List of Children's Literature Authors - B

B

• Natalie Babbitt (born 1932) - Tuck Everlasting, Knee-Knock Rise, The Search for Delicious
• Maria Baciu (born 1942) - Ghetuţele copilăriei
• Enid Bagnold (1889–1981) - National Velvet
• Bob Balaban (born 1945) - McGrowl series
• R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894) - The Coral Island
• Blue Balliett (born 1955) - Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3, The Calder Game
• Lynne Reid Banks (born 1929) - The Indian in the Cupboard series
• Helen Bannerman (1862–1946) - Little Black Sambo
• Clive Barker (born 1952) - The Thief of Always
• Jill Barklem (born 1951) - Brambly Hedge
• Steve Barlow - Outernet series
• Kitty Barne (1883–1961) - She Shall Have Music, Family Footlights, Visitors from London, Rosina Copper
• J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) - Peter Pan
• T. A. Barron (born 1952) - The Lost Years of Merlin series
• Dave Barry (born 1949) - Peter and the Starcatchers series
• Margaret Stuart Barry (born 1958) - Simon and the Witch
• Graeme Base (born 1958) - Animalia
• L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz series
• Hans Baumann (1914–1988) - Sons of the Steppe, I Marched with Hannibal
• Nina Bawden (born 1925) - Carrie's War, The Witch's Daughter, The Peppermint Pig
• Dale E. Basye - Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go
• "BB" (D. J. Watkins-Pitchford) (1905–1990) - The Little Grey Men, Down the Bright Stream, Bill Badger and the Pirates
• Jerome Beatty Jr (1916–2002) - The Matthew Looney space series
• Frank Beddor - The Looking Glass Wars series
• John Bellairs (1938–1991) - The House with a Clock in Its Walls
• Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) - Cautionary Tales for Children, The Bad Child's Book of Beasts, More Beasts for Worse Children
• Derek Benz (born 1971) - Grey Griffins
• Berechiah ha-Nakdan (12th–13th century) - Mishle Shualim, Fables of a Jewish Aesop
• Stan and Jan Berenstain (1923–2005 & born 1923) - The Berenstain Bears series
• Elisabeth Beresford (born 1928) - The Wombles
• Paul Berna (1908–1994) - A Hundred Million Francs, The Street Musician, Flood Warning
• Luc Besson (born 1958) - Arthur and the Minimoys series
• Vitaly Bianki (1894–1959) - Whose Nose is Better?
• John Bibee - The Spirit Flyer series
• Margaret Biggs - Melling School series
• Franny Billingsley - Well Wished, Big Bad Bunny
• Claire Huchet Bishop (1899–1993) - The Five Chinese Brothers, All Alone, The Big Loop
• Holly Black (born 1971) - The Spiderwick Chronicles, Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, Tithe, Valiant
• Malorie Blackman (born 1962) - The Noughts & Crosses series
• Judy Blume (born 1938) - Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, Fudge series
• Enid Blyton (1897–1968) - The Noddy books, The Famous Five series, The Secret Seven series, The Magic Faraway Tree series, Sunny Stories magazine
• Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born 1948) - The Little Vampire series
• Michael Bond (born 1926) - The Paddington Bear series
• Nancy Bond - A String in the Harp
• Ruskin Bond - The Room on the Roof, The Blue Umbrella
• Lucy M. Boston - The Green Knowe series
• Chris Bradford (born 1974) - The Young Samurai series
• Tony Bradman (born 1954) - The Dilly the Dinosaur series
• Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956) - The Dragon and the Thief, The Land of Gold, Beyond the North Wind
• Christianna Brand (1907–1988) - The Nurse Matilda series (adapted as Nanny McPhee)
• Ann Brashares (born 1967) - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series
• Angela Brazil (1868–1947) - The Nicest Girl in the School, For the Sake of the School, The Jolliest Term on Record
• Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969) - The Chalet School series
• Jan Brett (born 1949) - Trouble with Trolls
• Thomas Brezina (born 1963) - The Knickerbocker Gang
• Rae Bridgman - The MiddleGate Books: The Serpent's Spell, Amber Ambrosia, Fish & Sphinx
• Robert Bright (1902–1988) - Georgie
• Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003) - Pastures of the Blue Crane, Longtime Dreaming
• Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938) - The Marvellous Adventures and Misadventures of Hlapić the Apprentice, Tales of Long Ago
• Lauren Brooke - Heartland series, Chestnut Hill series
• Walter R. Brooks (1886–1958) - The Freddy the Pig series
• Marc Brown (born 1946) - Arthur
• Marcia Brown (born 1918) - Puss in Boots
• Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952) - Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny
• Frances Browne (1816–1879) - Granny's Wonderful Chair
• Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937) - The Story of Babar
• Jan Brzechwa (1900–1966) - The Pan Kleks series, & many poems for children
• Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004) - The Jennings school stories
• Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832) - Always Happy!!: Or, Anecdotes of Felix and his Sister Serena. A Tale (1814)
• Eve Bunting (born 1928) - Smoky Night
• John Bunyan (1628–1688) - Pilgrim's Progress
• Della Burford - Journey to Dodoland, Magical Earth Secrets, Miracle Galaxy
• Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) - A Long Trip to Tea Time, The Land Where the Ice Cream Grows
• Thornton Burgess (1874–1965) - The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse, Old Mother West Wind
• Doris Burn - Andrew Henry's Meadow, The Summerfolk
• Sheila Burnford - The Incredible Journey
• Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) - A Little Princess, Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Secret Garden
• Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968) - The Little House, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
• A. J. Butcher - The Spy High series
• Betsy Byars - Summer of the Swans, Cracker Jackson
• Georgia Byng - Molly Moon series