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 .
<br/><br/> "ISSN 0276-816X." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<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>9781414405810 (electronic book) 1414405812 (electronic book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Arnold, Tedd.<br/>Arnosky, Jim.<br/>Atkins, Catherine.<br/>Bauer, Joan, 1951- <br/>Bellairs, John.<br/>Bender, Robert.<br/>Bergin, Mark.<br/>Blake, Robert J.<br/>Bratun, Katy.<br/>Buchanan, Jane, 1956- <br/>Burningham, John.<br/>Cash, Megan Montague.<br/>Chesworth, Michael.<br/>Child, Lauren.<br/>Chitwood, Suzanne Tanner.<br/>Codell, Esme� Raji, 1968- <br/>Colman, Penny.<br/>Cox, Judy.<br/>Curtis, Marci.<br/>Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956- <br/>Dunrea, Olivier.<br/>Erlbach, Arlene.<br/>Eschbacher, Roger.<br/>Fine, Anne.<br/>Fisk, Pauline.<br/>Gauthier, Gail, 1953- <br/>Gibbons, Gail.<br/>Giff, Patricia Reilly.<br/>Granfield, Linda.<br/>Greene, Rhonda Gowler.<br/>Grubb, Lisa.<br/>Helman, Andrea.<br/>Helmer, Marilyn.<br/>Heneghan, James, 1930- <br/>Hinton, S. E.<br/>Hoffman, Nina Kiriki.<br/>Hooper, Mary, 1944- <br/>Hubbard, Woodleigh.<br/>Hudson, Cheryl Willis.<br/>Jackson, Alison.<br/>Jennings, Patrick.<br/>Joinson, Carla.<br/>Jones, Diana Wynne.<br/>Kistler, John M., 1967- <br/>Koehler-Pentacoff, Elizabeth.<br/>Krisher, Trudy.<br/>Kushner, Tony.<br/>Loomis, Christine.<br/>MacLeod, Charlotte.<br/>Marx, Patricia.<br/>Meaker, Marijane, 1927- <br/>Miller, Debbie S.<br/>Myers, Anna.<br/>Oppong, Joseph R.<br/>Pinkney, Andrea Davis.<br/>Podwal, Mark H., 1945- <br/>Roberts, Willo Davis.<br/>Rosoff, Meg.<br/>Rylant, Cynthia.<br/>Sandler, Martin W.<br/>Schlessinger, Laura.<br/>Schoell, William.<br/>Scieszka, Jon.<br/>Sedgwick, Marcus.<br/>Singer, Muff.<br/>Son, John.<br/>Spafford, Suzy.<br/>Tudor, Tasha.<br/>Turnbull, Ann.<br/>Velthuijs, Max, 1923- <br/>Voigt, Cynthia.<br/>Williams-Garcia, Rita.<br/>Yee, Lisa.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children's literature--Bibliography.<br/>Authors--Biography.<br/>Illustrators--Biography.