For a list of Authors/Illustrators and their websites visit the following sites:
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
http://www.overbooked.org/genres/youth/allchild.html
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/index.shtml
(E-themes; great resource for Author Study and International Study)
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews (Excellent video clips)
Authors and Illustrators
Mitsumasa Anno
Molly Bang Arnold Adoff
Graeme Base
Jan Brett John Ciardi
Marcia Brown Nikki Giovanni
John Burningham
Eve Bunting Eloise Greenfield
Eric Carle
Lauren Child Nikki Grimes
Tomie dePaola Langston Hughes
Leo and Diane Dillon Karla Kuskin
Lois Ehlert
Denise Fleming Bruce Lansky
Mem Fox
Gail Haley Myra Cohn Livingston
Kevin Henkes
Pat Hutchins Eve Merriam
Arnold Lobel David McCord
Leo Lionni Lilian Moore
James Marshall Jack Prelutsky
Naomi Shihab Nye
Robert Munsch Shel Silverstein
Jerry Pinkney
Patricia Polacco
Cynthia Rylant
Allen Say
Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Maurice Sendak
Dr. Seuss
David Shannon
William Steig
Mark Teague
Chris Van Allsburg
Audrey and Don Wood
Jane Yolen
Joseph Bruchac
Bryan Collier Aliki
Eloise Greenfield Joanna Cole
Virginia Hamilton Russell Freedman
Julius Lester Gail Gibbons
Grace Lin
Pat Mora James Cross Giblin
Walter Dean Myers
Patricia Polacco Tana Hoban
Steve Jenkins
Faith Ringold
Pam Munoz Ryan Kathryn Lasky
Allen Say
Gary Soto Patricia Lauber
Eleanora Tate Milton Meltzer
Mildred Taylor Laurence Pringle
Yoshiko Uchida Seymour Simon
Laurence Yep
Ed Young
Judy Blume Lloyd Alexander
Eve Bunting Natalie Babbitt
Susan Cooper
Betsy Byars Roald Dahl
Beverly Cleary Madeleine L'Engle
Andrew Clements
Sharon Creech Brian Jacques
Lois Lowry Diana Wynne Jones
Katherine Paterson C. S. Lewis
Gary Paulsen Lois Lowry
Philip Pullman
Cynthia Rylant J. K. Rowling
Dick King Smith
Louis Sachar William Steig
Jerry Spinelli E.B. White
Lemony Snicket
Karen Cushman
Christopher Paul Curtis Gloria Houston Oppenheim Ann Turner
Michael Dorris Shulamith Levey Richard Peck Laura Ingalls Wilder
Paul Fleischman Patricia MacLachlan Patricia Polacco
Karen Hesse Ken Mochizuki Elizabeth George Speare
Kimberly Holt Scott O’Dell Mildred Taylor