author birthdays
JANUARY
1 BARBARA WILLIAMS 2 JEAN LITTLE 3 ALMA FLOR ADA 4 PHYLLIS REYNOLDS NAYLOR 5 BETSY MAESTRO 6 VERA CLEAVER 6 WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN 7 ELEANOR CLYMER 7 TONY ABBOTT 8 LEE J. AMES 8 STEPHEN MANES 9 CLYDE ROBERT BULLA 11 MARY RODGERS 11 ANN TOMPERT 12 JACK LONDON 12 CHRLES PERRAULT 13 MICHAEL BOND 14 HUGH LOFTING 18 RAYMOND BRIGGS 18 A. A. MILNE 18 ARTHUR RANSOME 20 TED ARNOLD 21 CAROL BEACH YORK 22 BRIAN WILDSMITH 23 KATHARINE HOLABIRD 25 DEBBI CHOCOLATE 26 MARY MAPES DODGE 27 HARRY ALLARD 27 LEWIS CARROLL 27 JULIUS LESTER 28 ANN JONAS 28 VERA WILLIAMS 29 BILL PEET 29 ROSEMARY WELLS 30 LLOYD ALEXANDER 30 TONY JOHNSTON 31 DENISE FLEMING 31 GERALD MCDERMOTT |
FEBRUARY
1 JERRY SPINELLI 2 REBECCA CAUDILL 2 JUDITH VIORST 3 JOAN LOWERY NIXON 4 RUSSELL HOBAN 5 PATRICIA LAUBER 5 DAVID WIESNER 6 BESTY DUFFEY 7 FRED GIPSON 7 LAURA INGALLS WILDER 8 ANNE ROCKWELL 8 JULES VERNE 9 DICK GACKENBACH 10 LUCY COUSINS 10 STEPHEN GAMMELL 10 E.L. KONIGSBURG 10 MARK TEAGUE 11 JANE YOLEN 12 JUDY BLUME 12 TERRY BISSON 13 SIMMS TABACK 14 GEORGE SHANNON 14 PAUL O. ZELINSKY 15 NORMAL BRIDWELL 15 ELAINE LANDAU 17 ROBERT NEWTON PECK 17 SUSAN BETH PFEFFER 19 LOUIS SLOBDKIN 21 JIM AYLESWORTH 21 PATRICIA HERMES 23 C.S. ADLER 24 WILHELM GRIMM 25 CYNTHIA VOIGHT 25 MARTHA FREEMAN 27 URI SHULEVITZ |
MARCH
2 LEO DILLON 2 DR. SEUSS (THEODORE GEISEL) 3 PATRICIA MACLACHLAN 4 PEGGY RATHMANN 5 MEM FOX 6 THATCHER HURD 8 KENNETH GRAHAME 8 TRINA SCHART HYMAN 8 PETER ROOP 10 JACK KENT 11 WANDA GAG 11 EZRA JACK KEATS 11 JONATHAN LONDON 12 DANIEL COHEN 12 VIRGINIA HAMILTON 13 DIANE DILLON THOMAS ROCKWELL 14 MARGUERITE DE ANGELI 16 SID FLEISCHMAN 17 KATE GREENAWAY 17 WENDELL MINOR 20 MITSUMASA ANNO 20 ELLEN CONFORD 20 LOIS LOWRY 20 BILL MARTIN, JR. 20 LOUIS SACHAR 22 RANDOLPH CALDECOTT 23 ELEANOR CAMERON 24 BILL CLEAVER 24 MARY STOLZ 26 ROBERT FROST 27 DICK KING-SMITH 28 BYRD BAYLOR 30 ANNA SEWELL |
APRIL
2 HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 3 WASHINGTON IRVING 4 ELIZABETH LEVY 4 GLEN ROUNDS 5 RICHARD PECK 7 DONALD CARRICK 8 RUTH CHEW 9 MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX 9 JOSEPH KRUMGOLD 10 DAVID A. ADLER 10 WENDY ANDERSON HALPERIN 12 BEVERLY CLEARY 12 GARY SOTO 13 MARGUERITE HENRY 16 GERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER 19 JEAN LEE LATHAM 22 PAULA FOX 25 STUART MURPHY 26 PATRICIA REILY GIFF 27 LUDWIG BEMELMANS 27 JOHN BURNINGHAM 27 BARBARA PARK 28 LOIS DUNCAN 30 DOROTHY HINSHAW PATENT 30 BONNIE BRYANT |
MAY
4 DOUG CUSHMAN 4 DON WOOD 5 LEO LIONNI 5 TODD STRASSER 6 JUDY DELTON 6 GIULIO MAESTRO 7 NONNY HAGROGIAN 9 SIR JAMES M. BARRIE 9 WILLIAM PENE DUBOIS 9 ELEANOR ESTES 10 CAROLINE B. COONEY 10 CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS 11 PETER SIS 11 MIKE LUPICA 11 ZILPHA KEATLEY SNYDER 12 EDWARD LEAR 12 FARLEY MOWAT 14 GEORGE SELDEN 15 L. FRANK BAUM 16 BRUCE COVILLE 16 BETTY MILES 17 ELOISE GREENFIELD 17 GARYPAULSEN 18 DEBBIE DADEY 18 LILLIAN HOBAN 18 IRENE HUNT 20 CAROL CARRICK 20 MARY POPE OSBORNE 22 ARNOLD LOBEL 23 MARGARET WISE BROWN 23 SCOTT O’DELL 24 DIANE DE GROAT 26 SHEILA GREENWALD 29 ANDREW CLEMENTS 29 ELEANOR COERR 29 WILLO DAVIS ROBERTS 30 MILLICENT SELSAM 31 ELIZABAETH COATSWORTH |
JUNE
2 PAUL GADONE 3 ANITA LOBEL 5 ALLAN AHLBERG 5 FRANKLYN BRANLEY 5 RICHARD SCARRY 6 VERNA AARDEMA 6 CYNTHIA RYLANT 6 PETER SPIER 9 ANTOINE DE SAINT- EXUPERY 9 GREGORY MAGUIRE 10 MAURICE SENDAK 11 ROBERT MUNSCH 12 KRISTIANA GREGORY 12 HELEN LESTER 14 BRUCE DEGAN 14 LAURENCE YEP 15 LOREEN LEEDY 15 W. NIKOLA-LISA 15 BETTY REN WRIGHT 16 JENNIFER HOLM 18 PAT HUTCHINS 18 CONNIE ROOP 18 CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG 19 ELVIRA WOODRULL 21 ROBERT KRAUS 24 KATHRYN LASKY 24 JEAN MARZOLLO 25 ERIC CARLE 26 WALTER FARLEY 26 CHARLOTTE ZOLOTOW 28 BETTE GREEN 30 DAVID MCPHAIL |
JULY
1 EMILY ARNOLD MCCULLY 2 JACK GANTOS 2 JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE 4 JAMIE GILSON 5 JILL MURPHY 5 NANCY SPRINGER 6 CHERYL HARNESS 8 JAMES CROSS GIBLIN 11 PATRICIA POLACCO 11 E.B. WHITE 12 JOHANNA SPYRI 12 HERBERT ZIM 13 TOM BIRDSEYE 13 MARCIA BROWN 13 ANNA GROSSNICKLE HINES 14 PEGGY PARISH 15 MARCIA THORNTON JONES 18 FELICIA BOND 19 EVE MERRIAM 19 JOHN NEWBERY 23 ROBERT QUACKENBUSH 25 RUTH KRAUSS 26 JAN BERENSTAIN 27 SCOTT CORBETT 28 NATALIE BABBITT 28 BEATRIX POTTER 29 SHARON CREECH 29 CONNIE PORTER 30 MARCUS PFISTER 31 J. K. ROWLING 31 ROBERT KIMMELL SMITH |
AUGUST
1 GAIL GIBBONS 2 JAMES HOWE 4 NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM 5 MAUD PETERSHAM 5 RUTH SAWYER 6 FRANK ASCH 6 MATT CHRISTOPHER 6 BARBARA COONEY 7 BETSY BYERS 8 MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS 9 PATRICIA MCKISSACK 9 SEYMOUR SIMON 11 JOANNA COLE 11 DON FREEMAN 11 STEVEN KROLL 12 MARY ANN HOBERMAN 12 DEBORAH HOWE 12 ANN M. MARTIN 12 FREDERICK MCKISSACK 16 MATT CHRISTOPHER 16 BEATRICE S. DEREGNIERS 18 PAULA DANZIGER 22 WILL HOBBS 25 LANE SMITH 26 PATRICIA BEATTY 27 SUZY KLINE 28 ROGER DUVOISIN 28 ALLEN SAY 28 TASHA TUDOR 29 KAREN HESSE 30 VIRGINIA LEE BURTON 30 DONALD CREWS |
SEPTEMBER
2 LUCRETIA HALE 1820 4 JOAN AIKEN 5 PAUL FLEISCHMAN, 1952 6 FELIX SALTEN 7 C.B. COLBY 1904 8 JACK PRELUTSKY, 1940 8 JON SCIESZKA, 1954 10 ROBERT MCCLUNG, 1916 11 ALFRED SLOTE, 1926 12 VALERIE TRIPP 13 ROALD DAHL, 1916 13 CAROL KENDALL, 1917 13 MILDRED TAYLOR 14 WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG, 1914 14 JOHN STEPTOE, 1950 15 JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, 1789 15 TOMIE DEPAOLA, 1934 15 ROBERT MCCLOSKEY, 1914 16 H.A. REY, 1898 17 ELIZABETH ENRIGHT, 1909 19 RACHEL FIELD, 1894 21 H.G. WELLS, 1866 21 TARO YASHIMA, 1908 24 WILSON RAWLS, 1913 25 SHEL SILVERSTEIN, 1930 27 PAUL GOBLE, 1933 28 KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN, 1856 29 STAN BERENSTAIN 30 ALVIN TRESSELT, 1916 30 JANET SHAW 30 N.E. BODE |
OCTOBER
3 NATALIE SAVAGE CARLSON 4 ROBERT LAWSON 4 KAREN CUSHMAN 5 LOUISE FITZHUGH 5 DAVID SHANNON 5 GENE ZION 7 ALICE DALGLIESH 8 BARTHE DECLEMENTS 8 R.L. STINE 9 JOHANNA HURWITZ 10 JAMES MARSHALL 10 ROBERT D. SAN SOUCI 11 RUSSELL FREEDMAN 14 MIRIAM COHEN14 LOIS LENSKI 18 NANCY WINSLOW PARKER 19 ED EMBERLEY 19 DAN GUTMAN 20 NIKKI GRIMES 20 CROCKETT JOHNSON 21 JANET AHLBERG 23 MARJORIE FLACK 24 BARBARA ROBINSON 26 STEVEN KELLOGG 27 CONSTANCE C. GREENE 30 ERIC KIMMEL 31 KATHERINE PATERSON |
NOVEMBER
2 MILDRED AMES 2 NATALIE KINSEY-WARNOCK 3 JANELL CANNON 3 BETTY BAO LORD 4 STERLING NORTH 5 RAYMOND BIAL 5 LARY DANE BRIMNER 7 ARMSTRONG SPERRY 8 MARIANNA MAYER 9 PAT CUMMINGS 9 LOIS EHLERT 10 KATE SEREDY 11 PEG KEHRET 12 MARJORIE WEINMAN SHARMAT 13 ROBERT LOIS STEVENSON 14 ASTRID LINDGREN 14 WILLIAM STEIG 14 NANCY TAFURI 15 DANIEL MANUS PINKWATER 16 JEAN FRITZ 17 CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI 18 SUSAN BARTOLETTI 20 MARION DANE BAUER 21 MARY JANE AUCH 21 LEO POLITI 21 ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE 24 FRANCES HADGSON BURNETT 24 JONATHAN RAND 24 GLORIA HOUSTON 25 MARC BROWN 25 CRESCENT DRAGONWAGON 25 PHILIP EASTMAN 25 STEPHEN KRENSKY 25 PAM MUNOZ RYAN 27 KEVIN HENKES 28 TOMI UNGERER 28 ED YOUNG 29 LOUISA MAY ALCOTT 29 MADELEINE L’ENGLE 29 C.S. LEWIS 30 LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY 30 MARK TWAIN |
DECEMBER
1 JAN BRETT 2 DAVID MACULAY 3 BARBARA BROOKS WALLACE 5 JIM KJEKGAARD 6 CORNELIA MEIGS 6 ELIZABETH YATES 9 MARY DOWNING HAHN 10 RUMER GODDEN 10 CORNELIA FUNKE 16 BILL BRITTAIN 18 MARILYN SACHS 19 EVE BUNTING 22 JERRY PINKEY 23 AVI 24 NOEL STREATFIELD 25 EITH COIFFORD 26 JEAN VAN LEEUWEN 27 INGRI D’AULAIRE 27 TED RAND 27 DIANE STANLEY 28 CYNTHIA DEFELICE 29 MILLY BAND 29 E.W. HILDICK 30 RUDYARD KIPLING 30 MERCER MAYER |