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Here are some great author, fan, biography, and review sites for you to check out. Don't forget to take a peek on the Early Literacy page, where you may also find some author-related sites for our younger readers! (The * means the author is Canadian or lives in Canada now!) Let me know if you think there is an author I should add. I love to hear about authors I've missed!
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| Avi (author of Crispin and a multitude of other books) |
| Libba Bray (writer of A Great and Terrible Beauty and its sequels, Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing) |
| Marc Brown (writer of the Arthur books and creator of the characters in the t.v. show) |
| * William Brownridge (illustrator and author of The Mocassin Goalie, The Final Game, and Victory at Paradise Ridge) |
| Michael Carroll (author of the New Heroes series) |
| * Becky Citra (author of Freezing Moon, Ellie's New Home, and others) |
| * Marina Cohen (author of Shadow of the Moon and its sequel, Trick of the Light) |
| Eoin Colfer (author of the Artemis Fowl series, The Supernaturalist, The Wish List, and other books) |
| Suzanne Collins (author of Gregor the Overlander and the Underlander Chronicles and Hunger Games and its sequels) |
| * Christopher Paul Curtis (award-winning author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, Elijah of Buxton, and Bud, Not Buddy) |
| * Anita Daher (author of Spider Song, Two-Foot Punch, and others) |
| Roald Dahl (writer of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, and a ton of other goodies!) |
James Dashner (author of Mazerunner and The Scorch Trials) |
| Margaret Peterson Haddix (writer of many books, including Among the Hidden) |
| Charlie Higson (author of numerous works, including the Young Bond series and The Enemy and its sequels) |
| Anthony Horowitz (writer of the Alex Rider series, as well as a number of other things, including a Broadway play and A&E Mysteries on T.V.) |
| Brian Jacques (creator of the Redwall series) |
Jeff Kinney (author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and its sequels) |
| *Gordon Korman (author of the Everest, Island , and the new Dive trilogies, the MacDonald High series, Schooled, and a pile of other books!) |
| C.S. Lewis Check out this Narnia site that introduces you to the author, the series The Chronicles of Narnia, and the movies. |
| Lois Lowry (best-known for The Giver, Number the Stars, as well as younger children's fiction) |
| Patricia MacLachlan (author of Sarah, Plain and Tall, Caleb's Story, and Skylark, among others) |
| * Carol Matas (author of Footsteps in the Snow, a number of novels that take place in World War II, and some great teen fiction as well) |
| Anne Mazer (author of the Amazing Days of Abby Hayes series) |
| Sylvia McNicoll (great writer of YA books) |
| Stephenie Meyer (author of Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn) |
| * Robert Munsch (writer of a multitude of children's stories, and a great oral storyteller as well!) (Neat unpublished poetry on here too!) |
| Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (best-known for the Shiloh series, but has written a TON of books) |
| Garth Nix (YA and younger children fantasy writer) |
| * Kenneth Oppel (author of many books, including the Silverwing Saga, Darkwing, Airborn, Skybreaker, Starclimber and Half Brother |
| Mary Pope Osborne (author of the Magic Tree House series and her rewriting of some Greek mythology) |
Margie Palatini (author of Piggie Pie and about 20 other great books!) |
| Barbara Park (Author of the Junie B. Jones series) |
| Tamora Pierce (best-known for her various fantasy series) |
| Dav Pilkey (writer of The Hallo-weiner, the Ricky Ricotta series and the Captain Underpants series, as well as many other books) |
| Louise Rennison (author of the Georgia Nicolson series, starting with Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging) |
| Emily Rodda (best-known for the Deltora Quest series) |
| J.K. Rowling (author of the Harry Potter series) Check out our very own LPS teacher-librarian asking Jo Rowling a question at a press conference in Oct. 2007 in Toronto!) |
Carrie Ryan (author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth and its sequels) |
| Louis Sachar (author of Holes and the Wayside School series, among others) |
| Jon Sciezka (author of The Time Warp Trio series, Squids Will Be Squids, The Stinky Cheese Man, and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, among others) |
| Joseph Delaney (British author of Revenge of the Witch and the rest of the Last Apprentice series) |
| Darren Shan (author of the Cirque du Freak and Demonata series) |
| * Valerie Sherrard (author of numerous YA books, including the Shelby Belgarden Mysteries) |
| Lemony Snicket (author of the Series of Unfortunate Events) |
| R.L.Stine (author of the Goosebumps series) |
| J.R.R. Tolkien (best-known for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.) Check out the links on this site! Wow! |
| Holly Black (author of The Spiderwick Chronicles with Tony DiTerlizzi) |
| Marsha Skrypuch (author of Aram's Choice, Prisoners in the Promised Land, and many other award-winning books) |
| * Eric Walters (writer of Shattered, We All Fall Down, Rebound and Camp X, as well as many other books for young people) |
| Walter Wick (creator of the I Spy books) |
| * Frieda Wishinsky (author of the Canadian Flyer Adventures series, as well as novels and picture books. |
| Chris Wooding (author of the Broken Sky series and award-winning The Haunting of Alaizabelle Cray) |
Jane Yolen (winner of many awards for picture books and novels, as well as poetry.) |
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PARENTS PLEASE NOTE: While these sites have been verified by the author of this page, the links accompanying these sites are not necessarily approved as well. Most should be fine, but parents should ALWAYS be familiar with what their children are viewing. Caution is the better part of valour, as they say!
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