Maine Children's Authors/Illustrators

All of these authors have lived and worked in Maine.

Charlotte Agell

Ronni Arno-Blaisdell

Holly Berry

Megan Blakemore

Jeannie Brett

Kelly Briggs

Margaret Wise Brown

Ashley Bryan

Toni Buzzeo

Beth Cadena

Mary Cerullo

Katie Clark

Andrew Clements

Misty Lee Coolidge

Barbara Cooney

Stephen Costanza

Jane Cowen Fletcher

Russ Cox

Sharon Creech

Kelly Cunnane

Sis Boulos Deans

Lew Dietz

Gail Donovan

Kate Egan

Deva Fagan

Julie Falatko

Cathryn Falwell

Donn Fendler

Lisa Fraustino

Ruth Freeman Swain

Laura Freudig

Liza Gardner- Walsh

Gail Gibbons

Cynthia Grimm

John and Ann Hassett

Kevin Hawkes

Rohan Henry

Ryan Higgins

Fran Hodgkins

Jamie Hogan

Barbara Holmes

Phillip Hoose

Mary Claire Howe

Dahlov Ipcar

Jennifer Jacobson

Lisa Jahn-Clough

Paul Janeczko

Sarah Orne Jewett

Carrie Jones

Sashi Kaufman

Scott Kelley

Jessica Kinney

Dwight Kuhn

Fred Lipp

Cynthia Lord

Amy Lowry

Lois Lowry

Diane Magras

Kathy Mallat

Robert McCloskey

Robin McKinley

Bruce McMillan

Margaret McNamara

Alice Mead

Holly Meade

Daniel Minter

Hazel Mitchell

G.A. Morgan

Scott Nash

Tim Nihoff

Ellen Bryan Obed

Anne Sibley O'Brien

Catherine Gorski O'Connor

Mary Beth Owens

Maria Padian

Gale Page

Rodman Philbrick

Lynn Plourde

Ethel Pochocki

Beth Rand

Laura Rankin

Anna Crowley Redding

Cynthia Reynolds

K.A. Reynolds

Mark Scott Ricketts

Tonya Shevenell

Brenda Reeves Sturgis

Melissa Sweet

Matt Tavares

Maria Testa

Jean Titherington

Sarah L. Thomson

Janwillem Van de Wetering

Chris Van Dusen

Anthony Bacon Venti

Cynthia Voigt

Lea Wait

E. B. White

Virginia Wright

Tamra Wight

Kathryn Williams

Margaret Wise Brown

Wade Zahares

 

If there are names you believe are missing, contact:

Kara Reiman, Kara.Reiman@maine.gov
Children's Literacy Specialist