Authors' websites
(and some illustrators', too)
(A-B) (C-D) (E-H) (I-L) (M-P) (Q-T)(U-Z)
Alma Flor Ada
C. S. Adler
David A. Adler- author of the Cam Jansen series and others.
R. W. Alley - illustrator
Caroline Arnold
David Almond - author of Skellig
Kathi Appelt - author of the Bubba and Beau picture books
Tedd Arnold
Jim Arnosky
Frank Asch
Laurie Halse Anderson - author of Fever 1793 (beautiful website)
Avi - winner of the Newbery medal for Crispin: Cross of Lead, also wrote the Poppy books, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and many others.
Amy Axelrod - author of the Pigs will be Pigs series
Jim Aylesworth
Lynne Reid Banks - author of The Indian in the Cupboard
T. A. Barron
Marion Dane Bauer - author of Runt
John Bellairs - author of The House with a Clock in its Walls; The Mummy, The Will and the Crypt; and others.
Stan and Jan Berenstain - authors of the Berenetain Bears books
Tom Birdseye
Robert J. Blake - author/illustrator of Togo and Akiak
Judy Blume - author of Superfudge, Freckle Juice, and many more.
Louise Borden
Sandra Boynton - author/illustrator
Jan Brett - author and illustrator of many picture books with hedgehogs in them!
Jeff Brown - author of Flat Stanley
Margaret Wise Brown - author of Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny
Nick Bruel - Author of Bad Kitty
Betsy Byars - Charlotte-born author
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Stephanie Calmenson
Alyssa Capucilli - author of the books about Biscuit, the puppy
Eric Carle- author and illustrator of many classics such as The Very Busy Caterpillar, etc.
Nancy Carlson - author of First Grade Here I Come
Lewis Carroll - author of Alice in Wonderland
Judith Casely
Eileen Christelow - author/illustrator of many great picture books - nice web site, too
Beverly Cleary- author of the Ramona series and many other books about kids.
Andrew Clements - author of Frindle, The Landry News and others.
Eoin Colfer - author of the Artemis Fowl series.
Vicki Cobb - great science-oriented (and fun) site
Maryann Cocca-Leffler - author-illustrator
Susan Cooper - author of high fantasy books for young people
Bruce Coville
Sharon Creech
Jamie Lee Curtis - author of some really great books for kids
Doug Cushman - author and illustrator of the Aunt Eater series and more
Dadey and Jones - authors of the Bailey School Kids series
Roald Dahl - author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, etc - VERY fun site
Cynthia DeFelice- author of both picture books and novels
Tomie DePaola -author and illustrator of many great books, including Strega Nona, winner of a Newbery honor award.
Ariane Dewey - author-illustrator
Kate DiCamillo - author of Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux and more
Tony DiTerlizzi - very imaginative author/illustrator
Arthur Dorros
Frances O'Roark Dowell - NC author of Dovey Coe and Chicken Boy
Crescent Dragonwagon
Kathleen Duey - author of a number of the American Diary series
Jeanne DuPrau - author of The City of Ember
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Michelle Edwards - author of Stinky Stern Forever
Ed Emberley - author-illustrator of many drawing books
John Erickson - author of the Hank the Cowdog series
Ann Fearrington - another NC author-illustrator
Walter Farley - author of The Black Stallion
Anne Fine - award-winning British author
Candace Fleming - author of The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary
Denise Fleming - beautiful site
Mem Fox
Marla Frazee - illustrator of Clementine and other books Cornelia Funke
 Neil Gaiman winner of 2009 Newbery Medal
Jack Gantos
Jean Craighead George - author of Julie of the Wolves
Kristine O. George - poet and author
Gail Gibbons
Jamie Gilson
Nikki Giovanni - poet and professor
Nikki Grimes - poet
Dan Gutman - author of the baseball card adventure series including Babe and Me
Margaret Peterson Haddix - author of Among the Hidden and many other titles
Michael Hague - illustrator
Bruce Hale - author of the Chet Gecko mystery series
Wendy Halperin - illustrator
Kevin Hawkes - Illustrator of Library Lion, Sidewalk Circus and several of Eve Ibbotson's books
Kevin Henkes - author and illustrator of Lily's Purple Plastic Purse, Chrysanthemum, Kitten's First Full Moon (Caldecott winner) and many others.
Eric Hill - author of the books about Spot the dog
Will Hillenbrand - author/illustrator
Anna Grossnickle Hines
Lillian Hoban - author of Bedtime for Frances
Will Hobbs
Mary Ann Hoberman - poet and author
Jennifer Holm - author of Our Only May Amelia and the Babymouse series
Deborah Hopkinson - author of Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Polly Horvath - author of Everything on a Waffle
Joyce Moyer Hostetter - NC author of Blue
Erin Hunter - site for the Warriors series
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Brian Jacques - author of the Redwall series
Susan Jeffers - illustrator of the books about McDuff the dog
Barbara Joose - author of Mama, Do You Love Me?
William Joyce - author/illustrator - fun web site
Maira Kalman- illustrator
Brian Karas - author/illustrator
Ezra Jack Keats - author/illustrator of The Snowy Day
Peg Kehret
Steven Kellogg
Helen Ketteman - author of Heat Wave! and Bubba the Cowboy Prince
Eric A. Kimmel - author of I took my Frog to the Library
Jeff Kinney - Author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jackie French Koller
Stephen Krensky
Beth Krommes-winner of 2009 Caldecott Medal
Kathleen Krull
Laura McGee Kvavnosky - author/illustrator, 2007 winner of the Geisel Medal
Kirby Larson - author of Hattie Big Sky
Kathryn Lasky
Loreen Leedy - author/illustrator and art quilter
Ursula K. LeGuin - author of The Wizard of Earthsea and many other fantasy books
Madeleine L'Engle - author of A Wrinkle in Time series
Betsy Lewin - illustrator of Click, Clack, Moo, Cows that Type
Ted Lewin - illustrator , Betsy Lewin's husband
E. B. Lewis - illlustrator and winner of the 2005 Caldecott medal
J. Patrick Lewis - author and poet
Janet Taylor Lisle - author of Afternoon of the Elves
Cynthia Lord - author of Rules
Lois Lowry - author of The Giver and Gooney Bird Greene
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David Macaulay - author of The Way Things Work
Bill Martin, Jr. - author of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Jacqueline Briggs Martin - author of Snowflake Bentley
Jean Marzollo - creator of I Spy books
Gerald McDermott - author/illustrator
Kate McMullan - author of I Stink!
Wendell Minor - illustrator
Pat Mora - author and winner of the Belpré Medal
Bernard Most
Robert Munsch - his official website
Beverly Naidoo - author of Journey to Jo'burg
Donna Jo Napoli
Kadir Nelson - illustrator and winner of the Coretta Scott King award in 2007
Leslea Newman- author of The Best Cat in the World
Jerdine Nolan - author of Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm
Laura Numeroff - author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Kevin O'Malley - author/illustrator
Kenneth Oppel - author of the Silverwing series, Airborn and more.
Mary Pope Osborne - author of the Magic Treehouse books.
Margie Palatini - author of The Three Silly Billies
Barbara Park - author of the Junie B. Jones series
Linda Sue Park - winner of the 2002 Newbery medal
Katherine Paterson - winner of two Newbery awards and many other honors, she is the author of Bridge to Terabithia, Jacob Have I Loved, The Same Stuff as Stars and others.
Gary Paulsen - author of Hatchet, his official site
Dav Pilkey - wrote the Captain Underpants and Ricky Ricotta series as well as several picture books.
Daniel Pinkwater
Lynn Plourde - author of School Picture Day
Patricia Polacco
Beatrix Potter - author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Jack Prelutsky - Wonderful poet, wonderful website
Phillip Pullman - author of the His Dark Materials series
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James Ransome - illustrator
Doreen Rappaport - author of Martin's Big Words
Peggy Rathmann
Faith Ringgold - author of Tar Beach
Lizzy Rockwell - author/illustrator
Michael Rosen
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter's creator
Nicole Rubel - author of the Rotten Ralph series
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Ron Roy - author of the A to Z mysteries
Robert Sabuda - Illustrator of some amazing pop-up books.
Louis Sachar - author of Holes, Wayside School is Falling Down and more.
Angie Sage - author of Septimus Heap series.
Barney Saltzberg - author of Crazy Hair Day
Robert D. San Souci - author of the Short and Shivery series, Cendrillon and many others
Elizabeth Sayles - illustrator
April Pulley Sayre - author of many natural history books for kids
Judy Schachner - author of the Skippyjon Jones series
Jon Scieszka - author of The Stinky Cheese Man and founder of Guys Read
Dr. Seuss - Seussville site
Shel Silverstein - the poet's official website
Seymour Simon
Peter Sís - author/illustrator of Starry Messenger
Joseph Slate - author of the Miss Bindergarten series
Lane Smith - illustrator of The Stinky Cheese Man and author/illustrator of John, Paul, George and Ben
Robert Kimmel Smith
Lemony Snicket - creator of the Series of Unfortunate Events books.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Chris Soentpiet - fabulous illustrator
Eileen Spinelli - author (and wife of Jerry Spinelli)
Jerry Spinelli - author and winner of the Newbery medal for Maniac Magee, he also wrote Wringer, The Library Card, Stargirl and more
Gary Soto
Judith St. George author of So You Want to Be President
Diane Stanley - award-winning author of outstanding biographies and other books
William Steig - author of Shrek, Sylverster and the Magic Pebble, Doctor DeSoto and more
Janet Stevens - illustrator of The Great Fuzz Frenzy and Epposumondas
Janet Morgan Stoeke - author of the Minerva Louise stories
Simms Taback - author/illustrator of Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Greg Tang - author of The Grapes of Math
Mike Thaler - author of The Teacher from the Black Lagoon
Jan Thornhill
Mark Twain - author of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Chris Van Allsburg - author/illustrator of Jumanji and The Polar Express
Wendelin Van Draanen - author of the Shredderman and Sammy Keyes books
Sally Warner - author/illustrator - fun site
Andrea Warren - author of Orphan Train Rider
Mélanie Watt - author of Chester and Scaredy Squirrel
Rosemary Wells - author/illustrator of the Max and Ruby books
Gloria Whelan - author of Homeless Bird
David Wiesner - 3-time winner of the Caldecott medal
Laura Ingalls Wilder - author of the Little House on the Prairie books
Deborah Wiles - author of Love, Ruby Lavender and Each Little Bird that Sings
Mo Willems - author of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Elizabeth Winthrop - author of The Castle in the Attic
Ashley Wolff - author/illustrator
Elvira Woodruff
Sharon Dennis Wyeth - author of Something Beautiful
Jane Yolen
Paul O. Zelinsky - Author/illustrator of Rapunzel
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Publisher websites with links to children's authors and books:
Kids @ Random (Random House)- has links to their sites for Junie B. Jones, Magic Tree House and other series.
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