Maurice Sendak
American illustrator and writer of children’s books
children’s
Madeleine L’Engle
American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time
Ursula K. Le Guin
American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series
MacKinlay Kantor
American journalist, novelist and screenwriter
Crockett Johnson
Pen name of the American cartoonist and children’s book illustrator David Johnson Leisk
Norton Juster
American academic, architect, and writer
James Herriot
British veterinary surgeon and author
Russell Hoban
American expatriate writer
Kenneth Grahame
British writer born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Louise Fitzhugh
American writer and illustrator of children’s books, known best for the novel Harriet the Spy