Natalie Babbitt
American writer and illustrator of children’s books
children’s
J. M. Barrie
Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan
L. Frank Baum
American author best known for his children’s books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels
Lloyd Alexander
American author of more than 40 books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults
Sherman Alexie
Spokane-Coeur d’Alene-Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker
David Almond
British author who has written many novels for children and young adults from 1998, each one receiving critical acclaim
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish author
Chinua Achebe
Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as the dominant figure of modern African literature
Richard Adams
English novelist and writer of the books Watership Down, Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs
Louisa May Alcott
American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo’s Boys . Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Alcott’s family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing