page_title: List of children's literature writers
section_title: W
hierarchical_section_title: List of children's literature writers / W
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian author Frank Atha Westbury c. 1885
context_page_description: These writers are notable authors of children's literature with some of their most famous works.
context_section_description: Bernard Waber (1921–2013) – The House on East 88th Street
  Muriel Wace (1881–1968) – Moorland Mousie
  Lea Wait (born 1946) – Stopping to Home, Wintering Well
  Judy Waite – Mouse Look Out
  Priscilla Wakefield (1751–1832) – The Juvenile Travellers: Containing the Remarks of A Family During a Tour Through the Principal States and Kingdoms of Europe
  Dorothy Wall (1894–1942) – Blinky Bill
  Ivy Wallace (1915–2006) – Pookie series, The Animal Shelf series
  John Graham Wallace (born 1966) – Mr Bumble
  Maria Elena Walsh (1930–2011) – Tutú Marambá
  Vivian Walsh – Olive, the Other Reindeer, Gluey, Penguin Dreams, Mr. Lunch series
  Mildred Pitts Walter – Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, Second Daughter: The Story of a Slave Girl
  Amy Catherine Walton (Mrs. O. F. Walton, 1849–1939) – Christie's Old Organ
  Jennifer Ward (born 1963) – Way Out in the Desert
  Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1887–1966) – Plant y Mynachdy, Onesimus
  Victor Watson (born 1936) – Paradise Barn series
  Marion St John Webb (1888–1930) – Knock Three Times, The Girls of Chequertrees
  Regina Webb (born 1980) – Detective Henry Hopper series
  Sadie Rose Weilerstein (1894–1993) – The Adventures of K'tonton
  Ronald Welch (1909–1982) – The Gauntlet, Knight Crusader
  Jacqueline West (born 1979) – Dreamers Often Lie, The Books of Elsewhere
  Robert Westall (1929–1993) – The Machine Gunners, Fathom Five, The Scarecrows
  Frank Atha Westbury (1838–1901) – Australian Fairy Tales
  Scott Westerfeld (born 1963) – Midnighters trilogy, Peeps, The Last Days, Uglies series
  John F. C. Westerman (1901–1991) – John Wentley Takes Charge, The Invisible Plane
  Percy F. Westerman (1876–1959) – All Hands to the Boats, Deeds of Pluck and Daring in the Great War
  Carol Weston (born 1956) – Melanie Martin series, Ava and Pip
  Michael Wexler  – The Seems series
  Suzanne Weyn (born 1955) – The Bar Code Tattoo, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
  Gloria Whelan (born 1923) – Homeless Bird, Angel on the Square, Listening for Lions, Chu Ju's House
  Evelyn Whitaker (1844–1929) – Laddie, Tip Cat
  E. B. White (1899–1985) – Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan
  T. H. White (1906–1964) – The Sword in the Stone, Mistress Masham's Repose
  Martin Widmark (born 1961) – The Whodunit Detective Agency series
  Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856–1923) – Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
  Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) – The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince and Other Stories
  Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) – Little House on the Prairie and other Little House books
  Geoffrey Willans (1911–1958) – Down with Skool, How to Be Topp
  Barbara Willard (1909–1994) – The Iron Lily
  John Ellis Williams (1924–2008) – Owen the Goat of Snowdon
  Karen Lynn Williams (born 1952) – Galimoto
  Maiya Williams (born 1962) – The Golden Hour
  Margery Williams (1881–1944) – The Velveteen Rabbit, Poor Cecco, Winterbound
  Ursula Moray Williams (1911–2006) – Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse, Gobbolino the Witch's Cat
  Rita Williams-Garcia (born 1957) – One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven, Gone Crazy in Alabama
  Henry Williamson (1895–1977) – Tarka the Otter
  Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945) – Girls in Love, Double Act, The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Illustrated Mum
  Jane Wilson-Howarth (born 1954) – Himalayan Kidnap, Chasing the Tiger
  Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer pseudonym from 1899) – Rover Boys series
  Henry Winkler (born 1945) – Hank Zipzer series
  Henry Winterfeld (1901–1990) – Trouble at Timpetill, Detectives in Togas, Star Girl
  Elizabeth Winthrop (born 1948) – The Castle in the Attic
  Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) – Original Stories from Real Life
  Audrey Wood (born 1948) – The Napping House, Moonflute, King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
  Patricia Wrede (born 1953) – Enchanted Forest Chronicles series
  Dare Wright (1914–2001) – The Lonely Doll
  Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010) – The Crooked Snake, The Nargun and the Stars
  Eva-Lis Wuorio (1918–1988) – The Island of Fish in the Trees, The Happiness Flower
  Johann David Wyss (1743–1818) – The Swiss Family Robinson
caption: Frank Atha Westbury
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