List of Children's Literature Authors - W

W

• Lea Wait - Stopping to Home, Wintering Well
• Judy Waite - Mouse Look Out
• Maria Elena Walsh (1930–2011) - Tutú Marambá
• Vivian Walsh - Olive, the Other Reindeer, Gluey, Penguin Dreams, Mr. Lunch series
• Ivy Wallace - The Pookie series, The Animal Shelf series
• John Graham Wallace (born 1966) – Mr Bumble
• Jennifer Ward - Way Out in the Desert
• Ronald Welch (1909–1982) - The Gauntlet, Knight Crusader
• H. G. Wells (1866–1946) - The Time Machine
• Robert Westall (1929–1993) - The Machine Gunners, Fathom Five, The Scarecrows
• Scott Westerfeld - The Midnighters Trilogy, Peeps, The Last Days, The Uglies series
• John F.C. Westerman (1901–?) - 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
• Michael Wexler - The Seems series
• Suzanne Weyn (born 1955) - The Bar Code Tattoo, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
• 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
• 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
• Maiya Williams - 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
• Henry Williamson (1895–1977) - Tarka the Otter
• Jacqueline Wilson - Girls in Love, Double Act, The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Illustrated Mum
• Henry Winkler - The Hank Zipzer series
• Elizabeth Winthrop - The Castle in the Attic
• Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) - Original Stories from Real Life
• Patricia Wrede - The Enchanted Forest Chronicles
• Dare Wright (1914–2001) - The Lonely Doll
• Virginia Brown Wright (born 1958) - Buzzzzzzzz: What Honeybees Do, Crying Bear, The Princess and the Castle, The Prince and the Dragon
• Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010) - The Crooked Snake, The Nargun and the Stars
• Eva-Lis Wuorio - The Island of Fish in the Trees, The Happiness Flower