Author Listings (Legends, Myths, Fables)
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| Minister and best-selling Christian author Max Lucado was educated at Abilene Christian University. He has been pastor of the Oak Hills Church of Christ in San Antonio, Texas since 1988. He also hosts UpWords, a fifteen minute radio show that can be heard in thirty states. Lucado has authored over twenty books, three o....[more] |
| Alma Flor Ada, Professor Emerita at the University of San Francisco, has devoted her life to advocacy for peace by promoting a pedagogy oriented to personal realization and social justice. A former Radcliffe Scholar at Harvard University and Fulbright Research Scholar she is an internationally r....[more] |
| Russell Ash is best known as the creator and compiler of Top 10 of Everything (annual, 1989–) and related titles (Hamlyn, UK; Sterling, USA, and in various editions around the world). He has also written numerous books on art (principally 19th-century painters), popular reference (such as his annual Whitaker's World of....[more] |
| Holly Black is the bestselling author of several contemporary fantasy novels for kids and teens. Some of her books are Tithe, Valiant, Ironside, the Spiderwick Chronicles series (with Tony DiTerlizzi) and the graphic novel series, The Good Neighbors (with Ted Naifeh). She lives in Amherst, MA in a house with a secret....[more] |
| Erik wrote his first book, The Practically Perfect Pajamas (Winslow Press 2000), because he wanted to have something to illustrate. Ten years and 13 books later, he is working full-time in the children's book world and is currently testing the waters of better self-promotion :)
Stay tuned for a more complete bio so....[more] |
| Michael Lassell (1947 - ) is a professional writer and editor.
Born in New York City; July 15, 1947 * Parents: Michael Joseph Lassell (1917-2006) and Catherine Elizabeth (née Harneit) Lassell (b. 1920); no siblings * Education: Great Neck South High School (grad. 1965); Colgate University (B.A. 1969); California Insti....[more] |
| Arthur Slade was raised in the Cypress Hills of southwest Saskatchewan and began writing at an early age. He received an English Honours degree from the University of Saskatchewan, spent several years writing advertising and now writes fiction full time. He is the author of the "Canadian Chills" series of books, "Dust"....[more] |
| Michael has written more than 200 children's books including middle grade novels, tie-in novelizations, and picture books based on movies, video games, and television shows such as Smallville, Avatar, Men in Black, X-Men and Spider-Man.
Michael's packaging company, Town Brook Press, created and produced Spider-Man M....[more] |
| For many, an illustrated version of Aesop’s Fables is ubiquitous with childhood. Born a slave, Aesop and his fables have become a staple of popular culture for generations. While his birthplace is a matter of much scholarly debate with Egypt, Ethiopia and Athens being presented as possibilities, some facts about his li....[more] |
| Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author, is most well-known for his fairy tales, which include ‘The Little Mermaid’, ‘Thumbelina’, and ‘The Ugly Duckling’. Andersen was born to poor parents, a washerwoman and a shoemaker, in Odense, Denmark, in 1805. Odense was the only town outside of Denmark’s capital to have a thea....[more] |
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