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children's writers
34 notable children's writers on file — 7 still here, 27 not.
still with us
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Jamie Lee Curtis
aliveAmerican actress and author (born 1958)
born 1958
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Queen Rania of Jordan
aliveQueen Consort of Jordan
born 1970
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Geri Halliwell
aliveEnglish singer and actress
born 1972
Colleen Hoover
aliveAmerican author
born 1979
Rhea Perlman
aliveAmerican actress
born 1948
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Judy Blume
aliveAmerican children's writer (born 1938)
born 1938
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Jenny Han
aliveAmerican writer (born 1980)
born 1980
gone
Maryse Condé
deadFrench author from Guadeloupe
1934 – 2024
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Treat Williams
deadAmerican actor, producer, director, and author
1951 – 2023
L. J. Smith
deadAmerican author
1958 – 2025
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Tonke Dragt
deadDutch children's writer and illustrator
1930 – 2024
Ingvar Ambjørnsen
deadNorwegian writer
1956 – 2025
Jan Terlouw
deadDutch politician, physicist and author
1931 – 2025
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Katarina Mazetti
deadSwedish writer
1944 – 2025
Aino Pervik
deadEstonian writer
1932 – 2025
Jutta Bauer
deadGerman children's illustrator and writer
1955 – 2025
Martine Brochard
deadFrench actress
1944 – 2025
Aidan Chambers
deadBritish children's writer
1934 – 2025
Alan Bradley
deadmystery writer
1938 – 2026
Elsie Johansson
deadSwedish writer
1931 – 2025
Maurice Gee
deadNew Zealand novelist
1931 – 2025
Laurent de Brunhoff
deadFrench author
1925 – 2024
Claude Pujade-Renaud
deadFrench writer and choreographer
1932 – 2024
Paul L. Maier
deadLutheran Pastor, professor emeritus of ancient history, Apologist and novelist
1930 – 2025
Joravarsinh Jadav
deadIndian folklorist
1940 – 2025
Walter van den Broeck
deadBelgian writer
1941 – 2024
Luko Paljetak
deadCroatian children's writer and poet
1943 – 2024
Bernadette Després
deadFrench comic artist
1941 – 2024
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Sonia Garmers
deadwriter from the Netherlands-Antilles
1933 – 2025
Ira Lember
deadEstonian writer
1926 – 2025
M. K. Sanu
deadIndian writer
1928 – 2025
Ruth Stiles Gannett
deadAmerican children's writer
1923 – 2024
Miquel Obiols i Prat
deadSpanish writer
1945 – 2024
Justin Richards
deadBritish writer
1961 – 2026