Authors & Illustrators

• Children's Literature: Author & Illustrator Directory
  

Extensive list of links to web sites providing biographical and other information about children's and YA authors.

• Something About the Author

This multi-volume set is available online. This should be your first choice for detailed information about authors and illustrators. Something About the Author includes not only well-known writers and artists but also less prominent individuals whose works are just coming to be recognized.

• TeachingBooks.net
  

Offers in-depth interviews with authors, comprehensive bibliographies of authors' works, and relevant links. This resource requires registration, which is free.

• Illustrator's Gallery
  

View illustrators' artwork & brief biographical information. Produced by the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators.

• Contemporary Authors
  

This is an online database which is available to students, staff, and faculty at UW Oshkosh. Provides biographies of a wide variety of authors, including some children's & young adult book authors.