Directories

America Writes for Kids
Lists links to children's book author and illustrator web pages both alphabetically and geographically. Includes a clickable map of the United States. A Drury University project.
http://usawrites4kids.drury.edu/

Bethany Roberts' Directory of Children's Authors and Illustrators
Children's book authors and illustrators on the web, listed alphabetically. Highlights authors offering writing tips, as well as Caldecott and Newbery award winners.
http://www.bethanyroberts.com/childrensbookauthors.htm

Children's Book Council: Author & Illustrator Sites
Links to web sites of children's book authors and illustrators who are published by CBC members. Also includes contact information for author and illustrator visits.
http://www.cbcbooks.org/contacts/

Children's Literature Web Guide: Authors and Illustrators on the Web
Extensive directory of official author sites and fan sites. Highly recommended sites are noted.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

Cynthia Leitich Smith's Texas Children's Authors and Illustrators
Features web sites, interviews, and tributes to Texas writers and artists for children. Includes contact information of those who visit schools and libraries. Many authors from other states are listed on the site as well.
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/

Indiana State Library: Authors and Illustrators
Children's writers and artists who live or who have lived in Indiana, sorted alphabetically and geographically. Includes photographs, short biographies, and book lists.
http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/isl/ldo/childrens/INDEX.HTM

Kansas Author Database Index
Offers brief biographical information and links to web pages of writers and artists of books thematically about or set in Kansas. Most listings are for children's literature.
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/kcfb/author_db_index.htm

Kay E. Vandergrift's Learning About the Author and Illustrator
Focusing on authors known for writing children's literature, these pages provide brief autobiographical and bibliographical material of contemporary and classic authors as well as links to personal web sites.
http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/AuthorSite/index.html

Mona Kirby's The Author Corner
Emphasizes "Mid-Atlantic" children's authors, but includes links for many other children's authors as well.
http://www.carr.org/authco/

NYC Young Writers' Picks
The best juvenile literature author websites, as voted and selected by young writers.
http://nycyoungwriters.tripod.com/

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
List of links to personal web sites of published members of SCBWI, sorted alphabetically.
http://www.scbwi.org/links/mem_links.htm

TheCelebrityCafe.com
Book reviews, ratings, and reader's votes.
http://thecelebritycafe.com/books/Childrens_Books/