Something about the author.

Something about the author. facts and pictures about authors and illustrators of books for young people / Volume 160 [electronic resource] : Maikue Vang, project editor. - Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005. - 1 online resource (xvi, 252 p.) : ill., photos. - Gale virtual reference library .

"ISSN 0276-816X."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tedd Arnold -- James Edward Arnosky -- Catherine Atkins -- Joan Bauer -- John (Anthony) Bellairs -- Robert Bender -- Mark Bergin -- Robert J. Blake -- Katy Bratun -- Jane Buchanan -- John (Mackintosh) Burningham -- Megan Montague Cash -- Michael Chesworth -- Lauren Child -- Suzanne Tanner Chitwood -- Esme Raji Codell -- Penny (Morgan) Colman -- Judy Cox -- Marci Curtis -- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- Olivier Dunrea (Jean-Paul Dominique) -- Arlene Erlbach -- Roger Eschbacher -- Anne Fine -- Pauline Fisk -- Gail Gauthier -- Gail (Gretchen) Gibbons -- Patricia Reilly Giff -- Linda Granfield -- Rhonda Gowler Greene -- Lisa Grubb -- Andrea (Jean) Helman -- Marilyn Helmer -- James Heneghan -- S(usan) E(loise) Hinton -- Nina Kiriki Hoffman -- Mary Hooper -- Woodleigh Marx Hubbard -- Cheryl Willis Hudson -- Alison Jackson -- Patrick Jennings -- Carla Joinson -- Diana Wynne Jones -- John M. Kistler -- Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff -- Trudy (B.) Krisher -- Tony Kushner -- Christine Loomis -- Charlotte (Matilda) MacLeod -- Patricia Windschill Marx -- Marijane (Agnes) Meaker -- Debbie (S.) Miller -- Anna Myers -- Joseph Ransford Oppong -- Andrea Davis Pinkney -- Mark Podwal -- Willo Davis Roberts -- Meg Rosoff -- Cynthia Rylant -- Martin W. Sandler -- Laura (Catherine) Schlessinger -- William Schoell -- Jon Scieszka -- Marcus Sedgwick -- Muff Singer -- John Son -- Suzy Spafford -- Tasha Tudor -- Ann (Christine) Turnbull -- Max Velthuijs -- Cynthia Voigt -- Rita Williams-Garcia -- Lisa Yee.

Covers individuals ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries cover: personal life, career, writings and works in progress, adaptations, additional sources, and photographs.

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Arnold, Tedd.
Arnosky, Jim.
Atkins, Catherine.
Bauer, Joan, 1951-
Bellairs, John.
Bender, Robert.
Bergin, Mark.
Blake, Robert J.
Bratun, Katy.
Buchanan, Jane, 1956-
Burningham, John.
Cash, Megan Montague.
Chesworth, Michael.
Child, Lauren.
Chitwood, Suzanne Tanner.
Codell, Esme� Raji, 1968-
Colman, Penny.
Cox, Judy.
Curtis, Marci.
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956-
Dunrea, Olivier.
Erlbach, Arlene.
Eschbacher, Roger.
Fine, Anne.
Fisk, Pauline.
Gauthier, Gail, 1953-
Gibbons, Gail.
Giff, Patricia Reilly.
Granfield, Linda.
Greene, Rhonda Gowler.
Grubb, Lisa.
Helman, Andrea.
Helmer, Marilyn.
Heneghan, James, 1930-
Hinton, S. E.
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki.
Hooper, Mary, 1944-
Hubbard, Woodleigh.
Hudson, Cheryl Willis.
Jackson, Alison.
Jennings, Patrick.
Joinson, Carla.
Jones, Diana Wynne.
Kistler, John M., 1967-
Koehler-Pentacoff, Elizabeth.
Krisher, Trudy.
Kushner, Tony.
Loomis, Christine.
MacLeod, Charlotte.
Marx, Patricia.
Meaker, Marijane, 1927-
Miller, Debbie S.
Myers, Anna.
Oppong, Joseph R.
Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
Podwal, Mark H., 1945-
Roberts, Willo Davis.
Rosoff, Meg.
Rylant, Cynthia.
Sandler, Martin W.
Schlessinger, Laura.
Schoell, William.
Scieszka, Jon.
Sedgwick, Marcus.
Singer, Muff.
Son, John.
Spafford, Suzy.
Tudor, Tasha.
Turnbull, Ann.
Velthuijs, Max, 1923-
Voigt, Cynthia.
Williams-Garcia, Rita.
Yee, Lisa.


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