-- B -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Natalie Babbitt Brod Bagert Lynne Reid Banks T. A. Barron Barbara Bash Joan Bauer Frank Baum John Bellairs Stan & Jan Berenstain Barbara Helen Berger Holly Black Judy Blume Ann Brashares Jan Brett Marc Brown Joseph Bruchac Jane Buchanan Eve Bunting Thornton Burgess Frances Hodgson Burnett Betsy Byars * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- C -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Eric Carle Nancy Carlson Lewis Caroll David Carter Matt Christopher Margaret Chodos-Irvine Beverly Cleary Samuel Clemens Andrew Clement Eoin Colfer Vicki Cobb Nancy Coffelt Babette Cole Janet Wyman Coleman Eoin Colfer Barbara Cooney Caroline B. Cooney Ilene Cooper Robert Cormier Bruce Coville Joy Cowley Sharon Creech Gary Crew Carolyn Crimi Doug Cushman Christopher Paul Curtis Karen Cushman * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- D -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Roald Dahl Paula Danziger Kenneth D. Davis Tomie dePaola Sarah Dessen Ariane Dewey Charles Dickens Toni Diterlizzi Frank Dixon Chris D'Lacey Sharon Draper Lois Duncan Jeanne DuPrau Thomas J. Dygard * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- E -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Allan Eckert Lois Ehlert Sarah Ellis Sylvia Engdahl John R. Erickson option value="http://www.kidspoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=989&column_type=author">Eleanor Estes Douglas Evans * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- F -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sid Fleischman Denise Fleming Mem Fox Mary Ann Fraser Cornelia Funke * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- G -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Wanda Gag Leon Garfield Jean Craighead George Kristine George Jamie Gilson Nikki Grimes Gus Grimly Dan Gutman * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- H -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Margaret Peterson Haddix Mary Downing Hahn Bruce Hale Cheryl Harness Lisi Harrison Gerald Hausman Lisi Harrison Kevin Henkes Carl Hiaasen Eric Hill Will Hillenbrand Anna Grossnickle Hines S. E. Hinton Will Hobbs Kimberly Holt Johanna Hurwitz * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- I -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Eva Ibbotson Jeanette Ingold * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- J -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Brian Jacques Diana Wynne Jones Barbara Joosse * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- K -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * G. Brian Karas Verla Kay Ezra Jack Keats Peg Kehret Helen Ketteman Carolyn Keene Steven Kellogg Eric A. Kimmel Stephen King Dick King-Smith Suzy Kline Stephen Krensky Kathrleen Krull Jane Kurtz * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- L -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Kirby Larson Kathryn Lasky Steve Layne Loreen Leedy Madeleine LEngle Gail Carson Levine Elizabeth Levy Betsy Lewin Ted Lewin C. S. Lewis E. B. Lewis J. Patrick Lewis Grace Lin Astrid Lindgren Anita Lobel Lois Lowry * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- M -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Suse MacDonald Margaret Mahy Bill Martin Jr. Rafe Martin Harry Mazer Gerrald McDermott Robin McKinley Kate McMullan Ben Mikaelsen A A Milne Wendell Minor Will Moses Bernard Most Robert Munsch * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- N -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Donna Jo Napoli Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Garth Nix Naomi Shihab Nye * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- O -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Scott O Dell Kevin O Malley Kenneth Oppel Jerrie Oughton * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- P -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Margie Palatini Christopher Paolini Barbara Park Linda Sue Park Elizabeth Partridge Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Katherine Paterson Gary Paulsen Richard Peck Dave Pelzer Lisa Westberg Peters Marcus Pfister David Pilkey Daniel Pinkwater Patricia Polacco Beatrix Potter * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- Q -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Marsha Qualey * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- R -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Peggy Rathmann Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Laura Resau H. A. Rey John H. Ritter Emily Rodda J. K. Rowling Nicole Rubel Pam Munoz Ryan Cynthia Rylant * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- S -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Coleen Salley Robert D. San Souci Allen Say April Pulley Sayre Richard Scarry Judith Byron Schachner Lola Schaefer Jon Scieszka J. Otto Seibold Maurice Sendak Dr. Seuss Darren Shan A. A. Shepard Seymour Simon Joseph Slate Lemony Snicket Chris Soentpiet Gary Soto Toby Speed Eileen Spinelli Diane Stanley Alexander Stadler Janet Stevens R.L.Stine * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- T -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Hudson Talbott Mildred Taylor Theodore Taylor Jean Thesman Colin Thompson J.R.R. Tolkien Mark Twain * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- U -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Eleanor Updale * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- V -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Chris Van Allsburg Wendelin Van Draanen Jean Van Leeuwen * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- W-X -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Rick Walton Sarah Weeks Rosemary Wells E.B. White Laura Ingalls Wilder Hans Wilhelm Karma Wilson Ashley Wolff Audrey Wood Jacqueline Woodson * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

-- Y-Z -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Jane Yolen Paul Zindel Charlotte Zolotow * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *