400 Children's AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR

http://www.libraryland.com/authors.htm

From the Internet Public Library, this site offers question answer sessions with numerous authors. http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/youth/AskAuthor/

A selective list of author and illustrator sies on the de Grummond web site at the University of Southern Mississippi. http://avatar.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/autill.htm

Small page so far but with indepth information on each author spotlighted. Includes book summaries, author articles and biographies, classroom connections, Internet links,and an interview. Authors spotlighted so far: David Wisniewski, Allen Say, Karen Cushman, Chris Van Allsburg. http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/author/index.html

Large listing of author and illustrator sites but has not been updated in over a year. http://www.ucet.ufl.edu/~jbrown/chauth.html

Located on The Internet School Library Media Center's website, Children's and Young Adults' Authors & Illustrators is an index of author and illustrator sites. Includes links to pages which give author birthdays, print biographies of authors, prononciation guides, author interviews, and a large collection of author and illustrator websites. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm 

Definitely worth a visit. This site contains directories and links to numerous children's authors. Includes a pick of the month (and previous months), links to related sites, forums, articles, information on workshops, and a section for young writers. http://www.inkspot.com/ Student Review

Much like Inkspot's Children's Author Directory. This website is no longer being updated but still worth the visit. http://www.inkspot.com/illus/

An extensive listing of Author websites. http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/author.html