Illustrator and writer whose intricate drawings helped shape the look of children’s novels of the 60s and 70s

Author of the Crongton novels whose stories of inner-city life give a realistic portrait of growing up in contemporary Britain

Children’s author and illustrator best known for the Topsy and Tim books

Author who won the Children’s Book award in 1997 and whose bestselling series made adults laugh too

Author whose Flambards books drew on her love of horses and captured the changes brought by the first world war

Prolific author and screenwriter committed to exploring social justice in work such as Wild Wood and A Game of Soldiers

Editor with the Paris-based publisher Gallimard Jeunesse who was determined to give British children’s books a presence in France

Publisher whose eponymous company changed the face of children’s nonfiction with its fact-filled illustrated books

Children’s author who devised the adventures of the Pig family and illustrated stories including Dick King-Smith’s The Sheep-Pig

Illustrator and author widely admired for The Church Mice, his series of children’s picture books

Author whose critically acclaimed books, mostly for children, were told with optimism despite their often dark themes

Children’s author whose popular series beginning with The Spook’s Apprentice drew on Lancashire history and folklore

Prolific author best known for the Kevin and Sadie young adult novels charting friendship across the divide in 1970s Belfast

Prolific author and illustrator whose affectionate image of childhood has been instantly recognisable for more than 60 years

Award-winning US illustrator whose prolific output of contemporary and traditional tales charmed readers of all ages

Author and illustrator of relatable yet magical children’s books, including The Worst Witch and Whatever Next!

Illustrator and author of classic children’s books including The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Children’s writer who drew on her experience of growing up in Portland, Oregon, for her Ramona books