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English children's writers

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Siobhan Dowd
British writer and activist (1960–2007)
Lucy Aikin
British feminist historian and poet (1781-1864)
Liz Pichon
British artist and children's writer
Kevin Brooks
British writer (1959-)
Lauren Child
author and illustrator especially known for Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean, and My Uncle is a Hunkle
Charlotte Maria Tucker
English children's writer
J. Meade Falkner
British writer (1858–1932)
Jean Ingelow
British writer (1820–1897)
Margery Sharp
English writer (1905–1991)
Leon Garfield
English children's writer (1921-1996)
Shirley Hughes
English children's writer and illustrator (1927–2022)
Tony Ross
English illustrator and writer of children's books (born 1938)
Jill Murphy
UK children's writer (1949–2021)
David Macaulay
British-born American illustrator and writer
Margaret Gatty
British writer and botanist (1809-1873)
Jane Gardam
British novelist and children's writer (1928–2025)
Jill Paton Walsh
novelist and children's writer from England
Colin Dann
English author
Robin McKinley
American fantasy writer
Posy Simmonds
British cartoonist and writer
Charlie Higson
British actor, comedian and author
Georgia Byng
British children's writer
Philip Ridley
British artist and author
Matilda Betham-Edwards
English novelist, travel writer, poet and children's writer (1836-1919)
John Burningham
British children's illustrator and writer (1936–2019)
Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie
English novelist (1837-1919)
Joan Gale Robinson
English novelist and illustrator (1910–1988)
Kevin Crossley-Holland
English writer and translator (born 1941)
Monica Dickens
British writer and novelist (1915-1992)
Donald Bisset
British actor (1910-1995)
Paul Stewart
British writer of children's books
Babette Cole
English children's writer and illustrator (1950–2017)
John Cunliffe
British writer (1933–2018)
Ann Taylor
British poet and literary critic (1782–1866)
Sarah Doudney
British fiction and children's writer (1841–1926)
Harris J
English singer
Lauren Brooke
pen name
Robert Muchamore
English author
Holly Smale
British writer
Eric Hill
English children's book author and illustrator (1927–2014)
Lou Rhodes
British singer
Tessa Dahl
British writer and actress
Florence Marryat
British author and actress (1833-1899)
Frieda Hughes
English-born Australian poet and painter (born 1960)
Lucy Cousins
author and illustrator (born 1964)
Marcus Sedgwick
British writer and illustrator (1968-2022)
Anthony Buckeridge
author (1912-2004)
Hesba Stretton
British writer (1832–1911)
W. E. Johns
English pilot and writer of adventure stories (1893–1968)
Magdalen Nabb
British writer known for crime fiction and children's fiction (1947-2007)
Edward Wyke-Smith
English writer (1871–1935)
Ruth Manning-Sanders
British poet and author
Jane West
English novelist, poet, playwright, writer (1758–1852)
Jan Mark
British writer best known for children's books (1943–2006)
William Horwood
British writer (1944-)
Helen Cresswell
English children's writer and TV scriptwriter (1934–2005)
Michelle Magorian
English children's writer
William Mayne
English writer of children's fiction (1928-2010)
Robert Westall
English writer (1929–1993)
Talbot Baines Reed
English author (1852-1893)