Children's Literature

Children's Book Authors

• 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors
  Social Sciences/Humanities Reference PS490 .D74 1997 Biographical sketches and bibliographies.
  
  
• Children's Authors and Illustrators
  Social Sciences/Humanities Reference PS 490 .C5 1993
  Contains citations to biographies written about children's authors and illustrators.
  
  
• Children's Books and Their Creators
  Social Sciences/Humanities Reference Z 1037 C5424 1995
  Broad, encyclopedic treatment of 20th century children's literature. Includes biographical materials on authors and illustrators, critical overviews of selected works, and overviews of the history, issues, and genres in children's literature.


• Contemporary Authors
  K-State Libraries Computer Network
  Provides biographical information on modern authors (1960 to present).


• Dictionary of Literary Biography
  Social Sciences/Humanities Reference PN 451 D487
  Provides critical information about authors in general, not just children's authors. Entries include short interpretations of the author's important works and bibliographies of published criticism. Volumes 22, 42, 61, 141, 160, 161, and 163 concentrate on British and/or American children's writers.


• Kansas Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books
  Online - Provides biographical information about authors and illustrators of children's books who have lived in Kansas.


• Something About the Author
  Social Sciences/Humanities Reference PN 451 S6 vol. 1-52
  Lengthy essays (5 to 10 pages) about US, Canadian, and UK children's and young adult authors and illustrators. Illustrations and photographs abound. Indexed by illustrator and author.


• Tell Me More!
  Online - Information on the Web about Children's Authors & Illustrators, and their Books as collected by the David K. Brown of the Children's Literature Web Site.


• Twentieth-Century Children's Writers
  Social Sciences/Humanities Reference PN 1009 A1 T9 1995
  This source provides basic biographical information, a complete list of published works and critical essays about English-language authors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama for children.