Famous Authors - Grade 5
Lloyd Alexander - http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-alexander-lloyd.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Alexander
http://lloydalexander.org/Avi - http://www.avi-writer.com/
http://www.ipl.org/div/askauthor/Avi.htmlJohn Bellairs - http://www.bellairsia.com/the_life/index.html
Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl series - http://www.eoincolfer.com/
James and Christopher Collier - https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/academic-and-educational-journals/christopher-and-james-lincoln-collier
https://www.lincolnparkboe.org/userfiles/41/Classes/12939/james%20lincoln%20collier%20and%20christopher%20collier%20biographies.pdf?id=8188Sharon Creech - http://www.sharoncreech.com/
https://www.orrt.org/creech/
Christopher Paul Curtis - https://nobodybutcurtis.com/
https://www.childrensbookworld.com/christopher-paul-curtis-author
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Paul_CurtisKate DiCamillo - http://www.katedicamillo.com/
http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=573
https://www.katedicamillostoriesconnectus.com/about/
Paula Fox - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Fox
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2057/Fox-Paula-1923.htmlJean Craighead George - http://www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com/
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/books/jean-craighead-george-childrens-author-dies-at-92.html
https://www.edupaperback.org/page-864466
Elizabeth Gray - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gray_Vining
Norton Juster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Juster
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/books/norton-juster-dead.html
http://www.underdown.org/juster.htm
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/n/norton_juster.htmlE. L. Konigsburg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._L._Konigsburg
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/56904-e-l-konigsburg-1930-2013.html
Kathyrn Lasky - http://www.kathrynlasky.com/
Madeleine L'Engle - http://www.madeleinelengle.com/
https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/national-humanities-medals/madeleine-lengle
https://www.cwhf.org/inductees/madeleine-lengleLois Lowry - http://www.loislowry.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Lowry
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/what-lois-lowry-remembersE. J. McGraw - http://www.hungrytigerpress.com/tigertreats/mcgraw.shtml
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - https://phyllisnaylor.com/
https://study.com/academy/lesson/phyllis-reynolds-naylor-biography-books-facts.html
Scott O'Dell - http://www.scottodell.com/Katherine Paterson - http://www.terabithia.com/
http://www.ipl.org/div/askauthor/paterson.html
http://www.carolhurst.com/newsletters/31dnewsletters.html
Ellen Raskin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Raskin
https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/the-westing-game-manuscript/ellen-raskin/
Louis Sachar - http://www.louissachar.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Sachar
https://us.macmillan.com/author/louissachar
Zilpha Keatley Snyder - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilpha_Keatley_Snyder
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/64326-obituary-zilpha-keatley-snyder.html
https://biography.jrank.org/pages/1825/Snyder-Zilpha-Keatley-1927-Autobiography-Feature.htmlElizabeth George Speare - http://www.biblio.com/authors/419/Elizabeth_George_Speare_Biography.html
Jerry Spinelli - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Spinelli
https://www.adlit.org/profile/jerry-spinelli
Laurence Michael Yep - https://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/yep
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Yep
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