Mary Pollock
Redirected to Enid Blyton.
Samuel Johnson
18th-century English writer, critic, editor and lexicographer whose Dictionary of the English Language had far-reaching effects on the development of Modern English.
Jane Taylor
English children’s author (1783–1824), whose best known work is “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”.
Juliana Horatia Ewing
English writer of children’s stories, whose 1865 book The Brownies gave Agnes Baden-Powell the idea and the name for the junior level of the Girl Guides.
William Harrison Ainsworth
English historical novelist, at one time considered a rival to Charles Dickens.
Enid Blyton
English children’s writer whose books have been among the world’s best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies.
Ernest W. Marwick
Scottish writer, folklorist and antiquarian particularly noted for his texts on Orkney folklore and history
Malcolm Saville
Leonard Malcolm Saville (21 February 1901 – 30 June 1982) was an English author best known for the Lone Pine series of children’s books, published between 1943 and 1978.
Arthur Griffiths
British military officer, prison administrator and author who published more than sixty books during his lifetime. He was also a military historian who wrote extensively about the wars of the 19th century.
Jessie Saxby
Author and folklorist from Unst, one of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. She also had political interests and was a suffragette.