Authors of Books for Kids

We have assembled a list of some of our favorite authors and links to their personal websites.  Not all authors write only children's books so you may find Young Adult and other genres of writing on these sites.

If you have a favorite, and we will try and include it.

Louisa May Alcott
  
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T. A. Barron
         
Joan Bauer
  
Andrew Clements
  
Eoin Colfer
         
Bruce Coville

  
Sharon Creech

 
Roald Dahl

       
Kate DiCamillo


 
Paul Fleischman


 
Sid Fleischman

         
Patricia Reilly Giff


  
Shannon Hale

 
Carl Hiaasen
         
Will Hobbs


  
Anthony Horowitz


 
Brian Jacques


       
Gordon Korman


 
Ian Lawrence

 
Ursula K. Le Guin

       
Madeleine L’Engle
 
Gail Carson Levine


  
Lois Lowry

       
Garth Nix


 
Christopher Paolini

 
Katherine Paterson

       
Gary Paulsen


 
Richard Peck


  
Terry Pratchett


         
J. K. Rowling


  
Louis Sacher

 
Lemony Snicket

       
Jerry Spinelli


 
Jonathan Stroud

 
J. R. R. Tolkien


         
Wendelin Van Draanen


 
Laura Ingalls Wilder


 
Laurence Yep
   
Jane Yolen
 
Paul Zindel