Something about the author. Volume 266 /
Lisa Kumar, project editor.
- 1 online resource (xi, 350 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits
- Gale virtual reference library .
Description based on print version record. "Facts and pictures about authors and illustrators of books for young people." "ISSN 0276-816X."
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Deborah Abela, 1966- -- Tamsin Ainslie, 1974- -- Philip Ardagh, 1961- -- Ronda Armitage, 1943- -- Frank Asch, 1946- -- Bernard Ashley, 1935- -- Marianna Baer -- Michael Bedard, 1949- -- Rebecca Bender -- Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, 1947- -- Sylvia Branzei -- Sylvia Carol Branzei-Velasquez (see Sylvia Branzei) -- Beverley A. Brenna, 1962- -- Robin Brickman, 1954- -- Sherryl Clark, 1956- -- Sneed B. Collard III, 1959- -- Barbara DaCosta -- Becky Daniel (see Becky White) -- Becky Daniel-White (see Becky White) -- Jocelyn Davies, 1983- -- Sean Edmund (see Laurence Pringle) -- Robert Elmer, 1958- -- Lisa Falkenstern -- Lucy Finn (see Charlee Ganny) -- Kate Forsyth, 1966- -- Charlee Ganny, 1944- -- Amy Garvey -- Georg Hallensleben, 1958- -- A.J. Hartley -- Andrew James Hartley (see A.J. Hartley) -- Debbie Herman -- John Howe, 1957- -- John F. Howe (see John Howe) -- Kate Humphrey (see Kate Forsyth) -- Kristin Hunter (see Kristin Lattany) -- Mick Inkpen, 1952- -- Rebecca L. Johnson, 1956- -- Barbara Joosse, 1949- -- Barbara M. Joosse (see Barbara Joosse) -- Ana Juan, 1961- -- Farley Katz, 1984- -- Emma Kennedy, 1967- -- Katie Kirk -- Lisa Kopelke, 1963- -- Kristin Lattany, 1931-2008 -- Sara Leach, 1971- -- Chiara Lossani, 1954- -- Matthew McElligott, 1968- -- Hilary McKay, 1959- -- Flynn Meaney, 1987- -- David Melling -- Dean Morrissey -- Bob Munsch (see Robert Munsch) -- Robert Munsch, 1945- -- Naomi Shihab Nye, 1952- -- Barbara O'Connor, 1950- -- Gregg Olsen, 1961(?)- -- Robin Page, 1943- -- Annelore Parot -- Nancy Patz -- Marcus Pfister -- Mia Posada -- Guillaume Prevost, 1964- -- Laurence Pringle, 1935- -- Arthur Robins, 1944- -- Savannah Russe (see Charlee Ganny) -- Christopher Russell, 1947- -- Christopher David Russell (see Christopher Russell) -- Krista Russell -- Brandon Sanderson, 1975- -- Gloria G. Schlaepfer, 1931- -- Christine Seifert -- Gena Showalter, 1975- -- Mark Siegel, 1967- -- Josephine M. Sikorski (see Joy Sikorski) -- Joy Sikorski, 1952(?)-2009 -- Alan Sitomer (see Alan Lawrence Sitomer) -- Alan Lawrence Sitomer, 1967- -- William Sleator, 1945-2011 -- Sydney Smith, 1980- -- Geoff Swinney -- Debbie Tilley -- Charlee Trantino (see Charlee Ganny) -- Lee Wardlaw, 1955- -- Andrea Warren, 1946- -- Kim Washburn, 1970- -- April Halprin Wayland -- Becky White, 1947- -- Myra Wolfe -- Meg Wolitzer, 1959- -- Leslie Wu.
Provides illustrated biographical articles on authors and illustrators of works for children and young adults, ranging from established award winners to less prominent authors and illustrators whose works are just coming to be recognized, from past centuries through today. Covers such genres as picture books, humor, folk and fairy tales, mystery and adventure, science fiction and fantasy, historical fiction, poetry and nonsense verse, drama, biography, and nonfiction.