the Roof, The Blue Umbrella
Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990) – Green Knowe series
Chris Bradford (born 1974) – 'Young Samurai series
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
Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969) – Chalet School series
Jan Brett (born 1949) – Trouble with Trolls
Thomas Brezina (born 1963) – The Knickerbocker Gang
Rae Bridgman – The MiddleGate Books: The Serpent's Spell, Amber Ambrosia, Fish & Sphinx
Robert Bright (1902–1988) – Georgie
Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003) – Pastures of the Blue Crane, Longtime Dreaming
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938) – The Marvellous Adventures and Misadventures of Hlapić the Apprentice, Tales of Long Ago
Lauren Brooke – Heartland series, Chestnut Hill series
Walter R. Brooks (1886–1958) – Freddy the Pig series
Marc Brown (born 1946) – Arthur
Marcia Brown (born 1918) – 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
Jan Brzechwa (1900–1966) – Pan Kleks series, & many poems for children
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
Eve Bunting (born 1928) – Smoky Night
John Bunyan (1628–1688) – Pilgrim's Progress
Della Burford – 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 – Andrew Henry's Meadow, The Summerfolk
Sheila Burnford – The Incredible Journey
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) – A Little Princess, Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Secret Garden
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
Betsy Byars – Summer of the Swans, Cracker Jackson
Georgia Byng – Molly Moon series

C

Meg Cabot – The Princess Diaries, Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls
Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958) – Understood Betsy
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 (born 1929) – The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass
Peter Carter (1929–1999) – The Sentinels, Children of the Book, Borderlands
Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969) – Five Tales, Tales from Sundervan, Pankhudiyaan, Chanda
Charles, Prince of Wales (born 1948) – The Old Man of Lochnagar
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400) – Chanticleer and the Fox (from The Canterbury Tales)
Lauren Child (born 1965) – Charlie and Lola series, Clarice Bean series
John Christopher (born 1922) – 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
Pauline Clarke (born 1921) – The Twelve and the Genii
Beverly Cleary (born 1916) – Ramona Quimby series
Andrew Clements – Frindle, A Week in the Woods
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 – The Underland Chronicles, The Hunger Games trilogy
Carlo Collodi (1826–1890) – The Adventures of Pinocchio
John Amos Comenius (1592–1670) – Orbis Sesualim Pictis (The Visible World in Pictures)
Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) – Molly the Drummer Boy, Janet of the Dunes
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) – The Lost World
Jane Leslie Conly – 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 – 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 – Space Brat, My Teacher is an Alien, Aliens Ate My Homework, The Unicorn Chronicles, Magic Shop series
Joy Cowley – The Silent One, Bow Down Shadrach
Palmer Cox (1840–1924) – The Brownies series
John Coy – Night Driving, Crackback
Joe Craig – 'Jimmy Coates series
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 – Against The Day series
Kevin Crossley-Holland – Storm, The Seeing Stone
Catherine Crowe (1790–1872) – Pippie's Warning; or, Mind Your Temper
Gabriella Csire – Turpi series
Jane Louise Curry – The Abaloc series, Poor Tom's Ghost, The Egyptian Box, The Black Canary

D

Debbie Dadey – The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids
Roald Dahl (1916–1990) – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches, The BFG
Alice Dalgliesh (1893–1979) – The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, The Courage of Sarah Noble, The Silver Pencil
Annie Dalton – Agent Angel series, Afterdark series
Lucy Daniels – Animal Ark, Dolphin Diaries
Paula Danziger (1944–2004) – The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Amber Brown series
James Dashner – The 13th Reality series
Alan Davidson – Annabel books, Light, The Bewitching of Alison Allbright
Stephen Mark Davies – Sophie series
Lavinia R. Davis (1909–1961) – The Wild Birthday Cake
Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908) – Heart (Cuore)
Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987) – The Door in the Wall, Black Fox of Lorne, Bright April
Terry Deary – The Fire Thief, Master Crook's Crime Academy
Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) – Robinson Crusoe
Meindert DeJong (1906–1991) – The Wheel on the School, The House of Sixty Fathers
Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) – The Three Mulla Mulgars, Songs of Childhood, Peacock Pie, Collected Stories for Children
Silvana De Mari – The Last Dragon
Kate DiCamillo – 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
Peter Dickinson (born 1927) – The Changes trilogy, Tulku, City of Gold, Eva
Anne Digby – Trebizon series
Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008) – The Brave Little Toaster, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Tony DiTerlizzi – The Spiderwick Chronicles, Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles
Franklin W. Dixon (Stratemeyer house pseudonym from 1927) – The Hardy Boys series
Chris D'Lacey – The Fire Within series
Lynley Dodd – Hairy Maclary, Slinky Malinki
Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905) – Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Julia Donaldson – The Gruffalo, Monkey Puzzle, The Troll
Siobhan Dowd (1960–2007) – The London Eye Mystery, Bog Child
Debra Doyle – School of Wizardry, Knight's Wyrd
Roddy Doyle – Not Just for Christmas, Wilderness
Crescent Dragonwagon – Always, Always, Home Place, Half a Moon and One Whole Star
Diane Duane – So You Want to Be a Wizard
Tessa Duder – Alex series
William Pène du Bois (1916–1993) – The Twenty-One Balloons
Lois Duncan – 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

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
Martin Ebbertz – Little Mr. Jaromir
Dorothy Edwards (1914–1982) – The Magician Who Kept A Pub and other stories, My Naughty Little Sister
Julie Andrews Edwards – The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) – Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Michael Ende (1929–1995) – The Neverending Story, Momo, Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
Elizabeth Enright (1909–1968) – The Melendy series, Thimble Summer, Gone-Away Lake
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

John Meade Falkner (1858–1932) – Moonfleet
Walter Farley (1915–1989) – The Black Stallion series
Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965) – Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard, The Little Bookroom
Nancy Farmer – The House of the Scorpion, The Ear, the Eye and the Arm, A Girl Named Disaster
Penelope Farmer – Charlotte Sometimes, The Summer Birds, A Castle of Bone
G. E. Farrow (1862 – c. 1920) – The Wallypug of Why, The Little Panjandrum's Dodo
Eugene Field (1850–1895) – Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Anne Fine – The Tulip Touch, Madame Doubtfire, Flour Babies
Aileen Fisher (1906–2002) – We Alcotts, I Heard a Bluebird Sing
Catherine Fisher – The Snow-Walker, The Book of the Crow, The Oracle, Corbenic
John D. Fitzgerald (1906–1988) – The Great Brain series
Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974) – Harriet the Spy, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change
Marjorie Flack (1897–1958) – The Story of Ping, Angus and the Ducks
John Flanagan – Ranger's Apprentice series
Sid Fleischman – The Whipping Boy, By The Great Horn Spoon!
Ian Fleming (1908–1964) – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) – Johnny Tremain
Antonia Forest (1915–2003) – Autumn Term, Falconer's Lure and other Marlow Family books
Helen Fox – Eager series
Anne Frank (1929–1945) – The Diary of a Young Girl (or The Diary of Anne Frank)
Barbara C. Freeman – Two-Thumb Thomas, Timi, the Tale of a Griffin
Frieda Friedman – Dot for Short, Pat and Her Policeman, Carol from the Country
Cornelia Funke – The Thief Lord, Inkheart trilogy
Fynn – Mister God, This Is Anna

G

Jostein Gaarder – Sophie's World, The Christmas Mystery
Arkady Gaidar (1904–1941) – Timur and His Squad
Neil Gaiman (born 1960) – Coraline, The Graveyard Book
Paul Gallico (1997–1976) – 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) – Jack Holborn, The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris, The God Beneath the Sea
Alan Garner – 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
Anna Genover-Mas – The Grumpy Gardener
Jean Craighead George – My Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves
Charles Ghigna (born 1946) Father Goose
Patricia Reilly Giff – The Polk Street School series, Lily's Crossing, Pictures of Hollis Woods, Eleven, Storyteller
Fred Gipson (1908–1973) – Old Yeller
Rumer Godden (1907–1998) – The Doll's House, The Mousewife, The Diddakoi
Glenda Goertzen (born 1967) – The Prairie Dogs, City Dogs
Julia Golding – 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
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 – Little Nose stories
Nicholas Stuart Gray (1922–1981) – Grimbold's Other World, The Seventh Swan
Kate Greenaway (1846–1901) – Under the Window
John Green: Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars, Will Grayson, Will Grayson , Let It Snow
Graham Greene (1904–1991) – The Little Train, The Little Fire Engine, The Little Horse Bus, The Little Steamroller
Stacy Gregg – Pony Club Secrets series
Kristiana Gregory – Earthquake at Dawn, The Stowaway, Jenny of the Tetons
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 – Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer series
Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) – Raggedy Ann series

H

Maria Hack (1777–1844) – Winter Evenings, Harry Beaufoy, or, The Pupil of Nature
Margaret Peterson Haddix – Shadow Children series
Mark Haddon – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Agent Z series
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
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
Joel Chandler Harris (1845–1908) – Uncle Remus
Rosemary Harris – The Moon in the Cloud, A Quest for Orion, Zed
Lisi Harrison – The Clique series, Alpha series, Monster High books
Peter Härtling (born 1933) – Oma, Ben liebt Anna, Krücke
Juanita Havill – Jamaica series, Eyes Like Willy's
Charles Hawes – (1889–1923) The Dark Frigate, The Great Quest
Carol Hedges – Jigsaw, Spy Girl series
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
Karen Hesse (born 1952) – Out of the Dust, The Music of Dolphins
Carl Hiaasen – Hoot
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 – The Outsiders, That Was Then, This Is Now, Rumble Fish
Russell Hoban – The Mouse and His Child
Michael Hoeye – Hermux Tantamoq series
E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) – The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Mary Hoffman – Stravaganza series, Amazing Grace
Barbara Hofland (1770–1844) – The Blind Farmer and His Children, The Young Crusoe
Christophe Honoré – Tout contre Léo
Laura Lee Hope (Stratemeyer house pseudonym from 1904) – Bobbsey Twins series
Anthony Horowitz – Alex Rider series, The Diamond Brothers series, The Gatekeepers series
Hasan Hourani – Hassan Everywhere
Janni Howker – The Nature of the Beast, Badger on the Barge
Ted Hughes (1938–1998) – The Iron Man
Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) – Tom Brown's School Days
John Hulme – The Seems series
Irene Hunt (1907–2001) – Up a Road Slowly, The Lottery Rose
Erin Hunter – Warriors series, Seekers series
Norman Hunter (1899–1995) – Professor Branestawm series

I

Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010) – Which Witch?, The Secret of Platform 13, Journey to the River Sea
Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) – Mopsa the Fairy
Mick Inkpen – Kipper the Dog series, Wibbly Pig series
Koji Ishikawa – Colorful Animals Hide and Seek series
Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) – Little House on the Prairie and other Little House books
Washington Irving – short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", "Rip Van Winkle"
Theodor Illek (born 1984) – The Golden Key

J

Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916) – English Fairy Tales, Celtic Fairy Tales, European Folk and Fairy Tales
Grace James – John and Mary series, Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
James Janeway (1636–1674) – A Token For Children
Brian Jacques (1939–2011) – Redwall series, Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003) – If I Were a Grown-Up, Who Does This Kid Take After?
Tove Jansson (1914–2001) – Moomin series
Paul Jennings (born 1943) – Unreal!, Undone!, Unbelievable!, The Paw Thing, The Gizmo, Wicked series
W. E. Johns (1893–1968) – Biggles series
Marcia Thornton Jones (born 1958) – The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series, Ghostville Elementary series
Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) – Chrestomanci series, Howl's Moving Castle, Dogsbody
Jacqueline Jules (born 1956) – Zapato Power series, Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation
Norton Juster (born 1929) – The Phantom Tollbooth, The Hello, Goodbye Window
May Justus (1898–1989) – Gabby Gaffer, Luck for Little Lihu, New Boy in School

K

Joan Kahn (1914–1994) – "Ladies and Gentlemen," said the Ringmaster, Seesaw, You Can't Catch Me, Hi, Jock, Run Around the Block
Maira Kalman (born 1949) – Max Stravinsky (the 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 – The Divide trilogy
Annie Keary (1825–1879) – Heroes of Asgarth
Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983) – The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie, Goggles!
Carolyn Keene (Stratemeyer house pseudonym) – Nancy Drew mystery series
Charles Keeping – Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary
Harold Keith (1903–1998) – Rifles for Watie
Eric P. Kelly (1884–1960) – The Trumpeter of Krakow
Louise Andrews Kent (1886–1969) – He Went with ... historical novels
Judith Kerr – When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, The Tiger Who Came To Tea
P. B. Kerr – Children of the Lamp' series
Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836) – The Life and Perambulation of a Mouse
Garry Kilworth The Welkin Weasels
Clive King – Stig of the Dump
Dick King-Smith (1922–2011) – The Sheep-Pig, The Queen's Nose
Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) – The Water Babies
Jeff Kinney – Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) – Just So Stories, The Jungle Book, Puck of Pook's Hill
Annette Curtis Klause – Blood and Chocolate
Anne Knight (1792–1860)
E. L. Konigsburg (born 1930) – From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, The Second Mrs. Giaconda, Father's Arcane Daughter, The View from Saturday
Robin Koontz – In a Cabin in a Wood, Leaps and Creeps: How Animals Move to Survive
Conor Kostick – Epic, Saga, Edda, Move, The Book of Curses, The Book of Wishes
Erik P. Kraft – Chocolatina, Lenny and Mel series, Miracle Wimp
Ruth Krauss – The Carrot Seed
Uma Krishnaswami Naming Maya, Monsoon
Amy Krouse Rosenthal – Duck! Rabbit!
Joseph Krumgold (1908–1980) – ...And Now Miguel, Onion John

L

Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) – The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Derek Landy – Skulduggery Pleasant series
Andrew Lang (1844–1912) – The Blue Fairy Book, The Red Fairy Book and other Coloured Fairy Books collections
Noel Langley (1911–1980) – The Land of Green Ginger
Katherine Langrish – Troll Fell, Troll Mill, Troll Blood
Jane Langton – The Hall Family Chronicles series
Kirby Larson – The Magic Kerchief, Hattie Big Sky
Kathryn Lasky – Guardians of Ga'hoole series, The Night Journey
Caroline Lawrence – The Roman Mysteries
Michael Lawrence – 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"
Munro Leaf (1905–1976) – The Story of Ferdinand
Edward Lear (1812–1888) – "The Owl and the Pussycat", A Book of Nonsense
Dennis Lee – Alligator Pie
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Robert Leeson (born 1928) – The Third Class Genie, It's My Life
Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929) – Earthsea series, Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, Catwings series, Annals of the Western Shore series
Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) – A Wrinkle in Time, Meet the Austins
Peter Lerangis (born 1955) – 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 – Ella Enchanted, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, Fairest, Dave at Night, The Wish
Ted Lewin – Peppe the Lamplighter
C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) – The Chronicles of Narnia series
Hilda Lewis (1896–1974) – The Ship That Flew
J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942) – A Hippopotamusn't, Swan Song, The House
J. S. Lewis – Grey Griffins
Naomi Lewis – English translations of the works of Hans Christian Andersen
Suzanne Lieurance – Shoelaces (with Patrick Girouard)
Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) – Pippi Longstocking, Ronia the Robber's Daughter
Eric Linklater (1899–1974) – The Wind on the Moon, The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea
Penelope Lively – The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, A Stitch in Time
Hugh Lofting (1886–1947) – Doctor Dolittle series
Jack London (1876–1916) – The Call of the Wild, White Fang
Lois Lowry – Number the Stars, The Giver, Anastasia Krupnik series
Patricia Lynch (1898–1972) – The Turf-Cutter's Donkey, Brogeen series
Elinor Lyon (1921–2008) – The House in Hiding, Carver's Journey, Run Away Home

M

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
Reginald James MacGregor – The Young Detectives
D. J. MacHale – The Pendragon Adventure
Sandra Magsamen – The Gift
Margaret Mahy (1936–2012) – The Haunting, The Changeover, Maddigan's Fantasia, Memory
Hector Malot (1830–1907) – Nobody's Boy (Sans Famille)
Ruth Manning-Sanders (1888–1988) – A Book of Dragons and other anthologies of fairy tales from around the world (A Book of ... series)
Frederick Marryat (1792–1848) – The Children of the New Forest
John Marsden – Tomorrow series
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 – The Babysitters Club series
J. P. Martin (1880–1966) – Uncle 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 (Patapoufs et Filifers)
Mercer Mayer – Little Critter series, Little Monster series
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 – Merry Go Round in Oz
Robin McKinley – The Hero and the Crown, The Blue Sword, Spindle's End
Colin McNaughton – Captain Abdul's Pirate School
Karen McQuestion – Celia and the Fairies, Edgewood
Geoffrey McSkimming – Cairo Jim series
L. T. Meade (1854–1914) – A World of Girls
Milton Meltzer – The Black Americans, The American Revolutionaries, Mark Twain Himself
Richard Michelson – Animals That Ought to Be: Poems about Imaginary Pets, Across the Alley
Katherine Milhous (1894–1977) – The Egg Tree
A. A. Milne (1882–1956) – Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young
Olive Beaupre Miller (1883–1968) – My Book House' series
Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002) – Silver Brumby series
Walter Moers – The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear
Chris Monroe – Monkey with a Tool Belt, Sneaky Sheep
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) – Anne of Green Gables series, Emily of New Moon
Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863) – "A Visit From St. Nicholas"
John A. Moroso (1874–1957) – Nobody's Buddy
Michael Morpurgo – Why the Whales Came, The Wreck of the Zanzibar, Private Peaceful
Farley Mowat – Lost in the Barrens, Owls in the Family
Robert Muchamore – CHERUB series, Henderson's Boys series
Brandon Mull – Fablehaven series
Caryl Cude Mullin – A Riddle of Roses
Robert Munsch – Love You Forever, The Paper Bag Princess
Jill Murphy – The Worst Witch, The Last Noo-Noo
Andrew Murray – Ghost Rescue
Susan Musgrave – Gullband, Dreams Are More Real Than Bathtubs

N

Beverley Naidoo (born 1943) – Journey to Jo'berg, The Other Side of Truth
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
Božena Němcová (1820–1862) – Slovak Fairy Tales and Legends (Slovenské pohádky a pověsti)
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
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
Jenny Nimmo (born ?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
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 a pen name under which certain works of Grace May North were reprinted
Mary Norton (1903–1992) – The Borrowers series, Bedknob and Broomstick
Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) – The Secret of Pooduck Island, Daddy Fell into the Pond and Other Poems for Children

O

Graham Oakley (born 1929) – 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 – 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
Amit Offir (born 1978) – The Beetle that Wants to Be, Even Dragons Get Scared
Ian Ogilvy (born 1943) – Measle and the Wrathmonk, Measle and the Dragodon
Jenny Oldfield (born 1949) – My Magical Pony, Home Farm Twins, Horses of Half-Moon Ranch series
Carola Oman (1897–1978) – Ferry the Fearless
Kenneth Oppel (born 1967) – Silverwing series, Airborn
Pat O'Shea (1931–2007) – The Hounds of the Morrigan
Uri Orlev (born 1931) – The Island on Bird Street
Mary Pope Osborne (born 1949) – Magic Tree House series
Elsie J. Oxenham (1880–1960) – Abbey series

P

Lynde Palmer (see Mary Louise Peebles)
Christopher Paolini – Inheritance Cycle
Barbara Park – Skinnybones, Junie B. Jones series
Peter Parnall – Winter Barn, Apple Tree, Woodpile
Katherine Paterson (born 1932) – The Master Puppeteer, Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Jacob Have I Loved
James Patterson – Maximum Ride series, The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
Jill Paton Walsh – Gaffer Samson's Luck, The Emperor's Winding Sheet
Gary Paulsen – Hatchet, The Time Hackers
Michelle Paver – Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series
Philippa Pearce (1920–2006) – Tom's Midnight Garden
Ridley Pearson – Peter and the Starcatchers series, The Kingdom Keepers series
Howard Pease (1894–1974) – Secret Cargo, Highroad to Adventure, Bound for Singapore
Dale Peck – 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 – Eye of the Wolf (L'Œil du loup)
Lucy Fitch Perkins (1865–1937) – Twins series
Lynne Rae Perkins (born 1956) – Criss Cross, All Alone in the Universe
Charles Perrault (1628–1703) – Tales of Mother Goose, Little Red Riding Hood
Rodman Philbrick (born 1951) – Freak The Mighty, Max the Mighty, The Last Book in the Universe
Joan Phipson (1912–2003) – The Boundary Riders, The Family Conspiracy, Polly's Tiger
Tanwir Phool (born 1948) – Gulshan-e-Sukhan (Garden of Poetry) and Chiryaa, Titli, Phool
Pickles (pen name of Lisa Tolliver) & Cornbread - Experience the Alphabet!
Tamora Pierce (born 1954) – Tortall series, Circle of Magic series
Christopher Pike – Spooksville series
Dav Pilkey – Captain Underpants series
Daniel Pinkwater – The Big Orange Splot, The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Saviour Pirotta – The Orchard Book of First Greek Myths
Annabel Pitcher – My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece, Ketchup Clouds
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
Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920) – Pollyanna
Tracey Porter – Billy Creekmore
Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) – The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tailor of Gloucester
Ellen Potter – Olivia Kidney series
Rhoda Power (1890–1957) – Redcap Runs Away
Terry Pratchett – The Nome Trilogy, Johnny Maxwell series, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, Tiffany Aching series
Otfried Preussler (born 1923) – The Robber Hotzenplotz, The Curse of the Darkling Mill
Willard Price (1887–1983) – Amazon Adventure and sequels (Adventure series)
Elise Primavera – The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls
Alison Prince (born 1931) – My Royal Story
Josephine, Diana, and Christine Pullein-Thompson – Six Ponies, I Wanted a Pony, We Rode to the Sea and other Pony books
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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Gwynedd Rae (1892–1977) – Mary Plain series
Janette Rallison (born 1966) – Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List
Arthur Ransome (1884–1967) – Swallows and Amazons series
Marjorie Rawlings (1896–1953) – The Yearling
Wilson Rawls (1913–1984) – Where the Red Fern Grows, Summer of the Monkeys
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 – The Bailey Game, Witch Child, Pirates!
David Rees (1936–1993) – The Exeter Blitz, The Flying Island
Gwyneth Rees – The Mum Hunt, Fairy Dust series, Mermaid Magic
H. A. Rey (1898–1977) and Margret Rey (1906–1996) – Curious George series
Adam Rex – The True Meaning of Smekday, Cold Cereal, Fat Vampire, Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich
Lou Rhodes – The Phlunk, The Phlunk's Worldwide Symphony
Frank Richards (1876–1961) – Greyfriars School stories featuring Billy Bunter
Justin Richards – The Invisible Detective series
Chris Riddell – The Edge Chronicles, Barnaby Grimes
E. V. Rieu (1887–1972) – The Flattered Flying Fish and Other Poems
Rick Riordan – 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 – Henry Reed series
Hilary Robinson – Mixed Up Fairy Tales, The Princess's Secret Letters
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 – Fairy Realm series, Rowan of Rin series, Deltora Quest series
Don Roff (born 1966) – Scary Stories
Malcolm Rose – Traces series, Lawless and Tilley series
Simon Rose – 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
Diana Ross (1910–2000) – The Little Red Engine series
Miriam Roth (1910–2005) – A Tale of Five Balloons
Veronica Roth: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant
J. K. Rowling (born 1965) – Harry Potter series
Ron Roy – A to Z Mysteries, Capital Mysteries
Gillian Rubinstein – Space Demons, Galax-Arena
Salman Rushdie (born 1947) – Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Rachel Renee Russell – Dork Diaries
Chris Ryan – Alpha Force series
Pam Muñoz Ryan – Esperanza Rising, Becoming Naomi León

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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
Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) – Rootabaga Stories
Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) – Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947) – Beautiful Joe
Malcolm Saville (1901–1982) – Lone Pine Club series
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
Pam Scheunemann (born 1955) – Overdue Kangaroo, Ape Cape, The Crane Loves Grain
Miriam Schlein (1926–2004) – nearly 100 children's books about animals, space, time
Mark Schlichting – Harry and the Haunted House
Laura Amy Schlitz – Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854) – The Basket of Flowers, Easter Eggs
Alvin Schwartz (1927–1992) – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Michael Scott – The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series
Will Scott (1893–1964) – The Cherrys series
Laura Vaccaro Seeger – First the Egg, Green
Tor Seidler – 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
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
Mark Shasha (born 1961) – Night of the Moonjellies
Charles Green Shaw (1892–1974) – It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Mary Shelley (1797–1851) – Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot
Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851) – The History of Little Henry and his Bearer, The History of the Fairchild Family
Gary Shipman (born 1966) & Rhoda Shipman (born 1968) – Pakkins' Land
Mark Shulman (born 1962) – Scrawl, Mom and Dad are Palindromes, Secret Hiding Places
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born 1963) – Við viljum jólin í júlí (We Want Christmas in July)
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
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) – Stories for Children
Marilyn Singer (born 1948) – Turtle in July
Steve Skidmore – Outernet series
Obert Skye – Leven Thumps series
Dashka Slater – Baby Shoes, The Sea Serpent and Me, Dangerously Ever After
William Sleator (1945–2011) – Singularity, Rewind
Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982) – Carbonel series, Jessamy
Dodie Smith (1896–1990) – The Hundred and One Dalmatians
Edward Wyke Smith (1871–1935) – The Marvellous Land of Snergs
Roland Smith – Thunder Cave, Peak, Cryptid Hunters
Pat Smythe (1928–1996) – Three Jays series, Adventure Series
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 (born 1927) – The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid, The Witches of Worm
Donald J. Sobol (1924–2012) – Encyclopedia Brown series, Two-Minute Mysteries series
Ivan Southall (1921–2008) – Josh, Ash Road, Hills End, To the Wild Sky, Bread and Honey, Fly West
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
Jerry Spinelli – Loser, Stargirl, Maniac Magee, Crash, Wringer
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 – Mr Gum series
Dugald Steer – Ologies series
William Steig (1907–2003) – Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Doctor De Soto, Shrek!
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 – 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?
Margaret Storey – Timothy and the Two Witches, The Stone Sorcerer, Pauline
Walter Scott Story (1879–1955) – Skinny Harrison Adventurer
Todd Strasser – 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
Jonathan Stroud (born 1970) – The Bartimaeus Trilogy
Dorothy Margaret Stuart (1889–1963) – The Children's Chronicle, The Young Clavengers
Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992) – The Eagle of the Ninth, The Lantern Bearers, The Mark of the Horse Lord, Black Ships Before Troy
Julia Suzuki – Yoshiko and the Gift of Charms
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) – Gulliver's Travels

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Rajesh Talwar (born 1958) – The Three Greens
Colin Thiele (1920–2006) – Storm Boy, Blue Fin, Sun on the Stubble
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
H. E. Todd (1908–1988) – Bobby Brewster series
Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976) – Worzel Gummidge series
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) – The Hobbit
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
Sharon Tregenza (born 1951) – Tarantula Tide
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
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 – 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, Huckleberry Finn

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Tomi Ungerer- 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
Eduard Uspensky – Crocodile Gena and His Friends, Uncle Fyodor, His Dog and His Cat
Alison Uttley (1884–1976) – Little Grey Rabbit series, A Traveller in Time

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Rachel Vail – Wonder, Do-Over, The Friendship Ring series
Jenny Valentine – Finding Violet Park, Broken Soup
James Valitchka (born 1995) – Superheroes Don't Have Dads, Greater Expectations
Chris Van Allsburg – Jumanji, The Polar Express, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944) – The Story of Mankind (nonfiction)
Wendelin Van Draanen – Sammy Keyes series, Flipped
Shreekumar Varma – The Royal Rebel
Jules Verne (1828–1905) – Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea and other Voyages Extraordinaires
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 – 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 – The Troll King series
Anne de Vries (1904–1964) – Journey Through the Night

W

Bernard Waber (1921–2013) – The House on East 88th Street
Lea Wait – Stopping to Home, Wintering Well
Judy Waite – Mouse Look Out
Dorothy Wall (1894–1942) – Blinky Bill
Ivy Wallace (1915–2006) – Pookie series, The Animal Shelf series
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
Jennifer Ward – Way Out in the Desert
Ronald Welch (1909–1982) – The Gauntlet, Knight Crusader
H. G. Wells (1866–1946) – The Time Machine
Robert Westall (1929–1993) – The Machine Gunners, Fathom Five, The Scarecrows
Scott Westerfeld – 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
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
Keith White Jr. (born 1981) - Andrew and the Pirates and other "Color-With-Me" Adventure books
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
Maiya Williams – The Golden Hour
Margery Williams (1881–1944) – The Velveteen Rabbit, Poor Cecco, Winterbound
Ursula Moray Williams (1911–2006) – Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse, Gobbolino the Witch's Cat
Henry Williamson (1895–1977) – Tarka the Otter
Jacqueline Wilson – Girls in Love, Double Act, The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Illustrated Mum
Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer pseudonym from 1899) – Rover Boys series
Henry Winkler – Hank Zipzer series
Elizabeth Winthrop – The Castle in the Attic
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) – Original Stories from Real Life
Patricia Wrede – 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 – The Island of Fish in the Trees, The Happiness Flower
Johann David Wyss (1743–1818) – The Swiss Family Robinson

Y

Laurence Yep – The Golden Mountain Chronicles, Dragon series, Ribbons
Jane Yolen – Owl Moon, Commander Toad series, The Pit Dragon Trilogy, Wizard's Hall
Ed Young – Lon Po Po, Seven Blind Mice

Z

Paul Zindel (1936–2003) – The Pigman
Charlotte Zolotow – Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
Zheng Yuanjie – King of Fairy Tales

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