authors and illustrators, p-s.

Authors' homepages are either by the authors themselves, educators/resource collectors, or devoted fans (especially when said author is dead). I have not listed any publisher pages; they're not usually as comprehensive. (Updated 8 6 08)

P

Paddington Bear
Margie Palatini
Jerry Pallotta
Janie Lynn Panagopoulos
Betty and Michael Paraskevas
Colleen Paratore
Linda Sue Park
Nancy Winslow Parker
Todd Parr
Elizabeth Partridge
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Katherine Paterson, the Queen (although she would deny it)
Darcy Pattison
Nancy Patz (pronounced PAYTZ)
Korky Paul
Gary Paulsen
Jonathan Pearce
Mary E. Pearson
Richard Peck
Sylvia Peck (Warning: music)
Ruth Pennebaker
Marlene Perez
Mitali Perkins
Heidi Petach
Julie Anne Peters
Lisa Westberg Peters
P.J. Petersen
Wendy Pfeffer
Patty Pfitsch (pronounced FITCH)
LeUyen Pham
Rodman Philbrick
Margaret Phinney
Jan Pienkowski (pronounced YAN Pee-en-KOFF-skee)
Meredith Ann Pierce
Tamora Pierce (pronounced TAM-e-ra, like the word "camera"), and Sheroes Central
Dav Pilkey (pronounced DAVE)
Daniel Pinkwater
Randall Beth Platt
Mark J. Plotkin
Larry Points
Patricia Polacco
Barry Louis Polisar
Penny Pollock
Frank Portman
Jim Postier
Chaim Potok
The flopsy universe of Beatrix Potter
David Poulsen
Randy Powell
Daniel Powers
Terry Pratchett
Jack Prelutsky
Laurence Pringle
Bonnie Pryor
Michael Pryor
Philip Pullman
Robin Pulver
Carol Purdy
Howard Pyle

Q

Robert Quackenbush
Marsha Qualey (pronounced KWAH-lee)
Mary Quattlebaum

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Margo Rabb
Gail Radley
Raggedy Ann and Andy
Holly Jane Rahlens
Eileen Ramsay
Marcy Dunn Ramsey
Kristen Randle
Candice F. Ransom
Andy Rash
The archival materials for Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game
Peggy Rathmann, the funniest picture book creator in the universe
Deborah Kogan Ray
Omar Rayyan
Rebecca Kraft Rector
Carolyn Reeder
Catherine Reef
Celia Rees
Dian Curtis Regan
Laura Regan
Barbara Reid
Louise Rennison
Laura Resau
Adam Rex
Peter Reynolds
Bebe Faas Rice
James Rice
George C. Richardson
Anita Riggio
Faith Ringgold
Ann Rinaldi
Rick Riordan
David Rish
John Ritter
Karen Rivers
Bethany Roberts
Katherine Roberts
Barbara Robinson
Joanne Rocklin
Lizzy Rockwell
Emily Rodda
Mary Ann Rodman
Colby Rodowsky
Trevor Romain
Peter and Connie Roop
Michael Rosen
Liz Rosenberg
Meg Rosoff
Cylin Busby Ross
Dave Ross
Gaby Ross
Michael E. Ross
Leon Rosselson
Matthue Roth
Susan L. Roth
S.L. Rottman
Lissa Rovetch
J.K. Rowling (pronounced ROLL-ing)
Jill Rubalcaba
Nicole Rubel
Gillian Rubinstein
Laura Ruby
Lois Ruby
Donna Ruff
Ching Yeung Russell
Penni Russon
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Sara Ryan
Cynthia Rylant

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Robert Sabuda
Louis Sachar (pronounced SACK-er)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Synthia Saint James
Nicole St. John (Norma Johnston)
Graham Salisbury
Fay Sampson
Michael Sampson
Alex Sanchez
Ruth Sanderson
Daniel San Souci
Jill Santopolo
Scott Santoro
Miroslav Sasek
April Pulley Sayre
Harriet May Savitz
Suza Scalora
Judith Byron Schachner
Danny Schnitzlein
Ian Schoenherr (pronounced YAN)
Arthur Scholey
Pat Schories
Roni Schotter
Leda Schubert
Carol Schwartz
Ambassador Jon Scieszka (pronounced SHEH-ska)
Sandra Scoppettone
Elaine Scott
Brenda Seabrooke
Marcus Sedgwick
Debra Seely
J.otto Seibold
Peter Selgin
Maurice Sendak
Barbara Seuling
Dr. Seuss, whose books I loathe (sacrilege!)
Phyllis Shalant
Darren Shan
Mark Shasha
Aaron Shepard
Delia Sherman (pronounced DEEL-ya)
Sharon Shinn
Ellen Harvey Showell
Polly Shulman
Neal Shusterman
Linda Shute
Sharon Siamon
Joyce Sidman
Judy Sierra
Alan Silberberg
Shel Silverstein, R.I.P.
Anita Silvey (who has stunning taste in books and an awesome hat collection)
Janni Lee Simner
Seymour Simon
Marilyn Singer
Linda Joy Singleton
Sheri Cooper Sinykin
Peter Sís (pronounced SEEES)
Marsha Skrypuch
Gloria Skurzynski
Arthur Slade
Joseph Slate
David Michael Slater
William Sleator (pronounced SLAY-ter)
Louis Slobodkin
Irene Smalls
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Elwood H. Smith
Lane Smith
Robert Kimmel Smith
Roland Smith
Sherri L. Smith
Sherwood Smith
Barbara Smucker
"Lemony Snicket" (real name: Daniel Handler)
Thomas Sniegoski
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Chris Soentpiet
James Solheim
Angela Sommer-Bodenburg
Sonya Sones
Margo Sorenson
Gary Soto
Cathy Spagnoli
Beatrice Sparks
Jerry Spinelli
Elsie Lee Splear and Ken Stark
Eric Hill's Spot
Nancy Springer
Bob Staake
Alexander Stadler
John Stadler
Joanne Stanbridge
Diane Stanley
Suzanne Fisher Staples
Ruth Starke
William Steig, RIP.
Jacqueline Stem
Maggie Stern
Janet Stevens
Caroline Stevermer
Dawn Lesley Stewart
Linda Stewart
Martha Bennett Stiles
Catherine Stock
Shelley Stoehr
Laurie Faria Stolarz
David Lee Stone
Phoebe Stone
Tanya Stone
Todd Strasser
Michael Strickland
Jeremy Strong
Jenny Sullivan
Sarah Sullivan
Suzanne Supplee
Pamela Curtis Swallow
Joan Sweeney
Stephen Swinburne
Sam Swope
Lois Szymanski

more resources.

Don Gallo's Authors 4 Teens
McDougall Littell has a number of excellent author/student interviews
The Internet Public Library has an "Ask the Author" page, featuring Natalie Babbitt, the late Robert Cormier, and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, among others.
Kay Vandergrift's Author/Illustrator Pages are way comprehensive.
As is Denise Ortakales' overview of women who illustrate children's books.
The Washington Children's Book Guild has lots of member sites linked.

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