Author and Illustrator Birthdays
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January
- J.R.R. Tolkien - January 3, 1892
- Katie Davis - January 4, 1959
- Jacob Grimm - January 4, 1785
- Phyliss Reynolds Naylor - January 4, 1933
- Lynne Cherry - January 5, 1952
- Bond Nancy - January 8, 1945
- Walter R. Brooks - January 9, 1886
- Robert C. O'Brien - January 11, 1918
- Jack London - January 12, 1876
- Charles Perrault - January 12, 1628
- Eza Trapini - January 12, 1954
- Michael Bond - January 13, 1926
- Hugh Lofting - January 14, 1886
- Kate McMullen - January 16, 1947
- John Bellairs - January 17, 1938
- Robert Cormier - January 17, 1925
- A. A. Milne - January 18, 1882
- Arthur Ransome - January 18, 1884
- Rafe Martin - January 22, 1946
- Katharine Holabird - January 23, 1948
- Jules Feiffer - January 26, 1929
- Mary Mapes Dodge - January 26, 1831
- Lewis Carroll - January 27, 1832
- Vera B. Williams - January 28, 1927
- Rosemary Wells - January 29, 1943
- Lloyd Alexander - January 30, 1924
- Polly Horvarth - January 30, 1957
February
- Meg Cabot - February 1, 1967
- Jerry Spinelli - February 1, 1941
- Judith Viorst - February 2, 1931
- Russell Hoban - February 4, 1925
- David Wiesner - February 5, 1957
- Laura Ingalls Wilder - February 7, 1867
- Barbara Joosse - February 8, 1949
- Donna Jo Napoli - February 8, 1948
- Lucy Cousins - February 10, 1964
- E.L. Konigsburg - February 10, 1930
- Mark Teague - February 10, 1963
- Jane Yolen - February 11, 1939
- Judy Blume - February 12, 1938
- David Small - February 12, 1945
- Jacqueline Woodson - February 12, 1964
- Janet Taylor Lisle - February 13, 1947
- Simms Taback - February 13, 1932
- Phyllis Root - February 14, 1949
- Paul O. Zelinsky - February 14, 1953
- Norman Birdwell - February 15, 1928
- Jan Spivey Gilchrist - February 15, 1949
- Walter Wick - February 23, 1953
- Wilhelm Carl Grimm - February 24, 1786
- Cynthia Voigt - February 25, 1942
- Uri Shulevitz - February 27, 1935
- Megan McDonald - February 28, 1959
- John Tenniel - February 28, 1820
March
- Dr. Seuss - March 2, 1896
- Erik Blegvad - March 3, 1923
- Patricia MacLachlan - March 3, 1938
- David A. Carter - March 4, 1957
- Peggy Rathman - March 4, 1953
- Mem Fox - March 5, 1946
- Howard Pyle - March 5, 1853
- Sid Fleischman - March 6, 1920
- Chris Raschka - March 6, 1959
- Peter Roop - March 8, 1951
- Robert Sabuda - March 8, 1965
- Margot Apple - March 9, 1946
- Peter Sis - March 11, 1949
- Marguerite De Angeli - March 12, 1889
- Virginia Hamilton - March 12, 1936
- Carl Hiaasen - March 12, 1953
- Diane Dillon - March 13, 1933
- Ruth White - March 15, 1942
- Penelope Lively - March 17, 1933
- Patrick McDonnell - March 17, 1956
- Wendell Minor - March 17, 1944
- Douglas Florian - March 18, 1950
- Mitsumasa Anno - March 20, 1926
- Lois Lowry - March 20, 1937
- Bill Martin Jr. - March 20, 1916
- Louis Sachar - March 20, 1954
- David Wisniewski - March 21, 1953
- Randolph Caldecott - March 22, 1846
- Betty McDonald - March 26, 1908
- Dick King-Smith - March 27, 1922
- Patricia C. Wrede - March 27, 1953
- Anna Sewell - March 30, 1820
April
- Hans Christian Andersen - April 2, 1805
- Johanna Reis - April 4, 1932
- Richard Peck - April 5, 1934
- Graeme Base - April 6, 1958
- Trina Schart Hyman - April 8, 1939
- Margaret Peterson Haddix - April 9, 1964
- Martin Waddell - April 10, 1941
- Beverly Cleary - April 12, 1916
- Gary Soto - April 12, 1952
- Erik Christian Haugaard - April 13, 1923
- Marguerite Henry - April 13, 1899
- Jacqueline Briggs Martin - April 15, 1945
- Garth Williams - April 16, 1921
- Mary Hoffman - April 20, 1945
- Barbara Park - April 21, 1947
- Eileen Christelow - April 22, 1943
- Paula Fox - April 22, 1923
- Maud Hart Lovelace - April 25, 1892
- Patricia Reilly Giff - April 26, 1935
- Ludwig Bemelmans - April 27, 1898
- John Burningham - April 27, 1936
- Shaw Nancy - April 27, 1946
- Lois Duncan - April 28, 1934
- Amy Hest - April 28, 1950
- Harper Lee - April 28, 1926
- Jill Paton Walsh - April 29, 1937
May
- Don Wood - May 4, 1945
- Leo Lionni - May 5, 1910
- Randall Jarrell - May 6, 1937
- Ted Lewin - May 6, 1935
- Barbara McClintock - May 6, 1955
- Nonny Hogrogian - May 7, 1932
- Milton Metzer - May 8, 1915
- Richard Adams - May 9, 1920
- J.M. Barrie - May 9, 1860
- William Pene Du Bois - May 9, 1916
- Eleanor Estes - May 9, 1906
- Christopher Paul Curtis - May 10, 1954
- Jennifer Armstrong - May 12, 1961
- Edward Lear - May 12, 1812
- Farley Mowat - May 12, 1921
- Eoin Colfer - May 14, 1965
- George Selden - May 14, 1929
- David Almond - May 15, 1951
- L. Frank Baum - May 15, 1856
- Bruce Coville - May 16, 1950
- Margaret Rey - May 16, 1906
- Gary Paulsen - May 17, 1939
- Sarah Ellis - May 18, 1952
- Lillian Hoban - May 18, 1925
- Mary Pope Osborne - May 20, 1959
- Lobel Arnold - May 22, 1933
- Arnold Lobel - May 22, 1933
- Margaret Wise Brown - May 23, 1910
- Susan Cooper - May 23, 1935
- Scott O'Dell - May 23, 1898
- Lisbeth Zwerger - May 26, 1954
- Ian Fleming - May 28, 1908
- Brock Cole - May 29, 1938
- Harry Mazer - May 31, 1925
June
- Jack Gantos - June 2, 1951
- Norton Juster - June 2, 1929
- Helen Oxenbury - June 2, 1938
- Anita Lobel - June 3, 1934
- Allan Ahlberg - June 5, 1938
- Richard Scarry - June 5, 1919
- Cynthia Rylant - June 6, 1954
- Peter Spier - June 6, 1927
- Louise Erdrich - June 7, 1954
- Carolyn Meyer - June 8, 1935
- Judy Sierra - June 8, 1945
- Maurice Sendak - June 10, 1928
- Robert Munsch - June 11, 1945
- Helen Lester - June 12, 1936
- Bruce Degen - June 14, 1945
- James Gurney - June 14, 1958
- Laurence Yep - June 14, 1948
- Brian Jacques - June 15, 1939
- Elvira Woodruff - June 15, 1951
- Connie Roop - June 18, 1951
- Chris Van Allsburg - June 18, 1949
- Robert Kraus - June 21, 1925
- Kathryn Lasky - June 24, 1944
- Eric Carle - June 25, 1929
- Walter Farley - June 26, 1922
- Nancy Willard - June 26, 1938
- Charlotte Zolotow - June 26, 1915
- Christina Bjork - June 27, 1938
- Esther Forbes - June 27, 1891
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery - June 29, 1900
- Julia Kepes - June 29, 1919
- David McPhail - June 30, 1940
July
- Emily Arnold McCully - July 1, 1939
- Jean Craighead George - July 2, 1919
- Dave Barry - July 3, 1947
- Cheryl Harness - July 6, 1952
- Nikki Giovanni - July 7, 1943
- Harriet Ziefert - July 7, 1941
- James Cross Giblin - July 8, 1933
- Nancy Farmer - July 9, 1941
- Mildred Wirt Benson - July 10, 1905
- Mary O'Hara - July 10, 1885
- Dianne Ochiltree - July 10, 1953
- Candice F. Ransom - July 10, 1952
- Patricia Polacco - July 11, 1944
- E.B. White - July 11, 1899
- Joan Bauer - July 12, 1951
- Johanna Spyri - July 12, 1827
- Marcia Brown - July 13, 1918
- Leon Garfield - July 14, 1921
- Laura Joffe Numeroff - July 14, 1953
- Peggy Parish - July 14, 1927
- Clement C. Moore - July 15, 1779
- Richard Egielski - July 16, 1952
- Eve Titus - July 16, 1922
- Felicia Bond - July 18, 1954
- Kenneth Grahame - July 20, 1859
- Martin Provensen - July 20, 1916
- Margery Williams Bianco - July 22, 1881
- Robert Barrett - July 25, 1937
- BB - July 25, 1905
- James Berenstain - July 26, 1923
- Paul B. Janeczko - July 27, 1945
- Natalie Babbitt - July 28, 1932
- Beatrix Potter - July 28, 1866
- Sharon Creech - July 29, 1945
- Kathleen Krull - July 29, 1952
- Marcus Pfister - July 30, 1960
- Lynne Reid Banks - July 31, 1929
- J. K. Rowling - July 31, 1965
August
- Holling C. Holling - August 2, 1900
- Mary Calhoun - August 3, 1926
- Mary White Calstom - August 4, 1948
- Barbara Cooney - August 6, 1917
- Betsy Byars - August 7, 1928
- Seymour Simon - August 9, 1931
- Pamela L. Travers - August 9, 1899
- Joanna Cole - August 11, 1944
- Don Freeman - August 11, 1908
- Ruth Stiles Gannett - August 12, 1923
- Walter Dean Myers - August 12, 1937
- Alice Provensen - August 14, 1918
- Edith Nesbit - August 15, 1858
- Diana Wynne Jones - August 16, 1934
- Paula Danziger - August 18, 1944
- Brian Pinkney - August 18, 1961
- Jeff Brown - August 20, 1926
- Arthur Yorinks - August 21, 1953
- Lane Smith - August 25, 1959
- Suzy Cline - August 27, 1943
- Ann Rinaldi - August 27, 1934
- Sarah Stewart - August 27, 1938
- Robert Duvoisin - August 28, 1904
- Allen Say - August 28, 1937
- Tasha Tudor - August 28, 1915
- Karen Hesse - August 29, 1952
- Virginia Lee Burton - August 30, 1909
- Helen Craig - August 30, 1934
- Kenneth Oppel - August 31, 1967
September
- Jim Arnosky - September 1, 1946
- Gail Gibbons - September 1, 1944
- Jane Hissey - September 1, 1952
- John Bierhorst - September 2, 1936
- Demi - September 2, 1942
- Barbara Dillon - September 2, 1927
- Ellen Stohl Walsh - September 2, 1942
- Aliki - September 3, 1929
- Joan Aiken - September 4, 1924
- Syd Hoff - September 4, 1912
- Tomie dePaola - September 5, 1934
- Paul Fleischman - September 5, 1952
- Alexandra Day - September 7, 1941
- Eric Hill - September 7, 1927
- Michael Hague - September 8, 1948
- Jack Prelutsky - September 8, 1940
- Jon Scieszka - September 8, 1954
- Kimberly Willis Holt - September 9, 1960
- Philip Ardagh - September 11, 1961
- Enid Blyton - September 11, 1897
- Valerie Tripp - September 12, 1951
- Roald Dahl - September 13, 1916
- Else Holmelund Minarik - September 13, 1920
- William H. Armstrong - September 14, 1914
- Diane Goode - September 14, 1949
- Elizabeth Winthrop - September 14, 1948
- Bjorn Berg - September 17, 1923
- Gail Carson Levine - September 17, 1947
- Paul Goble - September 17, 1945
- H.A. Rey - September 17, 1898
- Arthur Geisert - September 20, 1941
- Cooper Edens - September 25, 1945
- Jim Murphy - September 25, 1963
- James Ransome - September 25, 1961
- Martin Handford - September 27, 1956
- Bernard Waber - September 27, 1924
- Kate Douglas Wiggin - September 28, 1856
- Stan Berenstain - September 29, 1923
October
- Julie Andrews Edwards - October 1, 1935
- Statemeyer Edward - October 2, 1862
- Karen Cushman - October 4, 1941
- Robert Lawson - October 4, 1892
- Donald Sobol - October 4, 1924
- Edward Stratemeyer L. - October 4, 1862
- Clive Barker - October 5, 1952
- Louise Fitzhugh - October 5, 1928
- David Shannon - October 5, 1959
- R.L. Stein - October 8, 1943
- Johanna Hurwitz - October 9, 1937
- James Marshall - October 10, 1942
- Daniel San Souci - October 10, 1948
- Robert D. San Souci - October 10, 1946
- Russell Freedman - October 11, 1929
- Lois Lenski - October 14, 1893
- Barry Moser - October 15, 1940
- Shel Silverstein - October 18, 1932
- Ed Emberley - October 19, 1931
- Dan Gutman - October 19, 1955
- Philip Pullman - October 19, 1946
- Nikki Grimes - October 20, 1950
- Crockett Johnson - October 20, 1906
- Janet Ahlberg - October 21, 1944
- Ursula K. LeGuin - October 21, 1929
- Laurie Halse Anderson - October 23, 1961
- Elizabeth Cody Kimmel - October 23, 1964
- Fred Marcellino - October 25, 1936
- Steven Kellogg - October 26, 1941
- Eric Rohmann - October 26, 1957
- Enid Bagnold - October 27, 1889
- Katherine Paterson - October 31, 1932
November
- Hilary Knight - November 1, 1926
- Natalie Kinsey-Warnock - November 2, 1956
- Janell Cannon - November 3, 1957
- Pat Cummings - November 9, 1950
- Lois Ehlert - November 9, 1934
- Kay Thompson - November 9, 1908
- Neil Gailman - November 10, 1960
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - November 12, 1928
- Marjorie Weinman Sharmat - November 12, 1928
- Jez Alborough - November 13, 1959
- Robert Louis Stevenson - November 13, 1850
- Astrid Lindgren - November 14, 1907
- William Steig - November 14, 1907
- Nancy Tafuri - November 14, 1946
- Jean Fritz - November 16, 1915
- Robin McKinley - November 16, 1952
- Carolyn Reeder - November 16, 1937
- Christopher Paolini - November 17, 1983
- Elizabeth George Speare - November 21, 1908
- Gloria Whelan - November 22, 1923
- Mordicai Gerstein - November 24, 1935
- Frances Hodgson Burnett - November 24, 1849
- Ruth Sanderson - November 24, 1951
- Marc Brown - November 25, 1946
- Cresent Dragonwagon - November 25, 1952
- P.D. Eastman - November 25, 1909
- Charles M. Schulz - November 26, 1922
- Kevin Henkes - November 27, 1960
- Ed Young - November 28, 1931
- Louisa May Alcott - November 29, 1832
- Madeleine L'Engle - November 29, 1918
- C. S. Lewis - November 29, 1898
- Lucy Maud Montgomery - November 30, 1874
- Mark Twain - November 30, 1835
December
- Jan Brett - December 1, 1949
- David Macaulay - December 2, 1946
- George Ancona - December 4, 1929
- Rhoda Blumberg - December 4, 1917
- Munro Leaf - December 4, 1905
- Betty Smith - December 5, 1904
- Anne Fine - December 7, 1947
- Mary Azarian - December 8, 1940
- James Thurber - December 8, 1894
- Joan W. Blos - December 9, 1928
- Joel Chandler Harris - December 9, 1848
- Jean de Brunhoff - December 9, 1899
- Mary Norton - December 10, 1903
- William Joyce - December 11, 1957
- Tamora Pierce - December 13, 1954
- Rosemary Sutcliff - December 14, 1920
- Eve Bunting - December 19, 1928
- Mike Inkpen - December 21, 1952
- Jerry Pinkney - December 22, 1939
- Avi - December 23, 1937
- John Gruelle - December 24, 1880
- Lynn Munsinger - December 24, 1951
- Jean Van Leeuwen - December 26, 1937
- Carol Ryrie Brink - December 28, 1895
- Cynthia DeFelice - December 28, 1951
- Richard Atwater - December 29, 1892
- Molly Garrett Bang - December 29, 1943
- Rudyard Kipling - December 30, 1865
- Mercer Mayer - December 30, 1943
- Mercer Meyer - December 30, 1943
- Gerald McDermott - December 31, 1941
