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Author and Illustrator Almanac

January 2013

January 1

E. M. Forster—1879-1952
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Forster

J. D. Salinger—1919-
http://www.salinger.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/salinger.htm
http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_j_salinger.html
http://www.who2.com/jdsalinger.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/books/29salinger.html

Barbara Williams—1925-
http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/courses/edu/fiene/barbarawilliams.html
http://ucwi.org/profilebarbaraw.htm

Jean Ure—1943-
http://www.jeanure.com/
http://www.wordpool.co.uk/ap/ure.htm

Marilyn Hirsh—1944-1988
http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/hirsh-marilyn
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Hirsh__Marilyn.html

Brenda Wilkinson—1946-
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1653.xml

January 2

Isaac Asimov—1920-1992
http://www.asimovonline.com/
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/asimov.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov
http://www.slawcio.com/asimov.html
http://kaedrin.com/fun/asimov/asimov.html
http://www.booksfactory.com/writers/asimov.htm
http://www.insite.com.br/rodrigo/text/isaac_asimov.html

Crosby Bonsall—1921-1995
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/01jan/1-2bonsall.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/20/obituaries/crosby-bonsall-74-children-s-author.html
http://www.yourlibrary.ws/childrens_webpage/e-author12002.htm

Jan Slepian—1921-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Slepian
http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000040362,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/nyregion/jan-slepian-90-sees-essays-on-aging-brought-to-life-onstage.html
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/jan-slepian-aya/
http://www.amazon.com/Jan-Slepian/e/B001HOK0M6

Jean Little—1932-
http://jeanlittle.ca
http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/authorsillustrato/a/jeanlittle.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Little

Ed Martinez—1954-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/martinez.html

January 3

J. R. R. Tolkien—1892-1973
http://tolkien.cro.net/
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tolkien.htm
http://www.who2.com/jrrtolkien.html
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~tolksoc/TolkiensOxford/
http://www.tolkien-movies.com
http://www.spowers.net/Tolkien/
http://www.tolkiensociety.org/tolkien/biography.html
http://www.tolkien-online.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien

Carolyn Haywood—1898-1990
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Haywood
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/carolyn-haywood

Joan Walsh Anglund—1926-
http://www.logan.com/loganberry/most-anglund.html

Tony Chen—1929-
http://www.askart.com/askart/c/tony_chen/tony_chen.aspx

Patricia Lee Gauch—1934-
http://www.patriciamnewman.com/gauch.html

Alma Flor Ada—1938-
http://www.almaflorada.com/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/ada.html
http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/tml/workshop7/resources2.html
http://www.colorincolorado.org/read/meet/ada
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/folktale_meetalma.htm

J. Otto Seibold—1960-
http://www.digital-illustration.com.au/culturezone/jotto-fr.html
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/351/Seibold-J-Otto-1960.html

Chris K. Soentpiet—1970-
http://www.soentpiet.com/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/soentpiet.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2698

January 4

Jacob Grimm—1785-1863
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jgrimm.htm
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Gi-He/Grimm-Brothers.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Grimm

Maggie Duff—1916-2003

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor—1933-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/naylor.html
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/pnaylor.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-naylor-phyllis-reynolds.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Reynolds_Naylor

Fernando Krahn—1935-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Krahn

Robert Burleigh—1936-
http://robertburleigh.com
http://www.scbwi-illinois.org/Burleigh.html

Etienne Delessert—1941-
http://www.etiennedelessert.com
http://nccil.org/experience/artists/Delessert/

January 5

Celestino Piatti—1922-2007
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestino_Piatti
http://www.nieves.ch/resources/pick6.html

Umberto Eco—1932-
http://www.umbertoeco.com
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ueco.htm

Sheila Cole—1939-
http://www.sheila-cole.com
http://www.childrensliteraturecouncil.org/speakers_list.htm#cole

Carol Purdy—1943-
http://www.fairrosa.info/authors/carol_purdy.html

Betsy Maestro—1944-
http://www.maestrobooks.com
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/maestro.html

Lynne Cherry—1952-
http://lynnecherry.com/
http://www.loe.org/series/lynne_cherry/
http://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/02/q1/0114-cherry.htm

Kate Feiffer—1964-
http://katefeiffer.com
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2272/Feiffer-Kate-1964.html

January 6

Carl Sandburg—1878-1967
http://carl-sandburg.com
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/28
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/sandburg.htm
http://www.sandburg.org/
http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/canam/sandburg.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sandburg

Khalil Gibran—1883-1931
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalil_Gibran
http://leb.net/~mira/
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/k/khalil_gibran.html
http://www.arab2.com/gibran/

Vera Cleaver—1919-1992
http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/c/Cleaver,Vera
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/01jan/1-6cleaver.html

E. L. Doctorow—1931-
http://www.eldoctorow.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._L._Doctorow
http://wiredforbooks.org/eldoctorow/
http://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/07/books/doctorow-daniel.html

Don Bolognese—1934-
http://www.thewarhorse.com/main_bio.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1301

Linda Williams—1948-
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/12898/Linda_Williams/index.aspx

Wendelin Van Draanen—1965-
http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/dec01/vandraanen.htm
http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-keyes-author.asp
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/vandraanen/
http://etrtr.blogspot.com

January 7

Zora Neale Hurston—1891-1960
http://www.zoranealehurston.com
http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_zora_neale_hurston.html

Eleanor Clymer—1906-2001
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/01jan/1-7clymer.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/01/nyregion/eleanor-clymer-95-writer-of-books-for-young-readers.html

Ethel Kessler—1922-
http://www.amazon.com/Ethel-Kessler/e/B001HO98PQ

Rosekrans Hoffman—1926-2007

Terry Moore—1929-

Kay Chorao—1936-
http://childrensliteraturenetwork.net/birthbios/brthpage/01jan/1-7chorao.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Chorao

John Warren Stewig—1937-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1763/Stewig-John-Warren-1937.html

Minfong Ho—1951-
http://members.authorsguild.net/minfong/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minfong_Ho

January 8

William Wilkie Collins—1824-1889

Lee Ames—1921-2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_J._Ames

Nancy Bond—1945-
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/intrvws/bond.htm

Stephen Manes—1949-
http://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Manes/e/B000APTS7Q

Floyd Cooper—1956-
http://thebrownbookshelf.com/2009/02/10/floyd-cooper/
http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_cooper_floyd.html
http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3589
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/fcooper.html

Marjorie Priceman—1958-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2158/Priceman-Marjorie-1958.html

January 9

Walter Brooks—1886-1958
http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-freddy-author.asp
http://www.freddythepig.org/
http://members.tripod.com/~jill_morgan/freddy.html

Clyde Robert Bulla—1914-2007
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1879
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6446996.html

Judith Krantz—1928-

January 10

Robinson Jeffers—1887-1962
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/199
http://www.robinsonjeffersassociation.org
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/jeffers/jeffers.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Jeffers

Remy Charlip—1929-
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/11918/Remy_Charlip/index.aspx
http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/970623/charlip.html

Sook Nyul Choi—1937-
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/choi.html
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/choi.html
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr05/mtai/choi.html

Mary Peace Finlay—1942-
http://www.marypeacefinley.com

Christopher G. Knight—1943-

Lloyd Bloom—1947-
http://www.answers.com/topic/lloyd-bloom

January 11

Alan Paton—1903-1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Paton
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/apaton.htm

Robert C. O'Brien—1918-1973
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._O%27Brien

Ann Tompert—1918-
http://www.boydsmillspress.com/contributors/contributors/tompert_ann.html
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/01jan/1-11tompert.html

Berniece Rabe—1928-
http://www.berniecerabe.com/Index.html

Mary Rodgers—1931-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rodgers
http://rnh.com/people_detail.asp?sub=bio&div=people&id=M_Rodgers&s=1

Jim Hightower—1943-
http://www.jimhightower.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hightower

Steven Otfinoski—1949-
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=170157

Alice Mead—1952-
http://alicemeadbooks.com
http://www.iblist.com/author6680.htm
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/alice-mead-aya/

January 12

Charles Perrault—1628-1703
http://www.perraultfairytales.com/en/bio
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11701c.htm
http://www.longlongtimeago.com/llta_fairytales_writers_charlesperrault.html
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Charles-Perrault
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Perrault
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault.html

Laura Adams Armer—1874-1963
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Adams_Armer

Jack London—1876-1916
http://www.jack-london.org/main_e.htm
http://www.parks.sonoma.net/JLStory.html
http://www.jack-london.org/
http://www.getyourwordsworth.com/WORDSWORTH-JackLondon.html
http://www.jacklondon.com/
http://www.online-literature.com/london/
http://jacklondonfdn.org/
http://www.literature.org/authors/london-jack/
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jlondon.htm

Clement Hurd—1908-1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Hurd
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/01jan/1-12hurd.html

Margaret Rostkowski—1945-
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/20097/Margaret_Rostkowski/index.aspx

William Muñoz—1949-
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/01jan/1-12munoz.html
http://www.agpix.com/photographer/prime/A0083050.html

D. Anne Love—1949-
http://www.dannelove.com/
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-love-d-anne.asp

January 13

Horatio Alger, Jr.—1834-1899
http://www.washburn.edu/sobu/broach/algerres.html
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/cinder/Horatiomain.htm
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/1860_alger.html

David Wiseman—1916-
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/254604.David_Wiseman
http://www.scifan.com/writers/ww/WisemanDavid.asp

N. M. Bodecker—1922-1988
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/03/obituaries/n-m-bodecker-66-he-wrote-and-drew-books-for-children.html
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-99.xml

Kathleen Elgin—1923-2005

Michael Bond—1926-
http://www.paddingtonbear.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bond

Wendy Hart Beckman—?
http://www.authorsden.com/wendyhartbeckman

January 14

Richard Felton Outcault—1863-1928
http://www.illustration-house.com/bios/outcault_bio.html
http://www.comic-art.com/biographies/outcalt1.htm

Thornton W. Burgess—1874-1965
http://www.thorntonburgess.org/ThorntonBurgessBooks.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Burgess

Hendrik W. Van Loon—1882-1944
http://library.osu.edu/sites/exhibits/vanloon/introduction.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Willem_van_Loon

Hugh Lofting—1886-1947
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Lofting
http://members.tripod.com/~Puddleby/
http://selfknowledge.com/262au.htm
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Hugh_Lofting.htm

John Dos Passos—1896-1971
http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/poets/passos.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dos_Passos

Doris Lund—1919-2003

Patricia Rhoads Mauser—1943-
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1542/McCord-Patricia-1943.html

January 15

Peter Asbjornsen—1812-1885
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Christen_Asbj%C3%B8rnsen

Robert Silverberg—1935-
http://www.majipoor.com
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Robert_Silverberg.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg

Bijou Le Tord—1945-
http://bijou.letord.free.fr/Bijou%20website/

Satomi Ichikawa—1949-
http://www.medialynx.co.jp/artists/ichikawa_satomi/ickw-e.html

Richard Jesse Watson—1951-
http://www.richardjessewatson.com
http://www.RichardJesseWatson.blogspot.com

January 16

Martha Shapp—1910-
http://www.jacketflap.com/martha-shapp/105674

Robert Lipsyte—1938-
http://www.robertlipsyte.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lipsyte

Kate McMullan—1947-
http://www.katemcmullan.com
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1695
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/
ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=12474


Andrew Glass—1949-
http://www.answers.com/topic/andrew-glass
http://www.amazon.com/Andrew-Glass/e/B001H9XPVO
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=2241879

January 17

Robert Cormier—1925-2000
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,393333,00.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-cormier-robert.asp
http://www.achuka.co.uk/special/cormier01.htm
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/cormier.html
http://www.wbais.org/~aislibrary/robertcormier.htm
http://www.ipl.org/div/askauthor/Cormier.html

Shari Lewis—1934-1998
http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9808/03/shari.lewis.obit/
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762699.html
http://www.grandtimes.com/lambchop.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis
http://entertainment.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=36893
http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/lewis-shari

John Bellairs—1938-1991
http://www.bellairsia.com/
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212361/authorbio.htm#jb
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Bellairs_John.html

Janet Stevens—1953-
http://www.janetstevens.com/
http://www.scottforesman.com/families/authors/stevens.html
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/authorinterviews/bookinterview_stevens.asp

January 18

A. A. Milne—1882-1956
http://www.just-pooh.com/milne.html
http://www.winniethepooh.co.uk/author.html
http://poohshideout.tripod.com/milne.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/aamilne.htm

Arthur Ransome—1884-1967
http://www.arthur-ransome.org/ar/
http://www.allthingsransome.net
http://www.visitcumbria.com/ransome.htm
http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/jsp/db/author.jsp?authorId=16&authorName=Arthur+Ransome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ransome

Raymond Briggs—1934-
http://www.toonhound.com/briggs.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Briggs

Grace Nichols—1950-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Nichols
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1882/Nichols-Grace-1950.html

Catherine Anholt—1958-
http://www.anholt.co.uk
http://www.powertolearn.com/ask_the_expert/expert_archive/laurence_and_catherine_anholt.shtml

Alan Schroeder—1961-
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=27294
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1187&context=fosr

January 19

Edgar Allan Poe—1809-1849
http://www.eapoe.org/
http://www.nps.gov/edal/
http://www.poemuseum.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

Nina Bawden—1925-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Bawden

Corinne Gerson—1927-
http://www.jacketflap.com/corinne-gerson/30384

Susan Dodson—1941-

Pat Mora—1942-
http://www.patmora.com/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/mora.html
http://www.leeandlow.com/booktalk/mora.html

January 20

Joy Adamson—1920-1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Adamson
http://www.notablebiographies.com/A-An/Adamson-Joy.html
http://www.who2.com/joyadamson.html

Helen Hoover—1910-1984
http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/H/hoover_years.html

Mary Anderson—1939-

Tedd Arnold—1949-
http://www.teddarnoldbooks.com
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3166
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedd_Arnold

January 21

Carol Beach York—1928-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Beach_York

Huck Scarry (Richard Scarry, Jr.)——1953-
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=27050
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Scarry

January 22

George Gordon Byron—1788-1824
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron

Robert E. Howard—1906-1936
http://www.rehfoundation.org

Sheila Gordon—1927-
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/unbound//factfict/sgordon.htm

Blair Lent—1930-2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair_Lent

Brian Wildsmith—1930-
http://brianwildsmith.com

Joseph Wambaugh—1937-

Rafe Martin—1946-
http://www.rafemartin.com
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/folktale_meetrafe.htm
http://www.footprintpress.com/RochesterAuthors/rafe.htm

Michael Scott Rohan—1951-
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/mike.scott.rohan/
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Michael_Scott_Rohan.htm

January 23

Joseph Nathan Kane—1899-2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nathan_Kane

Charles Parlin Graves—1911-1972

Thomas B. Allen—1928-
http://www.tballen.com/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/allen.html
http://www.martystuart.com/Zart-Countrycom-5-17-00.htm

Katharine Holabird—1948-
http://www.katharineholabird.com

Susan Mathias Smith—1950-

January 24

E. T. A. Hoffmann—1776-1882
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hoffman.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._T._A._Hoffmann
http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/hoffmann.html

Edith Wharton—1862-1937
http://www.edithwharton.org/index.php?catId=6
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/wharton/works.htm
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/wharton.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wharton

Charles Boardman Hawes—1889-1923
http://www.giga-usa.com/gigaweb1/quotes2/quauthawescharlesbx001.htm

John Beatty—1922-1975

January 25

Robert Burns—1759-1796
http://www.robertburns.org
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/709
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns

W. Somerset Maugham—1874-1965
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/maugham.htm
http://www.caxtonclub.org/reading/smaugham.html
http://maugham.thefreelibrary.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham

Virginia Woolf—1882-1941
http://www.online-literature.com/virginia_woolf
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/vwoolf.htm
http://www.virginiawoolfsociety.co.uk

James 'Jim' Flora—1914-1998
http://www.jimflora.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Flora
http://www.askart.com/askart/f/james_flora/james_flora.aspx
http://jimflora.blogspot.com/

Barbara Rinkoff—1923-1975

Hilma Wolitzer—1930-
http://www.hilmawolitzer.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/06/books/06bloc.html?ex=1304568000&en=5536b540eb83f95d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=33613
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5251475

Roy Gerrard—1935-1997

Debbi Chocolate—1951-

Nicki Weiss—1954-
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/15244/Nicki_Weiss/index.aspx

January 26

Mary Mapes Dodge—1831-1905
http://www.selfknowledge.com/125au.htm

Maria von Trapp—1905-1987
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_von_Trapp
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/winter/von-trapps.html

Philip Jose Farmer—1918-2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/philip-jose-farmer/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/books/27farmer.html

Charles Mikolaycak—1937-1993
http://www.oklahoma.net/~silvrdal/mikolaycak.html

Ashley Wolff—1956-
http://www.ashleywolff.com/

January 27

Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)—1832-1898
http://www.lewiscarroll.org/carroll.html
http://www.literature.org/authors/carroll-lewis/
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/carroll/index.html
http://www.insite.com.br/rodrigo/text/lewis_carroll.html
http://lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk/

Lorenz Graham—1902-1989
http://www.grahambooks.com

Jules Archer—1915-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Archer

Jean Merrill—1923-
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Merrill__Jean.html

Harry Allard—1928-
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/01jan/1-27allard.html

Mordecai Richler—1931- 2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Richler

Julius Lester—1939-
http://www.members.authorsguild.net/juliuslester/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/lester.html

Janice Van Cleave—1942-
http://scienceprojectideasforkids.com

Susan Guevara—1956-

January 28

José Julian Marti—1853-1895
http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/marti.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%AD
http://www.cubagob.cu/otras_info/minfar/defensa_ingles/ijose_jmarti.htm

Vera B. Williams—1927-
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-williams-vera.asp
http://teachersnetwork.org/ntol/howto/childlit/authorstudy.htm
http://www.parents-choice.org/full_abstract.cfm?art_id=16&the_page=reading_list

Ann Jonas—1932-
http://www.nccil.org/experience/artists/crewsfam/ajonas.htm

January 29

Bill Peet—1915-2002
http://www.billpeet.net
http://www.tlsbooks.com/billpeetbooks.htm

Christopher Collier—1930-
http://www.mcelmeel.com/writing/collier.html
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=5392
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/christopher-collier-phd

Sylvia Cassedy—1930-1989

Germaine Greer—1939-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_Greer

Rosemary Wells—1943-
http://www.rosemarywells.com/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/wells.html
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1112/Wells-Rosemary-1943.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3301

Susan Whitcher—1952-

January 30

Lloyd Alexander—1924-2007
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-alexander-lloyd.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Alexander
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1217

Myron Levoy—1930-

Tony Johnston—1942-
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/AuthorInterviews/bookinterview_Johnston.asp

Michael Dorris—1945-1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dorris
http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A32
http://www.fullcirc.com/writing/dorris.htm
http://www.sustainer.org/dhm_archive/index.php?display_article=vn695dorrised

Greg E. Foley—?
http://www.kid-in.net/greg-foley-maintaining-wonder/
http://www.harpercollins.com/author/tour.aspx?authorID=33750

January 31

Zane Grey—1875-1939
http://www.zgws.org
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/zgrey.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Grey

Norman Mailer—1923-2007
http://www.normanmailersociety.com
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/nmailer.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/norman-mailer/a-brief-history-of-norman-mailer/653/

Gerald McDermott—1941-2012
http://www.geraldmcdermott.com/
http://www.slj.com/2013/01/books-media/authors-illustrators/anansi-the-spider-authorillustrator-gerald-mcdermott-dies-at-71/

Denise Fleming—1950-
http://www.denisefleming.com/
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-fleming-denise.asp

Bryan Collier—1967-
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2649
http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/bookzone/collier.htm


 
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