Anthony Craig Horowitz is an English novel writer and screenwriter. He has written many children's stories, including The Power of Five, Alex Rider and The Diamond Brothers series and has written over fifty works.
Richard Russell Rick Riordan, Jr. is an American writer well known for composing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He also created the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults and helped to edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays on the topic of his Percy Jackson series.
Rene Goscinny was a French comics editor and author, who is well known for the comic book Asterix, which he produced with artist Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the comic series Lucky Luke with Morris and Iznogoud with Jean Tabary.
Frank Miller is an American comic book artist, author and movie director well known for his dark, movie noir-style comic book novels and graphic stories Ronin, Daredevil: Born Again, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300.
Joanne Jo Rowling, Obe , better known as J. Rowling , is a British writer well known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990.
Alan Oswald Moore is an English author primarily known for his work in comic works, a medium where he has created a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell.
Eoin Colfer is an Irish writer. He is most famous as the writer of the Artemis Fowl series, but he has also written other successful works. His stories have been compared to the books of J. Rowling.
Jeffrey Bruce Jeff Kinney is a former professional football player, a running back for the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills of the Nfl. At 6'2 and 215 lb. , Kinney was selected by the Chiefs in the first round of the 1972 Nfl Draft, the 23rd overall pick.
Stephenie Meyer is an American writer known for her vampire romance series Twilight. The Twilight stories have gained worldwide recognition and sold over 100 million copies globally, with translations into 37 different languages. Meyer is also the writer of the adult science-fiction novel The Host.
William Boyd Watterson Ii , known as Bill Watterson, is an American cartoonist and the writer of the influential and popular comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.
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Neil Richard Gaiman is an English writer of short fiction, stories, comic works, graphic stories, audio theatre and movies. His notable books include the comic book series The Sandman and stories Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book.
Eiichiro Oda is a Japanese manga artist, well known as the creator of One Piece.
As a child, Oda was inspired by Akira Toriyama's books and aspired to become a manga artist. He recalls that his interest in pirates was probably sparked by the popular Tv animation series titled Vicky the Viking.
Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French contemporary graphic novel writer, artist, animated movie director, and children's book writer. Apart from her native language Persian, she speaks English, Swedish, German, French and Italian.
Shaun Tan is the artist and writer of award-winning books for kids such as The Red Tree, The Lost Thing and The Arrival. He won an Prize at the 83rd Academy Prizes for Short Animated Movie for The Lost Thing, which was adapted from the book of the same title.
Phyllis Christine Cast is an American romance/fantasy writer, known for the House of Night series she writes with her daughter Kristin Cast, as well as her own Goddess Summoning and Partholon book series.
On her own, P. Cast is known for her Goddess Summoning and Partholon book series.
Kristin Cast is the coauthor of the House of Night series for young adults with her mom, P. Cast.
She finished Broken Arrow Senior High in 2005.
In November 2008, Variety reported that producers Michael Birnbaum and Jeremiah S.
Christopher Paolini is an American novel writer. He is well known as the writer of the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the works Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he created his first book.
Erin Hunter is a pen name used by the writers Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and Tui Sutherland, along with editor Victoria Holmes. Under this pseudonym, they have written two series of works.
Maurice Bernard Sendak is an American author and artist of children's literature. He is well known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, released in 1963.
Sendak started life in Brooklyn, New York to Polish Jewish immigrant parents Sarah and Philip Sendak, a dressmaker.
Jeff Smith (born February 27, 1960) is an American cartoonist, well known as the creator of the self-published comic book series Bone. His current series, Rasl, focuses on an art thief who hops through dimensional barriers, hiding out on various parallel worlds.
Gene Luen Yang is an American comics artist whose graphic novel American Born Chinese was called a 2006 finalist for the National Book Prize in the young people's literature category and was prized the 2007 Members' Choice Prize from the Asian American Literary Prizes.
Dean Pitchford is an American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novel writer. His work has earned him an Oscar and a Golden Globe Prize, as well as nominations for three additional Oscars, two more Golden Globes, seven Grammy Prizes and two Tony Prizes.
Ann Martin is an acclaimed American writer of children books. Ann Martin grew up in Princeton, New Jersey with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. After graduating from Smith College, Martin became a teacher and then an editor of books for kids; she is now a full-time author.
Charles Monroe Sparky Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Schulz grew up in Saint Paul.
Kazu Kibuishi is an American graphic novel writer and artist. He is well known for being the creator and editor of the comic anthology Flight and for creating the webcomic Copper. He has also written the Amulet series.
Raina Telgemeier is an American cartoonist whose books include the autobiographic webcomic Smile , which was released by Scholastic Press's Graphix imprint as a full-color graphic novel in February, 2010.
Telgemeier started life May 26, 1977 in San Francisco.
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Joseph Jeph Loeb Iii is an American movie and TV author, producer and award-winning comic book author.
David Dav Pilkey , is a popular writer and cartoonist of children's literature. Dav Pilkey is well known as the writer and artist of the Captain Underpants book series. He lives near Seattle, Washington with his wife, Sayuri.
Dan Jurgens is an American comic book author and artist. He is well known for creating the superhero Booster Gold, and for his lengthy runs on the Superman titles Adventures of Superman and Superman , particularly during The Death of Superman storyline.
Louise Simonson, born Mary Louise Alexander , is an American comic book author and editor. She is well known for her work on comic book titles such as Power Pack, X-factor, New Mutants, Superman: The Man of Steel, and Steel. She is often referred to by the nickname Weezie.
Mark Waid is an American comic book author. He is well known for his eight-year run as author of the Dc Comics' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America.
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