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Beatrix Potter
British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
P. L. Travers
Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899–1996)
Penelope Lively
British novelist (born 1933)
Judith Kerr
British writer and illustrator (1923–2019)
Helen Dunmore
British novelist (1952–2017)
Julia Donaldson
English children's writer
Jilly Cooper
Dame Jilly Cooper was an English author and journalist, best known for her long-running Rutshire Chronicles series. She began her career in journalism and published several works of non-fiction, including books on class, animals and marriage, before turning to fiction. Her first book was How to Stay Married, which was published in 1969. She published several collections of journalism, alongside other non-fiction volumes throughout much of her career. Cooper's first novel to be published was the romance Emily, which appeared in 1975 and was followed by five more, as well as a volume of short stories. Cooper was also an anthologist and wrote the Little Mabel series of children's books.
Anne Fine
British writer (born 1947)
Michelle Paver
English children's fiction writer
Catharine Parr Traill
English-Canadian author and botanical artist (1802-1899)
Rumer Godden
English writer (1907-1998)
Cicely Mary Barker
British artist (1895-1973)
Carol Drinkwater
British actress and author
Geraldine McCaughrean
British children's writer (1951-)
Pippa Funnell
British equestrian
Kate Roberts
Welsh author (1891–1985)
Jill Murphy
UK children's writer (1949–2021)
Mary Tourtel
British cartoonist and children's books illustrator (1874-1948)
Sonya Hartnett
Australian writer
Agnes Giberne
British astronomer, author (1845–1939)
Ifeoma Okoye
Nigerian novelist
Lauren Brooke
pen name
Holly Smale
British writer
Frieda Hughes
English-born Australian poet and painter (born 1960)
Lesley Beake
South African children's author
Ruth Manning-Sanders
British poet and author
Candy Gourlay
Filipino writer
Sally Gardner
British children's writer and illustrator
Eve Branson
British philanthropist
Catherine Fisher
Welsh children's writer (1957-)
Jamila Gavin
British children's writer
Monica Hughes
British Canadian children's writer (1925-2003)
Sophia Bennett
British writer
Manon Steffan Ros
Welsh novelist, playwright, games author, and scriptwriter
Vera Barclay
British writer and Co-founder cubs 1916
Pat Smythe
British equestrian (1928-1996)
Menna Elfyn
Welsh poet
Edith Hodgetts
author
Isabel C. Clarke
American writer (1869–1951)
Elizabeth Laird
British children's writer
Annalena McAfee
British writer
Valerie Bloom
Jamaican writer
Mahnaz Malik
British-Pakistani barrister, arbitrator, and author
Hilda Lewis
British writer (1896–1974)
Helen Cooper
British illustrator and an author of children's literature
Mabel Dearmer
British writer and illustrator (1872–1915)
Kate Thompson
Children's author
Ellenor Fenn
British writer
Jennifer Sullivan
Welsh children's writer
Emma Walton Hamilton
British-American author
Emma Clayton
British children's novelist
Debi Gliori
Scottish children's writer and illustrator
Michelle Harrison
British writer
Robin Stevens
American British author