Something about the author.  facts and pictures about authors and illustrators of books for young people /  Volume 159  [electronic resource] : 
Maikue Vang, project editor. 
 - Detroit, Mich. :  Gale,  c2005. 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 342 p.) :  ill., photos. 
 - Gale virtual reference library .
<br/><br/> "ISSN 0276-816X." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Tony Abbott -- Linda (Potter) Acredolo -- Steve(n Andre) Augarde -- Christina Balit -- David Bedford -- Nancy (Barbara) Bond -- Colin Bootman -- Libba Bray -- Betty Brownlie -- Caralyn (M.) Buehner -- Mark Buehner -- Judith Caseley -- Peter Catalanotto -- Joe Cepeda -- Elaine Clayton -- Victoria Crenson -- Deborah Diffily -- Kelly DiPucchio -- Susan M(iddleton) Elya -- Joseph Daniel Fiedler -- Alex Flinn -- Graham Gardner -- Sharlee Glenn -- Lynda Graham-Barber -- John (R.) Gribbin -- John (Carl) Himmelman -- Meredith (Jean) Hooper -- Deborah Hopkinson -- Laurie Miller Hornik -- Shirley Hughes -- Angela Elwell Hunt -- Roberto Innocenti -- Gwyneth A(nn) Jones -- Lene Kaaberbol -- Elin Kelsey -- Joan (MacPhail) Knight -- Elizabeth Laird (Mary Risk) -- Francess L(in) Lantz -- Amanda (R.) Lumry -- Katie MacAlister -- Patricia McCord -- Lisa McCourt -- Jill McElmurry -- Alice McGill -- Taylor Morrison -- Per Nilsson -- Joyce Carol Oates -- Barbara Odanaka -- David Patneaude -- Jan Peck -- Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson -- Sabina I. Rascol -- Dietlof Reiche -- Michael D(iamond) Resnick -- Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson -- Sergio Ruzzier -- Miriam Schlein -- Pam Smallcomb -- Charles R. Smith, Jr. -- Chris K. Soentpiet -- Jonathan Stroud -- Don(ald E.) Tate -- Matt Tavares -- Lisa Thiesing -- Ruth Vander Zee -- Marcia (K.) Vaughan -- Donna L. Washington -- Marcia (Dorothy) Williams. 
<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>9781414405803 (electronic book) 1414405804 (electronic book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Abbott, Tony.<br/>Acredolo, Linda P.<br/>Augarde, Steve.<br/>Balit, Christina.<br/>Bedford, David, 1969- <br/>Bond, Nancy.<br/>Bootman, Colin.<br/>Bray, Libba.<br/>Brownlie, Betty.<br/>Buehner, Caralyn.<br/>Buehner, Mark.<br/>Caseley, Judith.<br/>Catalanotto, Peter.<br/>Cepeda, Joe.<br/>Clayton, Elaine.<br/>Crenson, Victoria.<br/>Diffily, Deborah.<br/>DiPucchio, Kelly S.<br/>Elya, Susan Middleton, 1955- <br/>Fiedler, Joseph Daniel.<br/>Flinn, Alex.<br/>Gardner, Graham.<br/>Glenn, Sharlee Mullins.<br/>Graham-Barber, Lynda.<br/>Gribbin, John R.<br/>Himmelman, John.<br/>Hooper, Meredith.<br/>Hopkinson, Deborah.<br/>Hornik, Laurie Miller.<br/>Hughes, Shirley, 1927- <br/>Hunt, Angela Elwell, 1957- <br/>Innocenti, Roberto.<br/>Jones, Gwyneth A.<br/>Kaaberbol, Lene.<br/>Kelsey, Elin.<br/>Knight, Joan.<br/>Laird, Elizabeth, 1943- <br/>Lantz, Francess Lin, 1952- <br/>Lumry, Amanda.<br/>MacAlister, Katie.<br/>McCord, Patricia.<br/>McCourt, Lisa.<br/>McElmurry, Jill.<br/>McGill, Alice.<br/>Morrison, Taylor.<br/>Nilsson, Per, 1954- <br/>Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- <br/>Odanaka, Barbara.<br/>Patneaude, David.<br/>Peck, Jan.<br/>Peterson, Jeanne Whitehouse.<br/>Rascol, Sabina.<br/>Reiche, Dietlof.<br/>Resnick, Michael D.<br/>Robinson, Aminah Brenda Lynn.<br/>Ruzzier, Sergio.<br/>Schlein, Miriam.<br/>Smallcomb, Pam, 1954- <br/>Smith, Charles R., 1969- <br/>Soentpiet, Chris K.<br/>Stroud, Jonathan.<br/>Tate, Don.<br/>Tavares, Matt.<br/>Thiesing, Lisa.<br/>Vander Zee, Ruth.<br/>Vaughan, Marcia K.<br/>Washington, Donna L., 1967- <br/>Williams, Marcia, 1945- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children's literature--Bibliography.<br/>Authors--Biography.<br/>Illustrators--Biography.