My Top 30 Authors

1. Jacqueline Wilson

Writer | The Dumping Ground

Jacqueline Wilson was born on December 17, 1945 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for The Dumping Ground (2013), Double Act (2002) and Hetty Feather: Live on Stage (2019).

2. Meg Cabot

Writer | The Princess Diaries

Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. She is a writer, known for The Princess Diaries (2001), Ice Princess (2005) and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004). She has been married to Benjamin D. Egnatz since April 1, 1993.

3. J.K. Rowling

Writer | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

Joanne Rowling was born in Yate, near Bristol, a few miles south of a town called Dursley ("Harry Potter"'s Muggle-family). Her father Peter Rowling was an engineer for Rolls Royce in Bristol at this time. Her mother, Anne, was half-French and half-Scottish. They met on a train as it left King's ...

4. Enid Blyton

Writer | The Famous Five

Enid Blyton (11 August 1897 - 28 November 1968) was an English author. She was born in Dulwich, South London, England. She was one of the world's most famous children's writers. She is also one of the most prolific authors of all time. This means that she wrote a great number of books. Her most ...

5. Stephanie Meyer

6. Lucy Daniels

Producer | The Fugitive Chronicles

Lucy Daniels is known for The Fugitive Chronicles (2009), Hands (2008) and Touching the Void (2003).

7. Louis Sachar

Writer | Holes

Louis Sachar was born on March 20, 1954 in East Meadow, New York, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Holes (2003), Sideways Stories from Wayside School and Holes (2003). He has been married to Carla Jean Askew since May 26, 1985. They have one child.

8. Francesca Simon

Writer | Horrid Henry

Francesca Simon is known for Horrid Henry (2006), Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011) and Tweenies (1999). She is married to Martin. They have one child.

9. L. Frank Baum

Writer | The Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum became a success with his 1883 production of "The Maid of Arran" in 1882. He was a dreamer, had a printing press and an amateur newspaper, "The Rose Lawn Home Journal" and published a coin and stamp collecting guide. He failed at almost everything through poor business sense. He had ...

10. Jill Barklem

Writer | The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge

Jill Barklem was born on May 23, 1951 in Epping, Essex, England, UK. She was a writer, known for The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge (1996). She was married to David Norman Barklem. She died on November 15, 2017 in London, England, UK.

11. Jeremy Strong

Writer | There's a Viking in My Bed

Jeremy Strong is known for There's a Viking in My Bed (2001) and Jackanory Junior (2007).

12. Roald Dahl

Writer | The Witches

Dahl was born in Wales in 1916. He served as a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He made a forced landing in the Libyan Desert and was severely injured. As a result, he spent five months in a Royal Navy hospital in Alexandria. Dahl is noted for how he relates suspenseful and...

13. J.M. Barrie

Writer | Peter Pan

James Matthew "J. M." Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright. He had a distinguished career, but is primarily remembered for creating Peter Pan and his supporting characters. He used the character of Pan in the novel "The Little White Bird" (1902), the stage play "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who ...

14. Carlo Collodi

Writer | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Carlo Collodi was born on November 24, 1826 in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany [now Tuscany, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022), Pinocchio (1940) and Pinocchio (2022). He died on October 26, 1890 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

15. Marita Conlon McKenna

Writer | Under the Hawthorn Tree

Marita Conlon McKenna is known for Under the Hawthorn Tree (1998).

16. E. Nesbit

Writer | Masterpiece Theatre

E. Nesbit was born on August 15, 1858 in London, England, UK. E. was a writer, known for Masterpiece (1971), Railway Children (2022) and The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet (1995). E. was married to Thomas Tucker and Hubert Bland. E. died on May 4, 1924 in New Romney, Kent, England, UK.

17. Frances Hodgson Burnett

Writer | The Secret Garden

Born in Manchester, England on November 24 1849, Frances Eliza Hodgson was the eldest daughter in a family of two boys and three girls. After her father's death when she was three years old, the Hodgsdons experienced severe financial difficulties. As a young girl, she would scrawl little stories on...

18. Louisa May Alcott

Writer | Little Women

Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer, known for Little Women (2019), Little Women (1994) and An Old-Fashioned Girl (1949). She died on March 6, 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

19. Kenneth Grahame

Writer | The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame was born on 8 March 1859 and was orphaned by the time he was five years old. He went to live with his grandmother in Cookham Dene, Berkshire. He attended St. Edward's School there, and at the age of 17 began working as a clerk for the Bank of England. He stayed on, was promoted ...

20. Daniel Handler

Writer | A Series of Unfortunate Events

Daniel Handler was born on February 28, 1970 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017), A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) and Why We Broke Up. He is married to Lisa Brown. They have one child.

21. Michael Morpurgo

Writer | War Horse

Michael Morpurgo was born on October 5, 1943 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for War Horse (2011), Butterfly Lion and When the Whales Came (1989). He is married to Claire Morpurgo MBE. They have three children.

22. Michael Palin

Writer | Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Michael Palin is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He was one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python.

After the Monty Python television series ended in 1974, the Palin/Jones team worked on Ripping Yarns, an intermittent television comedy series broadcast over ...

23. Miranda Hart

Actress | Spy

Miranda Hart was born on December 14, 1972 in Torquay, Devon, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Spy (2015), Miranda (2009) and Emma. (2020).

24. Anne Frank

Writer | Anne Frank Remembered

Born in Germany in 1929 and raised and raised in Germany and Amsterdam. In 1942, shortly after receiving a diary for her 13th birthday, she and her family were forced to go into hiding to escape Hitler's persecution of the Jews. Hiding with another family and a dentist in an annex behind the ...