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1. Lauren Tarshis

   Author of I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912, I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944, I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916!
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2. Alan M. Gratz

   Author of Grenade, Allies, Refugee
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3. Tish Rabe

   Author of Magenta's Super Sleepover, The Sharing Surprise (Blue's Clues), Blue's Clues ABCs
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4. Allan Zullo

   Author of 10 True Tales: Escape to Freedom, Ten True Tales Titanic Young Survivors, Ten True Tales: The Secret Agent and Other Spy Kids
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5. Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

   Author of Stolen Girl, Making Bombs for Hitler, Don't Tell the Nazis
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6. Kitty Fross

   Author of Blue's Safari Skidoo, A Rainy Day to Remember (Little Bill), The Brightest Star (Dora the Explorer)
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7. Kristiana Gregory

   Author of Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847, The Stowaway: A Tale Of California Pirates, The Great Railroad Race Utah Territory, 1868
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8. Steven Otfinoski

   Author of The Civil War (A Step into History), World War II (Step Into History), The Vietnam War (A Step into History)
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9. Russell Freedman

   Author of Children of the Wild West, Cowboys of the Wild West, We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))
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10. Sean Price

    Author of Cixi: Evil Empress of China?, Ivan the Terrible: Tsar of Death, Henry VIII: Royal Beheader
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11. Andy Marino

    Author of Execution (The Plot to Kill Hitler #2) (2), The Conspiracy, The Escape (The Plot to Kill Hitler #3)
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12. Jim Murphy

    Author of A Savage Thunder: Antietam and the Bloody Road to Freedom, An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, The Great Fire
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13. Gordon Korman

    Author of Restart, Slacker, The Unteachables
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14. Joy Hakim

    Author of Liberty for All?, The First Americans, Making Thirteen Colonies
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15. Christine Ricci

    Author of Animal Parade (Dora the Explorer), Dora's Underwater Voyage (Dora the Explorer), Dora's Nursery Rhyme Adventure (Dora the Explorer)
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16. Samantha Berger

    Author of Where is Polka Dots?, Dora's Search for the Seasons (Dora the Explorer), Doctor Dora
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17. Samantha Seiple

    Author of Nazi Saboteurs: Hitler's Secret Attack on America (Scholastic Focus)
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18. Annie Evans

    Author of Blue's Clues - The Color Finders (Nick Jr. Book Club)
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19. John DiConsiglio

    Author of Robespierre: Master of the Guillotine, Francisco Pizarro: Destroyer of the Inca Empire, COMING TO AMERICA
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20. Susan Hood

    Author of Dora's Shape Adventure, A Birthday for Boots (Dora the Explorer)
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21. Tui T. Sutherland

    Author of The Dragonet Prophecy, Darkness of Dragons (Wings of Fire #10) (10), The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire #2) (2)
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22. Paul Erickson

    Author of Daily Life in a Covered Wagon
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23. Kimberley Burton Heuston

    Author of Napoleon: Emperor and Conqueror, Otto Von Bismarck: Iron Chancellor of Germany, Mao Zedong
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24. Rodman Philbrick

    Author of Wild River, Wildfire: A Novel, Visitors: Strange Invaders
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25. Jeff Smith

    Author of Bone Volume 2: The Great Cow Race, Bone Volume 1: Out from Boneville, Bone Volume 7: Ghost Circles
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26. Janet Tashjian

    Author of My Life as a Gamer (The My Life series, 5), My Life as a Stuntboy, My Life as a Joke (The My Life series)
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27. Steve Watkins

    Author of Sink or Swim: A Novel of WWII
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28. Melissa Schiller

    Author of The Corn Husk Doll
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29. Suzanne Marie Nelson

    Author of Donut Go Breaking My Heart: A Wish Novel
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30. Rachel Mann

    Author of Desert Life
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31. Judith Bauer Stamper

    Author of Wait Until Dark: Tales of Suspense, California or Bust, The Escape (Read 180: Stage B: Level 1)
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32. Margaret Whitman Blair

    Author of Liberty or Death: The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves who Sided with the British During the American Revolution
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33. Sheela Chari

    Author of Finding Mighty
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34. Mike Lupica

    Author of Game Changers: Book 1, Fast Break
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35. Enid A. Goldberg

    Author of Genghis Khan: 13th Century Mongolian Tyrant, Tomas de Torquemada: Architect of Torture During the Spanish Inquisition, Vlad the Impaler: The Real Count Dracula
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36. Joanne Mattern

    Author of 18 Days Underground
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37. Steve Sheinkin

    Author of Lincoln's Grave Robbers
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38. Deborah Hopkinson

    Author of Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) across the Plains, The Deadliest Diseases Then and Now, D-Day: The World War II Invasion that Changed History (Scholastic Focus)
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39. Max Brallier

    Author of The Last Kids on Earth, The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade, The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King
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40. LaVonne Carlson

    Author of Everyday Heroes (Little Bill), Sports Day (Little Bill)
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41. Linda Barrett Osborne

    Author of Traveling the Freedom Road: From Slavery and the Civil War Through Reconstruction, Come On In, America: The United States in World War I
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42. Patricia Brennan Demuth

    Author of What Was Pearl Harbor?, What Was D-Day?
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43. Philip Brooks

    Author of Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare, King George III: America's Enemy
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44. Don Brown

    Author of Gold! Gold from the American River!: January 24, 1848: The Day the Gold Rush Began, All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank, The Great American Dust Bowl
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45. Rosalyn Schanzer

    Author of What Darwin Saw: The Journey That Changed the World, How We Crossed The West: The Adventures Of Lewis And Clark, Gold Fever!: Tales from the California Gold Rush
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46. Scott Reynolds Nelson

    Author of Ain't Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry
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47. Patricia McCormick

    Author of The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero
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48. Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Author of On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894, Little House in the Big Woods, Little Town on the Prairie
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49. Nico Medina

    Author of Where Is Alcatraz?, Where Is the Great Barrier Reef?
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50. Piers Paul Read

    Author of Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
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