Authors and Illustrators

Grace Lin interviews various authors – An audio blog hosted by author Grace Lin where she talks with various authors about their work.

Eric Carle reads “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” – a read-aloud by the author.

How to pronounce authors’ names – Commonly mispronounced authors’ names and how to say them (i.e. Jon Scieszka – rhymes with Fresca).  


All names are organized alphabetically by LAST name:

Arnold, Caroline – Website of the author Caroline Arnold.

Arnosky, Jim – Website of the author Jim Arnosky.

Avi – Website of the author Avi.

Aylesworth, Jim – Website of the author Jim Aylesworth.

Bang, Molly – Website of the author Molly Bang.

Barron, T. A. – Website of the author T. A. Barron.

Baum, L. Frank – Website about the author L. Frank Baum.

Blume, Judy – Website of the author Judy Blume.

Brett, Jan – Website of the author Jan Brett.

Brown, Greg – Website of the author Greg Brown.

Calamity Jan (Jan Pierson) – Website of the author Jan Pierson – aka Calamity Jan.

Carle, Eric – Website of the author Eric Carle.

Cobb, Vicki – Website of the author Vicki Cobb.

Coville, Bruce – Website of the author Bruce Coville.

Creech, Sharon – Website of the author Sharon Creech.

Curtis, Christopher Paul – Website of the author Christopher Paul Curtis.

dePaola, Tomie – Website of the author Tomie dePaola.

Fleischman, Sid – Website about the author Sid Fleischman.

Fox, Mem – Website of the author Mem Fox.

Gantos, Jack – Website of the author Jack Gantos.

George, Jean Craighead – Website of the author Jean Craighead George.

Gibbons, Gail – Website of the author and illustrator Gail Gibbons.

Hamilton, Virginia – Website of the author Virginia Hamilton.

Hobbs, Will – Website of the author Will Hobbs.

Jacques, Brian – Website of the author Brian Jacques.

Keats, Ezra Jack – Website about the author Ezra Jack Keats.

Korman, Gordon – Website of the author Gordon Korman.

L’Engle, Madeleine – Website of the author Madeleine L’Engle.

Laden, Nina – Website of the author Nina Laden.

Lewis, C. S. – Website about the author C. S. Lewis.

Lewis, E.B. – Website of the illustrator E.B. Lewis.

Mayer, Mercer – Website of the author Mercer Mayer.

Numeroff, Laura – Website of the author Laura Numeroff.

Paolini, Christopher – Website about the author Christopher Paolini.

Paterson, Katherine – Website of the author Katherine Paterson.

Paulsen, Gary – Website of the author Gary Paulsen.

Pilkey, Dav – Website of the author Dav Pilkey.

Polacco, Patricia – Website of the author Patricia Polacco.

Rodda, Emily – Website of the author Emily Rodda.

Rowling, J. K. – Website of the author J. K. Rowling.

Shepard, Aaron — Stories, Scripts, and More – Aaron Shepard’s site for stories and Reader’s Theatre information.

Simon, Seymour – Website of the author Seymour Simon.

Smith, Cynthia Leitich – Website of the author Cynthia Leitich Smith.

Snicket, Lemony – Website of the author Lemony Snicket.

Spinelli, Jerry – Website of the author Jerry Spinelli.

Stanley, Diane – Website of the author Diane Stanley.

Stevens, Janet – Website of the author Janet Stevens.

Wells, Rosemary – Website of the author Rosemary Wells.

Wolkstein, Diane – Website of the storyteller Diane Wolkstein.

Wood, Don and Audrey – Website of the authors Don and Audrey Wood.

Yolen, Jane – Website of the author Jane Yolen.

Zolotow, Charlotte – Website about the author Charlotte Zolotow.