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Diane
Adams
Diane Adams is an art and writing teacher. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Redlands. She lives in California.
Visit Diane Adams's website at: www.dianeadams.net
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Curtis G.
Aikens
Curtis G. Aikens has hosted numerous shows on the Food Network,
including Pick of the Day, From My Garden, Meals without Meat, and Food
in a Flash. He is currently the host of Cooking Fresh on Alabama Public
Television. He is also the author of Curtis Cooks with Heart and Soul.
He lives in California.
Visit Curtis G. Aikens's website at: www.curtisaikens.com
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Stephen
Alcorn
Stephen Alcorn has illustrated numerous books for young people, including Lincoln: In His Own Words and Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters. He lives in New York.
Visit Stephen Alcorn's website at: www.alcorngallery.com
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Ron
Allen
Ron Allen is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a professor at
Northwestern University School of Law. Both before and after his hip
replacement operations, he has lectured all over Europe and in
Australia and New Zealand. He lives in Illinois.
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Lynne
Alpern
Lynne Alpern is the co-author, with Esther Blumenfeld, of several
books. She has conducted numerous workshops on humor and has
taught classes in humor writing. She lives in Georgia.
Visit Lynne Alpern's website at: ww2.humorbreak.com:81
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John
Amoss
John Amoss holds a BFA in graphic design from the University of
Georgia. He is a professor at Gainesville State College. He lives in
Georgia.
Visit John Amoss's website at: www.johnamoss.com
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Joan
Anderson
Joan Anderson is a former daycare center director and facilitator of
the Single Mother's Group at Vanderbilt University. She lives in
Tennessee.
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Raymond
Andrews
Raymond Andrews in the author of a number of novels, including Appalachee Red, winner of the
first James Baldwin Prize; Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee;
and Baby Sweet's. He died in 1991.
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Benny
Andrews
Benny Andrews illustrated all of his brother Raymond's books. Educated at the Art Institute of Chicago, he was an internationally-known artist whose works hang in major museums around the country, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Hirschorn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Studio Museum of Harlem, and the Museum of African Art. He died in 2006.
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Stan
Applegate
Stan Applegate holds degrees from Pennsylvania State University and
Columbia University and worked in education for many years, as a
teacher, as chief of education science and technology for USAID in the
Dominican Republic and Colombia, for the office of American affairs in
education, and as vice president for research and sponsored programs at
the University of South Carolina. He lives in Georgia.
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Kerry
Argent
Kerry Argent has illustrated numerous children's books, including One Woolly Wombat, Wombat Divine, Sleepy Bears, and Sebastian Lives in a Hat. With author Margaret Wild, Kerry has created Miss Lily’s Fabulous Pink Feather Boa and Thank You Santa. She lives in Australia.
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Ruth
Ashby
Ruth Ashby is the award-winning author of dozens of nonfiction and fiction books for juvenile readers. She lives in New York.
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Ann
Ashford
Ann Ashford graduated from Agnes Scott College and was
a United Methodist Church worker for migrants, a welfare case
worker, a teacher, an actress, and vice-president of a fund-raising
consulting firm. She died in 1988.
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Michael
Austin
MICHAEL AUSTIN, a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, is a creative director and the illustrator of several books. He lives in Georgia.
Visit Michael Austin's website at: www.austinillustration.com
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Alex
Ayliffe
Alex Ayliffe has illustrated many children's books. She lives in England.
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Russell
Ayto
RUSSELL AYTO has illustrated several picture books, including Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs; You'll Grow Soon, Alex; and The Witch's Children. He lives in England.
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Paul
Bachem
Paul Bachem has worked for many years as an award-winning freelance
illustrator, producing work for most of the major book and magazine
publishers. He lives in New York.
Visit Paul Bachem's website at: www.paulbachem.com
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Carol
Baicker-McKee
Carol Baicker-McKee, PhD, holds degrees from Yale University and the University of Virginia. She writes a monthly column for Nick Jr. magazine and has volunteered and taught in childcare centers and worked as a child and family therapist. She lives in Pennsylvania.
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Ann
Barrow
Ann Barrow illustrated over twenty children's books. She died in 2005.
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Alison
Bartlett
Alison Bartlett has illustrated several children's books including Oliver's Vegetables; A Cow, a Bee, a Cookie, and Me; and Charlie's Checklist. She lives in England.
Visit Alison Bartlett's website at: www.alisonbartlett.com
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Mary
Batten
Mary Batten, an award-winning writer for television, film and publishing, was nominated for an Emmy for her work on the Children's Television Workshop's science series 3-2-1 Contact and has written more than fifty nature documentaries for television, including the syndicated series Wild Wild World of Animals. She lives in Virginia.
Visit Mary Batten's website at: www.marybatten.com
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Louisa
Bauer
Louisa Bauer holds degrees from Syracuse University and the Rhode Island School of Design. She lives in New York
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Rosalind
Beardshaw
Rosalind Beardshaw has illustrated numerous books for children. She lives in England.
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David
Bedford
David Bedford is the author over thirty books for children, including Long Journey Home; Ella's Games; It's My Turn; Big Bears Can!; and Touch the Sky, My Little Bear. He lives in England.
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Peter
Beney
Peter Beney published numerous books of his photographs, including Land of the Sky; Majesty of Savannah; and
Majesty of Charleston. He lives in Georgia.
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Constance R.
Bergum
CONSTANCE R. BERGUM has illustrated several children's books. She holds an MFA in illustration from Marywood University and lives in Montana.
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Denise
Black
Denise Black is a former teacher; she holds degrees from the University of California at San
Diego and San Diego State College. She lives in Georgia.
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Joyce
Blackburn
JOYCE BLACKBURN is well known for her prize-winning fiction and historical biographies for children. She has written fourteen books, including Suki and the Invisible Peacock, Suki and the Old Umbrella, Suki and the Magic Sand Dollar, and Suki and the Wonder Star, in addition to biographies of Wildred Grenfell, Theodore Roosevelt, John Adams, James Edward Oglethorpe, and George Wythe. Ms. Blackburn lives on St. Simons Island off the coast of Georgia.
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Quentin
Blake
Quentin Blake has earned an international reputation for his quirky, humorous drawings. The best-selling illustrator and author-illustrator of more than one hundred books, Blake is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Bologna Ragazzi Award, and has also been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. In 1999, Blake was named the first Children's Laureate of the United Kingdom. He lives and works in England and France.
Visit Quentin Blake's website at: www.quentinblake.com
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