ENGL 180 Children's Literature

Biography in Context

Searching for Author Biographies 

Use the library's Biography in Context, with over 450,000 biographies, to help you find information on your author. Select People at the top of the page to browse by category or do a name search for your author. 

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screenshot of database showing how to limit to children's writers

Children's Authors and Illustrators

Children's Authors and Illustrators  

The links below go to the personal websites of just a few well-known authors and illustrators of picture books.

Try searching the web for additional author websites. Note, you can often find information about an author or illustrator on the website of their publishers.