Authors


 * [|Authors Who Skype with Classes & Book Clubs List] This is a list of authors who offer free  15-20-minute Q and A sessions with classes and book clubs that have finished reading one of their books. (Be sure to check with individual authors before you begin reading the book.)
 * =[|Digital Yoknapatawpha] - If you are studying William Faulkner - includes maps, timelines, and a database searchable by character, location and events.=
 * ** IPL ** Page has a list of the most popular YA authors. At this site, you can click on the author's name to find a brief ** biography and an interview ** of the author ** . **
 * ** __[|The ipl2 (Internet Public Library) Literary Criticism Collection]__ ** contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
 * [|Puffin Books Virtually Live], a series of free interactive webcasts from Puffin's bestselling authors. On this website you can find a selection of previous webcasts which you can watch on-demand, as well as details of forthcoming webcasts.
 * ** Videos of the Authors ** - view your favorite author discussing his/her work.
 * **Author Birthdays - with links to author websites**
 * ** January **
 * 3 - [|Alma Flor Ada]’s Birthday (b. 1938) and J.R. Tolkien’s Birthday (b. 1892) - (d. September 2, 1973) - About the Author
 * 4- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s Birthday (b. 1933) - About the Author
 * 6 - [|Wendelin Van Draanen]’s Birthday (b. 1965) and Carl Sandburg (1878)
 * ** 12 - [|Jack London] ** - (b. 1876)
 * 15 - [|Martin Luther King], Jr.’s Birthday (b. 1929) - (d. April 4, 1968)
 * 17 - John Bellairs (b. 1938) - (d. 1991) - About the Author and [|Robert Cormier] (b. 1925) - (d. November 2, 2000) and Edgar Allan Poe (
 * 18 - ** [|A. A. Milne] ** - January 18, 1882
 * 19 - Pat Mora’s Birthday (b. 1942) - About the Author
 * 27 - ** [|Lewis Carroll] ** - January 27, 1832
 * 29 - Bill Peet’s Birthday (b. 1915) - (d. May 11, 2002) - About the Author
 * ** February **
 * 1 - Jerry Spinelli’s Birthday (b. 1941) - About the Author and Meg Cabot’s Birthday (b. 1967) - About the Author
 * 7 - Charles Dickens’ Birthday (b. 1812) - (d. June 9, 1870) - About the Author and Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Birthday (b. 1867) - (d. February 10, 1957) - About the Author
 * 8 - ** [|Donna Jo Napoli] ** - February 8, 1948
 * 10 - ** [|E.L. Konigsburg] ** - February 10, 1930
 * 11 - Jane Yolen’s Birthday (b. 1939) - About the Author
 * 12 - Judy Blume’s Birthday (b. 1938) - About the Author and Jacqueline Woodson’s Birthday (b. 1963) - About the Author
 * 15 - Art Spiegelman’s Birthday (b. 1948) - About the Author and Norman Bridwell (1928)
 * 24 - **[|Wilhelm Carl Grimm]** - February 24, 1786
 * 25 - ** [|Cynthia Voigt] ** - February 25, 1942
 * 28 -[| Daniel Handler]’s Birthday (b. 1970)
 * ** March - **Women’s History Month
 * 2 - Dr. Seuss’ Birthday (Theodor Seuss Geisel) (b. 1904) - (d. Sept. 24, 1991) - About the Author
 * 3 - ** [|Patricia MacLachlan] ** - March 3, 1938
 * 5 - ** [|Mem Fox] ** - March 5, 1946
 * 8 - Robert Sabuda’s Birthday (b. 1965) - Children’s Pop-Up Book Artist - About the Artist
 * 11 - Ezra Jack Keats’ Birthday (b. 1916) - (d. May 6, 1983) - About the Author
 * 12 - Carl Hiaasen’s Birthday (b. 1953) - About the Author
 * 20 - Louis Sachar’s Birthday (b. 1954) - About the Author and Lois Lowry’s Birthday (b. 1937) - About the Author
 * 22 - ** [|Randolph Caldecott] ** - March 22, 1846
 * 25 - Kate DiCamillo’s Birthday (b. 1964) - About the Author
 * 27 - Julia Álvarez’s Birthday (b. 1950) - About the Author
 * ** April - **National Poetry Month and School Library Media Month
 * 2 - ** [|Hans Christian Andersen] ** - April 2, 1805
 * 5 - ** [|Richard Peck] ** - April 5, 1934
 * 9 - Margaret Peterson Haddix’s Birthday (b. 1964) - About the Author
 * 11 - Sharon Draper’s Birthday (b. 1952) - About the Author
 * 12 - Gary Soto’s Birthday (b. 1952) - About the Author and Beverly Cleary’s Birthday (b. 1916) - About the Author
 * 21 - Barbara Park’s Birthday (b. 1949) - About the Author
 * 27 - Coretta Scott King’s Birthday (b. 1927) - (d. January 30, 2006) - About CSK
 * 28 - Terry Pratchett’s Birthday (b. 1948) - About the Author and **Harper Lee** - April 28, 1926
 * ** May - **National Asian Pacific Heritage Month and Get Caught Reading Month
 * 5 - [|Leo Lionni]’s Birthday (b. 1910) - (d. October 12, 1999)
 * 10 - [|Christopher Paul Curtis]’ Birthday (b. 1953)
 * 15 - ** [|David Almond] ** - May 15, 1951 and ** [|L. Frank Baum] ** - May 15, 1856
 * 17 - Gary Paulsen’s Birthday (b. 1939) - About the Author
 * 20 - ** [|Mary Pope Osborne] ** - May 20, 1959
 * 23 - ** [|Margaret Wise Brown] ** - May 23, 1910
 * 24 - Mo Willems’ Birthday (b. 1962) - About the Author
 * 28 -[| **Ian Fleming**] - May 28, 1908
 * 31 -[| **Harry Mazer**] - May 31, 192
 * ** June **
 * 11 - Robert Munsch’s Birthday (b. 1945) - About the Author
 * 16 - Jennifer L. Holm’s Birthday (b. 1968) - About the Author
 * 18 - Chris Van Allsburg’s Birthday (b. 1949) - About the Author
 * 22 - Dan Brown’s Birthday (b. 1964) - About the Author
 * 25 - Eric Carle’s Birthday (b. 1929) - About the Author
 * ** July **
 * 2 - Jean Craighead George’s Birthday (b. 1919) - About the Author
 * 8 - Raffi’s Birthday (b. 1948) - About the Author
 * 11 - Patricia Polacco’s Birthday (b. 1944) - About the Author and E.B. White’s Birthday (Elwyn Brooks White) (b. 1899) - (d. October 1, 1985) - About the Author
 * 17 - Chris Crutcher’s Birthday (b. 1946) - About the Author
 * 22 - S.E. Hinton’s Birthday (b. 1948) - About the Author
 * 26 - Ana María Matute’s Birthday (b. 1926) - About the Author
 * 28 - Beatrix Potter’s Birthday (b. 1866) - (d. December 22, 1943) - About the Author
 * 29 - Sharon Creech’s Birthday (b. 1945) - About the Author
 * 31 - J.K. Rowling’s Birthday (b. 1965) - About the Author
 * ** August **
 * 2 - Isabel Allende Llona’s Birthday (b. 1942) - About the Author
 * 9 - Patricia C. McKissack’s Birthday (b. 1944) - About the Author
 * 12 - Walter Dean Myers’ Birthday (b. 1937) - About the Author
 * 18 - ** [|Paula Danziger] ** - August 18, 1944
 * 24 - [|Paulo Coelho]’s Birthday (b. 1947)
 * 27 - ** [|Ann Rinaldi] ** - August 27, 1934
 * 31 - ** [|Kenneth Oppel] ** - August 31, 1967
 * ** September - **National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) and Library Card Sign-Up Month
 * 1 - ** [|Kenneth Oppel] ** - August 31, 1967
 * 3 - ** [|Aliki] ** - September 3, 1929
 * 5 - ** [|Tomie dePaola] ** - September 5, 1934 and ** [|Paul Fleischman] ** - September 5, 1952
 * 6 - Tony DiTerlizzi’s Birthday (b. 1969) - About the Author
 * 8 - Jon Scieszka’s Birthday (b. 1954) - About the Author and Jack Prelutsky’s Birthday (b. 1940) - About the Author
 * 13 - Roald Dahl’s Birthday (b. 1916) - (d. November 23, 1990) About the Author and [|Mildred D. Taylor]’s Birthday (b. 1943)
 * 15 - Tomie dePaola’s Birthday (b. 1934) - About the Author
 * 17 - ** [|Gail Carson Levine] ** - September 17, 1947
 * 22 - First Day of Autumn
 * 25 - Shel Silverstein’s Birthday (b. 1930) - (d. May 10, 1999) - About the Author
 * 29 - **[|Stan Berenstain]** - September 29, 1923
 * 30 - Laura Esquivel’s Birthday (b. 1950) - About the Author
 * ** October **National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) and Teen Read Week
 * 5 - **[|Clive Barker]** - October 5, 1952
 * 7 - Sherman Alexie’s Birthday (b. 1966) - About the Author
 * 8 - Faith Ringgoold’s Birthday (b. 1930) - About the Author and **R.L. Stein** - October 8, 1943
 * 14 - Lois Lenski’s Birthday (b. 1893) - (d. 1974) - About the Author
 * 19 - ** [|Philip Pullman] ** - October 19, 1946
 * **20 - [|Nikki Grimes]** - October 20, 1950
 * 23 - ** [|Laurie Halse Anderson] ** - October 23, 1961
 * 29 - Internet Created Anniversary (c. 1969)
 * 31 - Katherine Paterson’s Birthday (b. 1932) - About the Author and Halloween
 * ** November **
 * 10 - Neil Gaiman’s Birthday (b. 1964) - About the Author
 * 11 - Remembrance Day
 * 12 - Kevin Henkes’ Birthday (b. 1960) - About the Author
 * 13 - ** [|Robert Louis Stevenson] ** - November 13, 1850
 * 17 - Christopher Paolini’s Birthday (b. 1983) - About the Author
 * 25 - P.D. Eastman’s Birthday (b. 1909) - (d. January 7, 1986) - About the Author
 * 29 - ** [|Louisa May Alcott] ** - November 29, 1832 and **Madeleine L'Engle** - November 29, 1918 and ** [|C. S. Lewis] ** - November 29, 1898
 * 30 - ** [|Mark Twain] ** - November 30, 1835
 * ** December **
 * 7 - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (Dec. 7, 1941)
 * 10 - Mercer Mayer’s Birthday (b. 1943) - About the Author
 * 13 - ** [|Tamora Pierce] ** - December 13, 1954
 * 16 - E B Lewis’ Birthday (Earl Bradley Lewis) (b. 1956) - About the Author
 * 23 - Avi’s Birthday (Edward Irving Wortis) (b. 1937) - About the Author
 * 24 - Juan Ramón Jiménez’s Birthday (b. 1881) - (d. May 29, 1958) - About the Author
 * 25 - Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Birthday (b. 1951) - About the Author
 * 30 - ** [|Rudyard Kipling] ** - December 30, 1865
 * 31 - New Year's Eve