| Avi
-- wrote popular novels like Poppy, Poppy and Rye and Ragweed. |
| Another
Avi site |
| Maya
Angelou -- famous African American author who wrote autobiographical
stories like I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| Isaac Asimov
-- author of science fiction short stories including "The Fun They Had"
and "Rain, Rain Go Away" |
| L.
Frank Baum -- author of the very famous The Wizard of Oz |
| Rosemary and
Stephen Vincent Benet -- authors of "Western Wagons" |
| James Berry
-- author of poetry including "It Seems I Test People" |
| Judy
Blume -- author of Are you There God? It's Me, Margaret, |
| Ray
Bradbury -- author of the short story "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" |
| Pearl S. Buck
-- author of "Christmas Day in the Morning" |
| Betsy
Byars -- author of The Midnight Fox, |
| James
Lincoln Collierand
Christopher
Collier -- authors of My Brother Sam is Dead |
| Sharon
Creech -- author of Walk Two Moons |
| Another
Sharon Creech site -- Ms.
Creech's own homepage |
| Roald
Dahl -- author of James and the Giant Peach, |
| Charles Dickens
-- author of "A Chirstmas Carol" |
| Emily Dickenson
-- famous for poetry, including "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" |
| Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle -- author of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" |
| Lois
Duncan -- author of I Know What You Did Last Summer |
| Esther Forbes
-- author of Johnny Tremain |
| Robert Frost
-- author of many poems including "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" |
| Paula
Fox -- wrote The Slave Dancer and The One-Eyed Cat |
| Russell Freedman
-- author of Children of the Wild West |
| Jean
Craighead George --author of many children's books including
Julie
of the Wolves, |
| Edward Everett
Hale -- author of the famous short story, "The Man Without A Country" |
| Virginia
Hamilton |
| O. Henry --
author of "A Retrieved Reformation" |
| Karen
Hesse -- author of Out of the Dust |
| Will
Hobbs -- author of several adventure novels including Jason's Gold
and
Ghost
Canoe |
| Langston
Hughes -- author of "Winter Moon" (poem) |
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| Shirley
Jackson -- author of short story, "Charles" |
| William
Joyce |
| Daniel Keyes
-- author of "Flowers for Algernon" |
| Rudyard Kipling
-- author of "Rikki-Tikki Tavi" |
| E.L.
Konigsburg -- author of From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankwilder, and |
| Madeleine
L'Engle -- author of many children's novels including
A
Wrinkle in Time and
A Swiftly Tilting Planet. |
| Arnold
Lobel |
| Jack
London -- wrote many popular novels and short stories
including The Call of the Wild,
White Fang, and "To Build
a Fire." |
| Lurlene McDaniel |
| Patricia
MacLachlan -- author of many stories including Seven Kisses in a
Row, Uncliaimed Treasures, Sarah, Plain and Tall,
and Cassie Binegar |
| Lucy
Maud Montgomery -- most famous as the author of the popular
Anne
of Green Gables series. |
| Donna Jo Napoli
-- wrote Sirena, a story based on Greek mythology |
| Katherine
Patterson wrote the popular novel Bridge to
Terabithia. |
| Another
Katherine Patterson site |
| Gary
Paulsen -- wrote many popular novels including
Hatchet,
The
River, Brian's Winter,
The Haymeadow, and A Christmas
Sonata |
| Edgar Allan
Poe -- famous author of horror short stories and poems including "The Tell-Tale
Heart," "The Black Cat," "The Raven" and "Annabel Lea" |
| Beatrix
Potter -- author and illustrator of many children's favorites, including
Peter
Rabbit |
| Jack
Prelutsky -- author of many poems including "Dauntless Dimble" |
Another Jack
Prelutsky site -- he also wrote the poem, "Louder Than A Clap of Thunder."
Click here 
to hear the author recite this poem |
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| Carolyn
Reeder -- author of Shades of Gray and Across the Lines |
| J.
K. Rowling -- author of the Harry Potter series |
| Another
J. K. Rowling site -- biography plus an audio clip featuring J.K. |
| Ivy
Ruckman -- author of Night of the Twisters |
| Marion
Russell -- author of Along the Santa Fe Trail |
| Louis
Sachar -- author of Wayside School is Falling Down, There's
a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, and Holes |
| Saki
-- (H. H. Munro) author of "The Story Teller" |
| Virginia
Driving Hawk Sneve -- author of the short story, "The Medicine Bag" |
| Another site
for Virginia
Driving Hawk Sneve (last name rhymes with Navy) |
| Elizabeth
George Speare -- wrote The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and
The
Sign of the Beaver . |
| Jerry
Spinelli -- author of Wringer |
| Another
Jerry Spinelli site |
| R.L.
Stine -- author of dozens of horror novels |
| Mark
Twain -- author of the short story, "Cub Pilot on the Mississippi" |
| Chris
VanAllsburg -- author of Jumanji and The Polar Express |
| E.
B. White -- wrote The Trumpet of the Swan, Charlotte's
Web and Stuart Little. Movies have been made from his
stories. |
| Walt
Whitman -- author of the Civil War poem, "O Captain, My Captain" |
| Laura
Ingalls Wilder author of the Little House on
the Praire series |
| Another
Laura Ingalls Wilder site |
| Lawrence Williams
-- author of the short story, "A Man of Peace" |
| Jane
Yolen -- author of the holocaust story, The Devil's Arithmetic |
| Another
Jane Yolen site |
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