- List of children's literature authors
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This is a list of notable children's literature authors and their most famous works. For a discussion of the criteria used to define something as a work of children's literature, see children's literature.
Contents A
- Verna Aardema (1911–2001) - Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
- Rafael Ábalos (born 1956) - Grimpow
- Joan Abelove (born 1945) - Go and Come Back
- Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
- Richard Adams (born 1920) - Watership Down
- C. S. Adler (born 1932) - Magic of the Glits, Ghost Brother
- Aesop (6th century BC) - Fables
- Joan Aiken (1924–2004) - The Wolves of Willoughby Chase series, Arabel and Mortimer series
- Vivien Alcock (1924–2003) - The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
- Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) - Little Women
- Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007) - The Chronicles of Prydain, Westmark series
- Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919) - The Young Trailers series, the Civil War series
- David Almond (born 1951) - Skellig, Heaven Eyes, Kit's Wilderness
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) - The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Princess and the Pea, Thumbelina
- K. A. Applegate (born 1956) - Animorphs, Remnants, Everworld series
- Victor Appleton - Tom Swift
- Philip Ardagh - Eddie Dickens series, Unlikely Exploits series
- Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979) - Tim All Alone, Tim and the Brave Sea Captain
- Laura Adams Armer (1874–1963) - Waterless Mountain
- William H. Armstrong (1914–1999) - Sounder
- Tedd Arnold (born 1949) - No Jumping on the Bed! , Parts
- Frank Asch (born 1946) - I Can Blink, Happy Birthday Moon
- Martin Auer (born 1951) - Now, Now, Markus, The Blue Boy
- Harold Avery (1869–1943) - The Triple Alliance, Play the Game
- Avi (born 1937) - Crispin: The Cross of Lead, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
- Christopher Awdry (born 1940) - The Railway Series Nos. 27-40 Thomas the Tank Engine stories
- Wilbert Awdry (1911–1997) - The Railway Series Nos. 1-26 Thomas the Tank Engine stories
B
- Natalie Babbitt (born 1932) - Tuck Everlasting, Knee-Knock Rise, The Search for Delicious
- Maria Baciu (born 1942) - Ghetuţele copilăriei
- Enid Bagnold (1889–1981) - National Velvet
- Bob Balaban (born 1945) - McGrowl series
- R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894) - The Coral Island
- Blue Balliett (born 1955) - Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3, The Calder Game
- Lynne Reid Banks (born 1929) - The Indian in the Cupboard series
- Helen Bannerman (1862–1946) - Little Black Sambo
- Clive Barker (born 1952) - The Thief of Always
- Jill Barklem (born 1951) - Brambly Hedge
- Steve Barlow - Outernet series
- Kitty Barne (1883–1961) - She Shall Have Music, Family Footlights, Visitors from London, Rosina Copper
- J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) - Peter Pan
- T. A. Barron (born 1952) - The Lost Years of Merlin series
- Dave Barry (born 1949) - Peter and the Starcatchers series
- Margaret Stuart Barry (born 1958) - Simon and the Witch
- Graeme Base (born 1958) - Animalia
- L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz series
- Hans Baumann (1914–1988) - Sons of the Steppe, I Marched with Hannibal
- Nina Bawden (born 1925) - Carrie's War, The Witch's Daughter, The Peppermint Pig
- Dale E. Basye - Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go
- "BB" (D. J. Watkins-Pitchford) (1905–1990) - The Little Grey Men, Down the Bright Stream, Bill Badger and the Pirates
- Jerome Beatty Jr (1916–2002) - The Matthew Looney space series
- Frank Beddor - The Looking Glass Wars series
- John Bellairs (1938–1991) - The House with a Clock in Its Walls
- Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) - Cautionary Tales for Children, The Bad Child's Book of Beasts, More Beasts for Worse Children
- Derek Benz (born 1971) - Grey Griffins
- Berechiah ha-Nakdan (12th–13th century) - Mishle Shualim, Fables of a Jewish Aesop
- Stan and Jan Berenstain (1923–2005 & born 1923) - The Berenstain Bears series
- Elisabeth Beresford (born 1928) - The Wombles
- Paul Berna (1908–1994) - A Hundred Million Francs, The Street Musician, Flood Warning
- Luc Besson (born 1958) - Arthur and the Minimoys series
- John Bibee - The Spirit Flyer series
- Margaret Biggs - Melling School series
- Franny Billingsley - Well Wished, Big Bad Bunny
- Claire Huchet Bishop (1899–1993) - The Five Chinese Brothers, All Alone, The Big Loop
- Holly Black (born 1971) - The Spiderwick Chronicles, Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, Tithe, Valiant
- Malorie Blackman (born 1962) - The Noughts & Crosses series
- Judy Blume (born 1938) - Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, Fudge series
- Enid Blyton (1897–1968) - The Noddy books, The Famous Five series, The Secret Seven series, The Magic Faraway Tree series
- Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born 1948) - The Little Vampire series
- Michael Bond (born 1926) - The Paddington Bear series
- Nancy Bond - A String in the Harp
- Ruskin Bond - The Room on the Roof, The Blue Umbrella
- Lucy M. Boston - The Green Knowe series
- Chris Bradford (born 1974) - The Young Samurai series
- Tony Bradman (born 1954) - The Dilly the Dinosaur series
- Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956) - The Dragon and the Thief, The Land of Gold, Beyond the North Wind
- Christianna Brand (1907–1988) - The Nurse Matilda series (adapted as Nanny McPhee)
- Ann Brashares (born 1967) - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series
- Angela Brazil (1868–1947) - The Nicest Girl in the School, For the Sake of the School, The Jolliest Term on Record
- Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969) - The Chalet School series
- Jan Brett (born 1949) - Trouble with Trolls
- Thomas Brezina (born 1963) - The Knickerbocker Gang
- Rae Bridgman - The MiddleGate Books: The Serpent's Spell, Amber Ambrosia, Fish & Sphinx
- Robert Bright (1902–1988) - Georgie
- Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003) - Pastures of the Blue Crane, Longtime Dreaming
- Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938) - The Marvellous Adventures and Misadventures of Hlapić the Apprentice, Tales of Long Ago
- Lauren Brooke - Heartland series, Chestnut Hill series
- Walter R. Brooks (1886–1958) - The Freddy the Pig series
- Marc Brown (born 1946) - Arthur
- Marcia Brown (born 1918) - Puss in Boots
- Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952) - Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny
- Frances Browne (1816–1879) - Granny's Wonderful Chair
- Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937) - The Story of Babar
- Jan Brzechwa (1900–1966) - The Pan Kleks series, & many poems for children
- Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004) - The Jennings school stories
- Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832) - Always Happy!!: Or, Anecdotes of Felix and his Sister Serena. A Tale (1814)
- Eve Bunting (born 1928) - Smoky Night
- John Bunyan (1628–1688) - Pilgrim's Progress
- Della Burford - Journey to Dodoland, Magical Earth Secrets, Miracle Galaxy
- Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) - A Long Trip to Tea Time, The Land Where the Ice Cream Grows
- Thornton Burgess (1874–1965) - The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse, Old Mother West Wind
- Doris Burn - Andrew Henry's Meadow, The Summerfolk
- Sheila Burnford - The Incredible Journey
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) - A Little Princess, Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Secret Garden
- Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968) - The Little House, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
- A. J. Butcher - The Spy High series
- Betsy Byars - Summer of the Swans, Cracker Jackson
- Georgia Byng - Molly Moon series
C
- Meg Cabot - The Princess Diaries
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958) - Understood Betsy
- William Cardell (1780–1828) - The Story of Jack Halyard, the Sailor Boy
- Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909) - Not Like Other Girls, Heriot's Choice
- Eric Carle (born 1929) - The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider
- Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass
- Peter Carter (1929-1999) - The Sentinels, Children of the Book, Borderlands
- Charles, Prince of Wales (born 1948) - The Old Man of Lochnagar
- Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343–1400) - Chanticleer and the Fox (from The Canterbury Tales)
- Lauren Child - Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean series
- John Christopher (born 1922) - The Prince in Waiting series, The Tripods trilogy
- Matt Christopher (1917–1997) - Wild Pitch, The Kid Who Only Hit Homers, Tough to Tackle
- Pauline Clarke - The Twelve and the Genii
- Beverly Cleary - Ramona Quimby series
- Andrew Clements - Frindle, A Week in the Woods
- Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl series
- Suzanne Collins - The Underland Chronicles, The Hunger Games trilogy
- Carlo Collodi (1826–1890) - The Adventures of Pinocchio
- John Amos Comenius (1592–1670) - Orbis Sesualim Pictis Picture Book
- Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925) - Molly the Drummer Boy, Janet of the Dunes
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) - The Lost World
- Jane Leslie Conly - Racso and the Rats of NIMH, R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH, Crazy Lady!
- Susan Coolidge (1835–1905) - What Katy Did series
- Barbara Cooney (1917–2000) - Chanticleer and the Fox, Miss Rumphius
- Susan Cooper - The Dark Is Rising series, The Boggart
- Esther Copley (1786-1851) - Early Friendships
- Zizou Corder - Lionboy series
- William Corlett (1938–2005) - The Magician's House series
- Rachel Cosgrove - The Hidden Valley of Oz
- John Cotton (1585–1652) - Milk for Babes catechism
- Bruce Coville - Space Brat, My Teacher is an Alien, Aliens Ate My Homework, The Unicorn Chronicles, Magic Shop series
- Joy Cowley - The Silent One, Bow Down Shadrach
- Palmer Cox (1840–1924) - The Brownies series
- John Coy - Night Driving, Crackback
- Joe Craig - The Jimmy Coates series
- Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons, Heartbeat
- Helen Cresswell (1934–2005) - The Bagthorpe Saga
- Richmal Crompton (1890–1969) - Just William
- Michael Cronin - Against The Day series
- Kevin Crossley-Holland - Storm, The Seeing Stone
- Catherine Crowe (1790-1872) - Pippie's Warning; or, Mind Your Temper
- Gabriella Csire - Turpi series
- Jane Louise Curry - The Abaloc series, Poor Tom's Ghost, The Egyptian Box, The Black Canary
D
- Debbie Dadey - The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids
- Roald Dahl (1916–1990) - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches, The BFG
- Annie Dalton - Agent Angel series, Afterdark series
- Lucy Daniels - Animal Ark, Dolphin Diaries
- Paula Danziger (1944–2004) - The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Amber Brown series
- James Dashner - The 13th Reality series
- Alan Davidson - The Annabel books, Light, The Bewitching of Alison Allbright
- Stephen Mark Davies - The Sophie series
- Lavinia R. Davis (1909–1961) - The Wild Birthday Cake
- Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908) - Heart (Cuore)
- Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987) - The Door in the Wall, Black Fox of Lorne, Bright April
- Terry Deary - The Fire Thief, Master Crook’s Crime Academy
- Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) - Robinson Crusoe
- Meindert DeJong (1906–1991) - The Wheel on the School, The House of Sixty Fathers
- Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) - The Three Mulla Mulgars, Songs of Childhood, Peacock Pie
- Dianne de Las Casas - The Cajun Cornbread Boy, There's a Dragon in the Library, The House That Witchy Built
- Silvana De Mari - The Last Dragon
- Kate DiCamillo - Because of Winn Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- Charles Dickens (1812–1870) - A Christmas Carol
- Peter Dickinson - The Changes trilogy, Tulku, City of Gold
- Anne Digby - Trebizon series
- Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008) - The Brave Little Toaster, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
- Tony DiTerlizzi - The Spiderwick Chronicles, Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles
- Franklin W. Dixon - The Hardy Boys series
- Chris D'Lacey - The Fire Within series
- Lynley Dodd - Hairy Maclary, Slinky Malinki
- Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905) - Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
- Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo, Monkey Puzzle, The Troll
- Siobhan Dowd (1960–2007) - The London Eye Mystery, Bog Child
- Debra Doyle - School of Wizardry, Knight's Wyrd
- Crescent Dragonwagon - Always, Always, Home Place, Half a Moon and One Whole Star
- Diane Duane - So You Want to Be a Wizard
- Tessa Duder - The Alex series
- William Pène du Bois (1916–1993) - The Twenty-One Balloons
- Lois Duncan - I Know What You Did Last Summer, A Gift of Magic
- Jeanne DuPrau - The Books of Ember series
E
- Edward Eager (1911–1964) - Half Magic, Magic by the Lake, Knight's Castle, The Time Garden, The Well-Wishers, Magic or Not, Seven-Day Magic
- Martin Ebbertz - Little Mr. Jaromir
- Dorothy Edwards (1914–1982) - The Magician Who Kept A Pub and other stories, My Naughty Little Sister
- Julie Andrews Edwards - The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
- T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) - Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
- Joy Emery (born 1952) - The Children from under the Ice and Santa's Present
- Michael Ende (1929–1995) - The Neverending Story, Momo, Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
- Elizabeth Enright (1909–1968) - The Melendy series, Thimble Summer, Gone-Away Lake
- Eleanor Estes (1908–1988) - The Moffats, Rufus M., The Hundred Dresses, Ginger Pye
- Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841–1885) - A Flat Iron for a Farthing, The Story of a Short Life
F
- John Meade Falkner (1858–1932) - Moonfleet
- Walter Farley (1915–1989) - The Black Stallion series
- Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965) - Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard, The Little Bookroom
- Nancy Farmer - The House of the Scorpion, The Ear, the Eye and the Arm, A Girl Named Disaster
- Penelope Farmer - Charlotte Sometimes, The Summer Birds, A Castle of Bone
- G. E. Farrow (1866?-1920?) - The Wallypug of Why, The Little Panjandrum's Dodo
- Eugene Field (1850–1895) - Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
- Anne Fine - The Tulip Touch, Madame Doubtfire, Flour Babies
- Catherine Fisher - The Snow-Walker, The Book of the Crow, The Oracle, Corbenic
- John D. Fitzgerald (1906–1988) - The Great Brain series
- Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974) - Harriet the Spy, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change
- Marjorie Flack (1897–1958) - The Story of Ping, Angus and the Ducks
- John Flanagan - Ranger's Apprentice series
- Sid Fleischman - The Whipping Boy, By The Great Horn Spoon!
- Ian Fleming (1908–1964) - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Esther Forbes (1891–1967) - Johnny Tremain
- Antonia Forest (1915–2003) - Autumn Term, Falconer's Lure & others in the Marlow Family series
- Helen Fox - Eager series
- Anne Frank (1929–1945) - The Diary of a Young Girl
- Barbara C. Freeman - Two-Thumb Thomas, Timi, the Tale of a Griffin
- Frieda Friedman - Dot for Short, Pat and Her Policeman, Carol from the Country
- Cornelia Funke - The Thief Lord, Inkworld trilogy
- Fynn - Mister God, This Is Anna
G
- Jostein Gaarder - Sophie's World, The Christmas Mystery
- Arkady Gaidar (1904–1941) - Timur and His Squad
- Neil Gaiman - Coraline, The Graveyard Book
- Paul Gallico (1997–1976) - The Snow Goose; Jennie
- Sally Gardner - The Countess's Calamity, I, Coriander, The Red Necklace
- Leon Garfield (1921–1996) - Jack Holborn, The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris, The God Beneath the Sea
- Alan Garner - The Owl Service, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath, Elidor, Red Shift, The Stone Book Quartet
- Eve Garnett (1900–1991) - The Family from One End Street
- Doris Gates (1901–1987) - Blue Willow
- Anna Genover-Mas - The Grumpy Gardener
- Jean Craighead George - My Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves
- Charles Ghigna (born 1946) Father Goose
- Fred Gipson (1908–1973) - Old Yeller
- Rumer Godden (1907–1998) - The Doll's House, The Mousewife, The Diddakoi
- Glenda Goertzen (born 1967) - The Prairie Dogs, City Dogs
- Julia Golding - The Diamond of Drury Lane, Secret of the Sirens
- Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774) - The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes
- Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984) - The Little White Horse, Linnets and Valerians
- Harry Graham (1874–1936) - Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes
- Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932) - The Wind in the Willows
- Hardie Gramatky (1907–1979) - Little Toot
- John Grant - Little Nose stories
- Nicholas Stuart Gray (1922–1981) - Grimbold's Other World, The Seventh Swan
- Kate Greenaway (1846–1901) - Under the Window
- Graham Greene (1904–1991) - The Little Train, The Little Fire Engine, The Little Horse Bus, The Little Steamroller
- Stacy Gregg - Pony Club Secrets series
- Kristiana Gregory - Earthquake at Dawn, The Stowaway, Jenny of the Tetons
- Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859) Grimm - Grimm's Fairy Tales
- Maria Gripe (1923–2007) - Hugo and Josephine, In the Time of the Bells, Elvis and His Secret
- Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) - Raggedy Ann series
H
- Maria Hack (1777–1844) - Winter Evenings, Harry Beaufoy, or, The Pupil of Nature
- Margaret Peterson Haddix - Shadow Children sequence
- Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Agent Z series
- Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002) - M. C. Higgins the Great
- Leif Hamre (1914–2007) - Otter Three Two Calling, Contact Lost, Blue Two...Bale Out
- H. Irving Hancock (c.1866–1922) - The High School Boys series, the West Point series, the Young Engineers series
- Roger Hargreaves (1935–1988) - The Mr. Men and Little Miss series
- Cynthia Harnett (1893–1981) - The Wool-Pack, The Load of Unicorn, The Writing on the Hearth
- Joel Chandler Harris (1845–1908) - Uncle Remus
- Rosemary Harris - The Moon in the Cloud, A Quest for Orion, Zed
- Lisi Harrison - The Clique series, Alpha series, Monster High series
- Peter Härtling (born 1933) - Oma, Ben liebt Anna, Krücke
- Juanita Havill - The Jamaica series, Eyes Like Willy's
- Charles Hawes - (1889–1923) The Dark Frigate, The Great Quest
- Carol Hedges - Jigsaw, Spy Girl series
- Zenna Henderson (1917–1983) - Ingathering: The Complete People Stories
- Marguerite Henry (1902–1997) - King of the Wind, Misty of Chincoteague
- G. A. Henty (1832–1902) - Out on the Pampas, The Young Buglers, The Cat of Bubastes, With Lee in Virginia, Beric the Briton
- James Herriot (1916–1995) - All Creatures Great and Small
- Karen Hesse (born 1952) - Out of the Dust, The Music of Dolphins
- Carl Hiaasen - Hoot
- E.W. Hildick (1925–2001) - Jack McGurk mysteries, Jim Starling series
- Lorna Hill (1902–1991) - A Dream of Sadler's Wells
- Nigel Hinton (born 1941) - Buddy, Beaver Towers
- S.E. Hinton - The Outsiders, That Was Then, This Is Now, Rumble Fish
- Russell Hoban - The Mouse and His Child
- Michael Hoeye - Hermux Tantamoq series
- Mary Hoffman - Stravaganza series, Amazing Grace
- Barbara Hofland (1770–1844) - The Blind Farmer and His Children, The Young Crusoe
- Christophe Honoré - Tout contre Léo
- Anthony Horowitz - Alex Rider series, The Diamond Brothers series, The Gatekeepers series
- Hasan Hourani - Hassan Everywhere
- Janni Howker - The Nature of the Beast, Badger on the Barge
- Ted Hughes (1938–1998) - The Iron Man
- Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) - Tom Brown's School Days
- John Hulme - The Seems series
- Irene Hunt (1907–2001) - Up a Road Slowly, The Lottery Rose
- Erin Hunter - The Warriors series, the Seekers series
- Norman Hunter (1899–1995) - The Professor Branestawm series
I
- Eva Ibbotson - Which Witch?, The Secret of Platform 13, Journey to the River Sea
- Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) - Mopsa the Fairy
- Mick Inkpen - Kipper the Dog series, Wibbly Pig series
- Koji Ishikawa - The Colorful Animals Hide and Seek series
- Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) - The Little House series
- Washington Irving - Rip Van Winkle And Other Stories
J
- Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916) - English Fairy Tales, Celtic Fairy Tales, European Folk and Fairy Tales
- Grace James - The John and Mary series, Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
- James Janeway (1636–1674) - A Token For Children
- Brian Jacques - The Redwall series, Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
- Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003) – If I Were a Grown-Up, Who Does This Kid Take After?
- Tove Jansson (1914–2001) - The Moomin books
- Paul Jennings - Unreal!, Undone!, Unbelievable!, The Paw Thing, The Gizmo, Wicked series
- W. E. Johns (1893–1968) - The Biggles series
- Marcia Thornton Jones - The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, Ghostville Elementary series
- Diana Wynne Jones (born 1934) - The Chrestomanci series, Howl's Moving Castle, Dogsbody
- Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth, The Hello, Goodbye Window
K
- Maira Kalman (born 1949) - series on Max Stravinsky, the poet-dog
- Ulrich Karger (born 1957) - The Scary Sleepover
- Jan Karon (born 1937) - Miss Fannie's Hat
- Erich Kästner (1899–1974) - Emil and the Detectives, Lottie and Lisa, The Flying Classroom
- Elizabeth Kay - The Divide trilogy
- Annie Keary (1825-1879) - Heroes of Asgarth
- Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983) - The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie, Goggles!
- Carolyn Keene - The Nancy Drew mystery series
- Charles Keeping - Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary
- Harold Keith (1903–1998) - Rifles for Watie
- Eric P. Kelly (1884–1960) - The Trumpeter of Krakow
- Louise Andrews Kent (1886–1969) - The He went with... series of historical novels
- Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, The Tiger Who Came To Tea
- P. B. Kerr - Children of the Lamp series
- Dorothy Kilner (1755-1836) - The Life and Perambulation of a Mouse
- Clive King - Stig of the Dump
- Dick King-Smith - The Sheep-Pig, The Queen's Nose
- Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) - The Water Babies
- Jeff Kinney - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) - Just So Stories, The Jungle Book, Puck of Pook's Hill
- Annette Curtis Klause - Blood and Chocolate
- Anne Knight (1792-1860)
- E. L. Konigsburg - From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, The View from Saturday
- Conor Kostick - Epic, Saga
- Erik P. Kraft - Chocolatina, Lenny and Mel series, Miracle Wimp
- Uma Krishnaswami Naming Maya, Monsoon
- Amy Krouse Rosenthal - Duck! Rabbit!
- Joseph Krumgold (1908–1980) - ...And Now Miguel, Onion John
L
- Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) - The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
- Andrew Lang (1844–1912) - The Blue Fairy Book, The Red Fairy Book and others
- Noel Langley (1911–1980) - The Land of Green Ginger
- Katherine Langrish - Troll Fell, Troll Mill, Troll Blood
- Jane Langton - The Hall Family Chronicles series
- Kirby Larson - The Magic Kerchief, Hattie Big Sky
- Kathryn Lasky - Guardians of Ga'hoole series, The Night Journey
- Caroline Lawrence - The Roman Mysteries
- Michael Lawrence - The Jiggy McCue series, Young Dracula, The Aldous Lexicon
- Robert Lawson (1892–1957) - Rabbit Hill, Ben and Me, They Were Strong and Good
- Ervin Lázár (1936–2006) – "The Seven Headed Fairy", "The Little Boy and the Lions", "The Square Round Wood"
- Munro Leaf (1905–1976) - The Story of Ferdinand
- Edward Lear (1812–1888) - "The Owl and the Pussycat", A Book of Nonsense
- Dennis Lee - Alligator Pie
- Robert Leeson (born 1928) - The Third Class Genie, It's My Life
- Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929) - A Wizard of Earthsea, Catwings, Gifts, Very Far Away From Anywhere Else
- Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) - A Wrinkle in Time, Meet the Austins
- Peter Lerangis (born 1955) - Spy X series, Abracadabra series, The 39 Clues: The Sword Thief & The Viper's Nest
- Helen Lester (born 1936) - Tacky the Penguin
- Gail Carson Levine - Ella Enchanted, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, Fairest, Dave at Night, The Wish
- Ted Lewin - Peppe the Lamplighter
- C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) - The Chronicles of Narnia
- Hilda Lewis (1896–1974) - The Ship That Flew
- J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942) - A Hippopotamusn't, Swan Song, The House
- J. S. Lewis - Grey Griffins
- Naomi Lewis - Translations into English of works by Hans Christian Andersen
- Suzanne Lieurance - Shoelaces (with Patrick Girouard)
- Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) - Pippi Longstocking, Ronia the Robber's Daughter
- Eric Linklater (1899–1974) - The Wind on the Moon, The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea
- Penelope Lively - The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, A Stitch in Time
- Hugh Lofting (1886–1947) - Doctor Dolittle series
- Jack London (1876–1916) - The Call of the Wild, White Fang
- Lois Lowry - Number the Stars, The Giver, Anastasia series
- Patricia Lynch (1898–1972) - The Turf-Cutter's Donkey, the Brogeen series
- Elinor Lyon (1921–2008) - The House in Hiding, Carver's Journey, Run Away Home
M
- Amy MacDonald (born 1951) - Little Beaver and the Echo, Rachel Fister's Blister
- Betty MacDonald (1908–1958) - The Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series
- George Macdonald (1824–1905) - At the Back of the North Wind, The Princess and the Goblin
- Reginald James MacGregor- The Young Detectives
- D. J. MacHale - The Pendragon Adventure
- Sandra Magsamen - The Gift
- Margaret Mahy - The Haunting, The Changeover, Maddigan's Fantasia
- Hector Malot (1830–1907) - Nobody's Boy (Sans Famille)
- Ruth Manning-Sanders (1888–1988) - A Book of Dragons, and other anthologies of fairy tales from around the world
- Frederick Marryat (1792–1848) - The Children of the New Forest
- John Marsden - The Tomorrow series
- James (1942–1992) & Edward Marshall - Fox in Love, Fox and His Friends, Fox on Wheels
- Ann M. Martin - The Babysitters Club series
- J. P. Martin (1880–1966) - The Uncle series
- John Masefield (1878–1967) - The Midnight Folk, The Box of Delights
- Cotton Mather (1663–1728) - A Token for the Children of New England
- André Maurois (1885–1967) - Fattypuffs and Thinifers (Patapoufs et Filifers)
- Mercer Mayer - The Little Critter and Little Monster series
- William Mayne (1928-2010) - A Swarm in May, A Grass Rope, Earthfasts, Low Tide
- Geraldine McCaughrean - Peter Pan in Scarlet, A Pack of Lies
- Robert McCloskey (1914–2003) - Make Way for Ducklings, Time of Wonder, Blueberries for Sal
- Eloise McGraw (1915–2000) - The Golden Goblet, The Moorchild, The Rundelstone of Oz
- Lauren Lynn McGraw - Merry Go Round in Oz
- Sophie McKenzie - Girl, Missing
- Robin McKinley - The Hero and the Crown, The Blue Sword, Spindle's End
- Colin McNaughton - Captain Abdul's Pirate School
- Geoffrey McSkimming - The Cairo Jim series
- L. T. Meade (1854–1914) - A World of Girls
- Milton Meltzer - The Black Americans, The American Revolutionaries, Mark Twain Himself
- Richard Michelson - Animals That Ought to Be: Poems about Imaginary Pets, Across the Alley
- Michael Milburn - If I Was a Turtle
- A. A. Milne (1882–1956) - Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young
- Olive Beaupre Miller (1883–1968) - My Book House series
- Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002) - The Silver Brumby series
- Walter Moers - The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear
- Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) - Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon
- Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863) - A Visit From St. Nicholas
- John A. Moroso (1874–1957) - Nobody's Buddy
- Michael Morpurgo - Why the Whales Came, The Wreck of the Zanzibar, Private Peaceful
- Farley Mowat - Lost in the Barrens, Owls in the Family
- Robert Muchamore - CHERUB Series, Henderson's Boys Series
- Brandon Mull - Fablehaven series
- Caryl Cude Mullin - A Riddle of Roses
- Robert Munsch - Love You Forever, The Paper Bag Princess
- Jill Murphy - The Worst Witch, The Last Noo-Noo
- Andrew Murray - Ghost Rescue
- Susan Musgrave - Gullband, Dreams Are More Real Than Bathtubs
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- Beverley Naidoo: Journey to Jo'berg, The Other Side of Truth
- Violet Needham (1876–1967) - The Black Riders, The Stormy Petrel, The Woods of Windri
- John R. Neill - The Wonder City of Oz, The Scalawagons of Oz, Lucky Bucky in Oz
- Božena Němcová (1820–1862) - Slovak Fairy Tales and Legends (Slovenské pohádky a pověsti)
- Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) - The Railway Children, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet
- John Newbery (1713–1767) - A Little Pretty Pocket-Book Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Molly
- Jenny Nimmo - The Snow Spider, the Children of the Red King series
- Garth Nix - The Old Kingdom series, The Keys to the Kingdom series, The Seventh Tower series
- Joan Lowery Nixon (1927–2003) - The Colonial Williamsburg series, the Orphan Train series
- Andrew Norriss - Aquila, The Unluckiest Boy in the World
- Jessica Nelson North (1891–1888) - The Giant Shoe
- Sterling North (1906–1974) - Rascal, The Wolfing
- Mary Norton (1903–1992) - The Borrowers series, Bedknob and Broomstick
- Alfred Noyes (1880-1958) - The Secret of Pooduck Island, Daddy Fell into the Pond and Other Poems for Children
O
- Graham Oakley - The Church Mice series, Magical Changes
- Robert C. O'Brien (1918–1973) - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Z for Zachariah
- Jane O'Connor - Fancy Nancy
- Scott O'Dell (1898–1989) - Island of the Blue Dolphins, The King's Fifth, The Black Pearl
- Charles Ogden - Edgar and Ellen series
- Ian Ogilvy - Measle and the Wrathmonk, Measle and the Dragodon
- Jenny Oldfield - My Magical Pony, the Home Farm Twins, the Horses of Half-Moon Ranch series
- Kenneth Oppel - The Silverwing Saga, Airborn
- Pat O'Shea (1931–2007) - The Hounds of the Morrigan
- Uri Orlev - The Island on Bird Street
- Mary Pope Osborne - The Magic Treehouse series, Tales from the Odyssey
- Elsie J. Oxenham (1880–1960) - The Abbey Series
P
- Lynde Palmer (see Mary Louise Peebles)
- Christopher Paolini - Inheritance cycle
- Barbara Park - Skinnybones, Junie B. Jones series
- Peter Parnall - Winter Barn, Apple Tree, Woodpile
- Katherine Paterson - Bridge to Terabithia, Jacob Have I Loved
- James Patterson - The Maximum Ride series, The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
- Jill Paton Walsh - Gaffer Samson's Luck, The Emperor's Winding Sheet
- Gary Paulsen - The Hatchet, The Time Hackers
- Michelle Paver - Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series
- Philippa Pearce (1920–2006) - Tom's Midnight Garden
- Ridley Pearson - Peter and the Starcatchers series, The Kingdom Keepers series
- Howard Pease (1894–1974) - Secret Cargo, Highroad to Adventure, Bound for Singapore
- Dale Peck - Drift House series
- Ethel Pedley (1859–1898) - Dot and the Kangaroo
- Mary Louise Peebles a.k.a. Lynde Palmer (1833-1915) - The Magnet Stories
- Bill Peet (1915–2002) - The Wump World, Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure
- Daniel Pennac - Eye of the Wolf (L'Œil du loup)
- Lucy Fitch Perkins (1865–1937) - The Twins series
- Lynne Rae Perkins (born 1956) - Criss Cross, All Alone in the Universe
- Charles Perrault (1628–1703) - Tales of Mother Goose, Little Red Riding Hood
- Rodman Philbrick (born 1951) - Freak The Mighty, Max the Mighty, The Last Book in the Universe
- Joan Phipson (1912–2003) - The Boundary Riders, The Family Conspiracy, Polly's Tiger
- Tanwir Phool (born 1948) - Gulshan-e-Sukhan (Garden of Poetry) & Chiryaa, Titli, Phool
- Tamora Pierce (born 1954) - The Tortall series, Circle of Magic series
- Christopher Pike - The Spooksville series
- Dav Pilkey - The Captain Underpants series
- Daniel Pinkwater - The Big Orange Splot, The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
- Kin Platt (1911–2003) - The Big Max series, The Blue Man
- Peter Pohl (born 1940) - Johnny, My Friend
- Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920) - Pollyanna
- Tracey Porter - Billy Creekmore
- Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) - The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tailor of Gloucester
- Ellen Potter - The Olivia Kidney series
- Rhoda Power (1890–1957) - Redcap Runs Away
- Terry Pratchett - The Nome Trilogy, Johnny Maxwell series, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, Tiffany Aching series
- Otfried Preussler (born 1923) - The Robber Hotzenplotz, The Curse of the Darkling Mill
- Guillaume Prevost - The Book of Time trilogy
- Willard Price (1887–1983) - Amazon Adventure and others in the Adventure series
- Elise Primavera - The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls
- Patricia Puddle - Star-Crossed Rascals, Velvet Ball and the Broken Fairy, Molly Gumnut Rescues a Bandicoot
- Josephine, Diana, and Christine Pullein-Thompson - Six Ponies, I Wanted a Pony, We Rode to the Sea & other pony books
- Philip Pullman (born 1946) - His Dark Materials trilogy, Clockwork, The Firework-Maker's Daughter
R
- Janette Rallison (born 1966) - Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List
- Arthur Ransome (1884–1967) - Swallows and Amazons series
- Marjorie Rawlings (1896–1953) - The Yearling
- Talbot Baines Reed (1852–1893) - The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's
- W. Maxwell Reed (1871–1962) - The Earth for Sam, The Stars for Sam
- Celia Rees - The Bailey Game, Witch Child, Pirates!
- David Rees (1936–1993) - The Exeter Blitz, The Flying Island
- Gwyneth Rees - The Mum Hunt, Fairy Dust series, Mermaid Magic
- H. A. Rey (1898–1977) & Margret Rey (1906–1996) - Curious George series
- Frank Richards (1876-1961) - Stories of Greyfriars School and Billy Bunter
- Justin Richards - The Invisible Detective series
- Chris Riddell - The Edge Chronicles, Barnaby Grimes
- E. V. Rieu (1887-1972) - The Flattered Flying Fish and Other Poems
- Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, The Kane Chronicles, The Maze of Bones
- Jamie Rix (born 1958) - Alistair Fury series, Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids series
- Keith Robertson - Henry Reed series
- Hilary Robinson - Mixed Up Fairy Tales, The Princess's Secret Letters
- Gianni Rodari (1920–1980) - Telephone Tales (Favole al telefono), Tales Told by a Machine (Novelle fatte a macchina)
- Emily Rodda - The Fairy Realm series, the Rowan of Rin series, the Deltora Quest series
- Don Roff (born 1966) - Scary Stories
- Keith Lawrence Roman - The Heart of Nine Tigers, Bartram and the Blue Morning Glory
- Malcolm Rose - Traces series, Lawless and Tilley series
- Simon Rose - The Alchemist's Portrait, The Sorcerer's Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic's Tomb
- Michael Rosen (born 1946) - Sad Book, Fantastically Funny Stories, Quick, Let's Get Out of Here, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
- Diana Ross (1910–2000) - The Little Red Engine series
- J. K. Rowling (born 1965) - Harry Potter series
- Ron Roy - A to Z Mysteries, Capital Mysteries
- Salman Rushdie (born 1947) - Haroun and the Sea of Stories
- Rachel Renee Russell - Dork Diaries
- Chris Ryan - The Alpha Force series
- Pam Muñoz Ryan - Esperanza Rising, Becoming Naomi León
S
- Louis Sachar (born 1954) - Sideways Stories From Wayside School series, Holes
- Angie Sage (born 1952) - Septimus Heap series
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) - The Little Prince
- Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) - Rootabaga Stories
- Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) - Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
- Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947) - Beautiful Joe
- Malcolm Saville (1901–1982) - The Lone Pine Club series
- Allen Say (born 1937) - Grandfather's Journey, The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice
- Kurtis Scaletta - Mudville, Mamba Point, The Tanglewood Terror
- Richard Scarry (1919–1994) - The Busytown series
- Pam Scheunemann (born 1955) - Overdue Kangaroo, Ape Cape, The Crane Loves Grain
- Mark Schlichting - Harry and the Haunted House
- Laura Amy Schlitz - Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
- Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854) - The Basket of Flowers, Easter Eggs
- Michael Scott - The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series
- Will Scott (1893−1964) - The Cherrys series
- Laura Vaccaro Seeger - First the Egg
- George Selden (1929–1989) - The Cricket in Times Square series
- Maurice Sendak (born 1928) - Where the Wild Things Are
- Kate Seredy (1896–1975) - The White Stag, The Good Master, The Singing Tree
- Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) - The Cat in the Hat
- Anna Sewell (1820–1878) - Black Beauty
- Mark Shasha (born 1961) - Night of the Moonjellies
- Charles Green Shaw (1892–1974) - It Looked Like Spilt Milk
- Mary Shelley (1797–1851) - Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot
- Gary (born 1966) & Rhoda Shipman (born 1968) - Pakkins' Land
- Mark Shulman (born 1962) - Mom and Dad are Palindromes, Secret Hiding Places
- Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born 1963)
- Shel Silverstein (1930–1999) - The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends
- Francesca Simon (born 1955) - Horrid Henry series
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) - Stories for Children
- Marilyn Singer (born 1948) - Turtle in July
- Steve Skidmore - Outernet series
- Obert Skye - Leven Thumps series
- William Sleator - Singularity, Rewind
- Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982) - The Carbonel series, Jessamy
- Dodie Smith (1896–1990) - 101 Dalmatians
- Edward Wyke Smith (1871–1935) - The Marvellous Land of Snergs
- Roland Smith - Thunder Cave, Zach's Lie, Jack's Run
- Pat Smythe (1928–1996) - Three Jays Series, Adventure Series
- Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Jack Snow (1907–1956) - The Magical Mimics in Oz, The Shaggy Man of Oz
- Laurel Snyder - Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains, Any Which Wall, Penny Dreadful
- Zilpha Keatley Snyder - The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid, The Witches of Worm
- Donald J. Sobol - Encyclopedia Brown series, Two-Minute Mysteries series
- Ivan Southall (1921–2008) - Josh, Ash Road, Hills End, To the Wild Sky, Bread and Honey, Fly West
- Elizabeth George Speare (1908–1994) - The Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Bronze Bow, The Sign of the Beaver
- Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976) - Call It Courage
- Jerry Spinelli - Loser, Stargirl, Maniac Magee, Crash, Wringer
- E.C. Spykman - A Lemon and a Star, The Wild Angel, Terrible Horrible Edie, Edie on the Warpath
- Johanna Spyri (1827–1901) - Heidi
- Andy Stanton - The Mr Gum series
- Dugald Steer - Ologies series
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) - A Child's Garden of Verses, Treasure Island, Kidnapped
- Jennifer J. Stewart - If That Breathes Fire, We're Toast!, Close Encounters of a Third World Kind
- Mary Stewart (born 1916) - The Little Broomstick, Ludo and the Star Horse, A Walk in Wolf Wood
- Paul Stewart - The Edge Chronicles, Fergus Crane, Muddle Earth, Barnaby Grimes
- R. L. Stine (born 1943) - Goosebumps, Fear Street, The Nightmare Room series
- Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902) - The Lady or the Tiger?
- Margaret Storey - Timothy and the Two Witches, The Stone Sorcerer, Pauline
- Walter Scott Story (1879–1955) - Skinny Harrison Adventurer
- Todd Strasser - Help! I'm Trapped... series
- Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930) - The Rover Boys series, The Stratemeyer Syndicate
- Noel Streatfeild (1895–1986) - Ballet Shoes, The Circus Is Coming, Curtain Up, White Boots
- Jonathan Stroud - The Bartimaeus Trilogy
- Dorothy Margaret Stuart (1889–1963) - The Children's Chronicle, The Young Clavengers
- Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992) - The Eagle of the Ninth, The Lantern Bearers
- Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) - Gulliver's Travels
T
- Colin Thiele (1920–2006) - Storm Boy, Blue Fin, Sun on the Stubble
- Kate Thompson - Switchers, The New Policeman
- Ruth Plumly Thompson (1891–1976) – The Royal Book of Oz
- James Thurber (1894–1961) - The Thirteen Clocks, The Wonderful O, Many Moons
- H. E. Todd ((1908–1988) - The Bobby Brewster series
- Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976) - The Worzel Gummidge series
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) - The Hobbit
- Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1883–1945) - The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino
- Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) - Classic Tales and Fables for Children
- Nigel Tranter (1909–2000) - Spaniard's Isle, Nestor the Monster
- P. L. Travers (1899–1986) - Mary Poppins
- Mary Treadgold (1910–2005) - We Couldn't Leave Dinah
- Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998) - Cue for Treason, The Hills of Varna
- Henry Treece (1911–1966) - Horned Helmet, The Road to Miklagard, The Children's Crusade
- Sharon Tregenza (born 1951) - Tarantula Tide
- Meriol Trevor (1919–2000) - Merlin's Ring, The Other Side of the Moon, The Rose Round, The King of the Castle, The Letzenstein Chronicles
- Ethel Turner (1872–1958) - Seven Little Australians
- Julian Tuwim (1894–1953) - The Locomotive & other poems for children
- Mark Twain (1835–1910) - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn
U
- Tomi Ungerer- The Mellops Go Flying, Mellops Go Spelunking, Moon Man, Flix
- Florence Kate Upton (1873–1922) - The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg
- Anne Ursu - The Cronus Chronicles
- Alison Uttley (1884–1976) - The Little Grey Rabbit series, A Traveller in Time
V
- Rachel Vail - Wonder, Do-Over, The Friendship Ring series
- Jenny Valentine - Finding Violet Park, Broken Soup
- Chris Van Allsburg - Jumanji, The Polar Express, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
- Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944) - The Story of Mankind
- Wendelin Van Draanen - The Sammy Keyes series, Flipped
- Shreekumar Varma - The Royal Rebel
- Jules Verne (1828–1905) - Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
- Heiki Vilep (1960) - The Sounds of Silence, The Monsters of the Closet Door
- Rene Villanueva (1954–2007) - Ang Unang Baboy Sa Langit (The First Pig In Heaven)
- Judith Viorst - Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
- Elfrida Vipont (1902–1992) - The Lark in the Morn, The Lark on the Wing, The Elephant and the Bad Baby
- John Vornholt - The Troll King series
- Anne de Vries (1904-1964) - Journey Through the Night
W
- Lea Wait - Stopping to Home, Wintering Well
- Judy Waite - Mouse Look Out
- Maria Elena Walsh (1930–2011) - Tutú Marambá
- Vivian Walsh - Olive, the Other Reindeer, Gluey, Penguin Dreams, Mr. Lunch series
- Ivy Wallace - The Pookie series, The Animal Shelf series
- Jennifer Ward - Way Out in the Desert
- Ronald Welch (1909–1982) - The Gauntlet, Knight Crusader
- H. G. Wells (1866–1946) - The Time Machine
- Robert Westall (1929–1993) - The Machine Gunners, Fathom Five, The Scarecrows
- Scott Westerfeld - The Midnighters Trilogy, Peeps, The Last Days, The Uglies series
- John F.C. Westerman (1901–?) - John Wentley Takes Charge, The Invisible Plane
- Percy F. Westerman (1876–1959) - All Hands to the Boats, Deeds of Pluck and Daring in the Great War
- Michael Wexler - The Seems series
- Suzanne Weyn (born 1955) - The Bar Code Tattoo, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
- E. B. White (1899–1985) - Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan
- T. H. White (1906–1964) - The Sword in the Stone, Mistress Masham's Repose
- Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856–1923) - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
- Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) - The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince and Other Stories
- Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) - Little House on the Prairie
- Maiya Williams - The Golden Hour
- Margery Williams (1881–1944) - The Velveteen Rabbit, Poor Cecco, Winterbound
- Ursula Moray Williams (1911–2006) - Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse, Gobbolino the Witch's Cat
- Henry Williamson (1895–1977) - Tarka the Otter
- Henry Winkler - The Hank Zipzer series
- Jacqueline Wilson - Girls in Love, Double Act, The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Illustrated Mum
- Elizabeth Winthrop - The Castle in the Attic
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) - Original Stories from Real Life
- Patricia Wrede - The Enchanted Forest Chronicles
- Dare Wright (1914–2001) - The Lonely Doll
- Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010) - The Crooked Snake, The Nargun and the Stars
- Eva-Lis Wuorio - The Island of Fish in the Trees, The Happiness Flower
Y
- Laurence Yep - The Golden Mountain Chronicles, the Dragon series, Ribbons
- Jane Yolen - Owl Moon, Commander Toad series, The Pit Dragon Trilogy, Wizard's Hall
- Ed Young - Lon Po Po, Seven Blind Mice
Z
- Paul Zindel (1936–2003) - The Pigman
- Charlotte Zolotow - Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
- Zheng Yuanjie - King of Fairy Tales
See also
- Caldecott Medal
- Carnegie Medal
- Children's literature
- Children's literature canon
- Children's literature timeline
- Fairy tale
- List of children's book illustrators
- List of children's classic books
- List of children's non-fiction writers
- List of fairy tales
- List of young adult authors
- Lists of writers
- Newbery Medal
- Young adult literature
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