Bibliograph

Something about the author, Lisa Kumar, project editor, Volume 286

Type

Label

Something about the author, Lisa Kumar, project editor, Volume 286

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Something about the author

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

918898281

Responsibility statement

Lisa Kumar, project editor

Series statement

Something about the author online

Summary

Provides illustrated biographical articles on authors and illustrators of works for children and young adults, ranging from established award winners to less prominent authors and illustrators whose works are just coming to be recognized, from past centuries through today. Covers such genres as picture books, humor, folk and fairy tales, mystery and adventure, science fiction and fantasy, historical fiction, poetry and nonsense verse, drama, biography, and nonfiction

Table Of Contents

Adi Alsaid -- Rona Arato -- Sue Bentley -- Nick Bland, 1973- -- Vivien Bowers, 1951- -- Dori Hillestad Butler, 1965- -- Cathy Camper, 1956- -- Jenny Capon -- Patricia Carlin -- Amelia Lau Carling, 1949- -- Gail Carriger -- Deborah Cooke -- Joy Cowley, 1936- -- Greg Cox, 1959- -- Niki Daly, 1946- -- Timothee de Fombelle, 1973- -- Narinder Dhami, 1958- -- David Drake, 1945- -- Kathleen Benner Duble, 1958- -- Scott Ely, 1944-2013 -- Patrick Faricy -- Ferdowsi, 940(?)-1020(?) -- Kersten Hamilton, 1958- -- Janice Hardy -- Barbara Hathaway -- Veera Hiranandani -- Minfong Ho, 1951- -- H. Joseph Hopkins -- David Huyck -- John Hornor Jacobs -- Erika Johansen -- Christianne C. Jones -- Jenny B. Jones, 1975- -- Derek Kirk Kim, 1974- -- Satoshi Kitamura, 1956- -- Sophie Littlefield -- Emery Lord -- William Mayne, 1928-2010 -- Sam McBratney, 1943- -- Marni McGee -- Laura Lane McNeal -- Susan Meyers, 1942- -- L.E. Modesitt, Jr., 1943- -- Sue Mongredien, 1970- -- Marissa Moss, 1959- -- S.D. Nelson -- Stacy A. Nyikos, 1969- -- Ellen Oh -- Erica Orloff -- Sara Palacios -- Milan Pavlovic -- Rodman Philbrick, 1951- -- Tom Pow, 1950- -- Queen Latifah, 1970- -- Colby Rodowsky, 1932- -- John Schoenherr, 1935-2010 -- Karen Schwabach -- Josepha Sherman, 1946-2012 -- Curtis Sittenfeld, 1975- -- Paul Stewart, 1955- -- Rumiko Takahashi, 1957- -- Kara Taylor, 1990- -- Colin Thompson, 1942- -- John A. Torres, 1965- -- Joan Frances Turner -- Vlasta Van Kampen, 1943- -- Ellis Weiner, 1950- -- Margaret Weis, 1948- -- Elizabeth Winthrop, 1948- -- William Wise, 1923- -- Ferida Wolff, 1946- -- Barbara Wright, 1951- -- Patricia Wrightson, 1921-2010 -- Kim Zarins -- Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, 1954-

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