children’s

Laura Ingalls Wilder

American writer, mostly known for the Little House on the Prairie series of children’s books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family.During the 1970s and early 1980s, the television series Little House on the Prairie was loosely based on the Little House books, and starred Melissa Gilbert as Laura and Michael Landon as her father, Charles Ingalls.

John Updike

American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic

Kay Thompson

American author, singer, vocal arranger, vocal coach, composer, musician, dancer, actress, and choreographer

J. R. R. Tolkien

English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, best known as the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

Leo Tolstoy

Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time

Roderick Townley

American author of juvenile, young adult, and adult books, including books of poetry, nonfiction, and literary criticism

Amy Tan

American author known for the novel The Joy Luck Club, which was adapted into a film of the same name in 1993 by director Wayne Wang

Peter Sis

Czech-born American illustrator and writer of children’s books.