List of Children's Literature Authors - R

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• Gwynedd Rae (1892–1977) - Mary Plain series
• Janette Rallison (born 1966) - Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List
• Arthur Ransome (1884–1967) - Swallows and Amazons series
• Marjorie Rawlings (1896–1953) - The Yearling
• Talbot Baines Reed (1852–1893) - The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's
• W. Maxwell Reed (1871–1962) - The Earth for Sam, The Stars for Sam
• Celia Rees - The Bailey Game, Witch Child, Pirates!
• David Rees (1936–1993) - The Exeter Blitz, The Flying Island
• Gwyneth Rees - The Mum Hunt, Fairy Dust series, Mermaid Magic
• H. A. Rey (1898–1977) & Margret Rey (1906–1996) - Curious George series
• Adam Rex - The True Meaning of Smekday, Cold Cereal, Fat Vampire, Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich
• Frank Richards (1876–1961) - Stories of Greyfriars School and Billy Bunter
• Justin Richards - The Invisible Detective series
• Chris Riddell - The Edge Chronicles, Barnaby Grimes
• E. V. Rieu (1887–1972) - The Flattered Flying Fish and Other Poems
• Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, The Kane Chronicles, The Maze of Bones
• Jamie Rix (born 1958) - Alistair Fury series, Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids series
• Keith Robertson - Henry Reed series
• Hilary Robinson - Mixed Up Fairy Tales, The Princess's Secret Letters
• Gianni Rodari (1920–1980) - Telephone Tales (Favole al telefono), Tales Told by a Machine (Novelle fatte a macchina)
• Emily Rodda - The Fairy Realm series, the Rowan of Rin series, the Deltora Quest series
• Don Roff (born 1966) - Scary Stories
• Keith Lawrence Roman - The Heart of Nine Tigers, Bartram and the Blue Morning Glory
• Malcolm Rose - Traces series, Lawless and Tilley series
• Simon Rose - The Alchemist's Portrait, The Sorcerer's Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic's Tomb
• Michael Rosen (born 1946) - Sad Book, Fantastically Funny Stories, Quick, Let's Get Out of Here, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
• Diana Ross (1910–2000) - The Little Red Engine series
• J. K. Rowling (born 1965) - Harry Potter series
• Ron Roy - A to Z Mysteries, Capital Mysteries
• Gillian Rubinstein - Space Demons, Galax-Arena
• Salman Rushdie (born 1947) - Haroun and the Sea of Stories
• Rachel Renee Russell - Dork Diaries
• Chris Ryan - The Alpha Force series
• Pam Muñoz Ryan - Esperanza Rising, Becoming Naomi León