Something about the author.  facts and pictures about authors and illustrators of books for young people /  Volume 154  [electronic resource] : 
Maikue Vang, project editor. 
 - Detroit, Mich. :  Gale,  c2005. 
 - 1 online resource (xv, 269 p.) :  ill., photos. 
 - Gale virtual reference library .
<br/><br/> "ISSN 0276-816X." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Philip Ardagh -- Frank Asch -- Michael Bedard -- Marian Broida -- William C. Carson -- Clara Gillow Clark -- Billy Crystal -- Tony DiTerlizzi -- Jennifer Donnelly -- Peter Eldin -- Robert Elmer -- Lisa Campbell Ernst -- Carolyn Fisher -- Warren (G.) Flynn -- Kate Forsyth -- Cornelia (Caroline) Funke -- Byron Glaser -- Robert Gould -- Neil Grant -- LeAnne Hardy -- Nira Harel -- Madge Harrah -- Jeff T. Hay -- Kevin Henkes -- Syd(ney) Hoff -- Sandra Ann Horn -- Mick Inkpen -- Steve Jenkins -- Anita Jeram -- Shirley Jordan -- Richardo Keens-Douglas -- Frederick C. Klein -- Lisa Kopelke -- Steven Krasner -- Kristin (Eggleston) Hunter Lattany -- Jay Leno -- S. Ruth Lubka -- Michael Martchenko -- Miranda Maxwell-Hyslop -- Yvette Moore -- Yuyi Morales -- Kadir Nelson -- Lygia Bojunga Nunes -- Barbara O'Connor -- Wendie C(orbin) Old -- Robin Page -- Nancy Patz (Blaustein) -- Laurence (Patrick) Pringle -- Mary Lyn Ray -- (Margaret) LeAnn Rimes -- Louis Sachar -- Gloria G. Schlaepfer -- Brooke Scudder -- Sean Sheehan -- Milton Shulman -- Liesbet Slegers -- William Jay Smith -- R. Conrad Stein -- Mary-Ann Stotko -- Marc (Alan) Talbert -- Paul Robert Walker -- Mo Willems -- Christopher Wormell -- Percy M(arshall) Young -- Paul O. Zelinsky -- Harriet Ziefert. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781414405759 (electronic book) 1414405758 (electronic book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Ardagh, Philip.<br/>Asch, Frank.<br/>Bedard, Michael, 1949- <br/>Broida, Marian.<br/>Carson, William C., 1928- <br/>Clark, Clara Gillow.<br/>Crystal, Billy.<br/>DiTerlizzi, Tony.<br/>Donnelly, Jennifer.<br/>Eldin, Peter.<br/>Elmer, Robert.<br/>Ernst, Lisa Campbell.<br/>Fisher, Carolyn, 1968- <br/>Flynn, Warren, 1950- <br/>Forsyth, Kate, 1966- <br/>Funke, Cornelia Caroline.<br/>Glaser, Byron.<br/>Gould, Robert, 1953- <br/>Grant, Neil, 1938- <br/>Hardy, LeAnne, 1951- <br/>Har?el, Nirah.<br/>Harrah, Madge.<br/>Hay, Jeff.<br/>Henkes, Kevin.<br/>Hoff, Syd, 1912- <br/>Horn, Sandra Ann.<br/>Inkpen, Mick.<br/>Jenkins, Steve, 1952- <br/>Jeram, Anita.<br/>Jordan, Shirley.<br/>Keens-Douglas, Richardo.<br/>Klein, Frederick C.<br/>Kopelke, Lisa.<br/>Krasner, Steven.<br/>Lattany, Kristin Hunter, 1931- <br/>Leno, Jay.<br/>Lubka, S. Ruth.<br/>Martchenko, Michael.<br/>Maxwell-Hyslop, Miranda.<br/>Moore, Yvette.<br/>Morales, Yuyi.<br/>Nelson, Kadir.<br/>Nunes, Lygia Bojunga, 1932- <br/>O'Connor, Barbara.<br/>Old, Wendie C.<br/>Page, Robin, 1943- <br/>Patz, Nancy.<br/>Pringle, Laurence P.<br/>Ray, Mary Lyn.<br/>Rimes, LeAnn.<br/>Sachar, Louis, 1954- <br/>Schlaepfer, Gloria G.<br/>Scudder, Brooke.<br/>Sheehan, Sean, 1951- <br/>Shulman, Milton, 1913- <br/>Slegers, Liesbet.<br/>Smith, William Jay, 1918- <br/>Stein, R. Conrad.<br/>Stotko, Mary-Ann.<br/>Talbert, Mark.<br/>Walker, Paul Robert.<br/>Willems, Mo.<br/>Wormell, Christopher.<br/>Young, Percy M. 1912- <br/>Zelinsky, Paul O.<br/>Ziefert, Harriet.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children's literature--Bibliography.<br/>Authors--Biography.<br/>Illustrators--Biography.