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Berenstain, Mike, 1951
Berenstain, Stan, 1923-2005
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Brunstetter, Wanda E
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin, 1957
Carle, Eric
Carr, Robyn
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
CLAMP (Mangaka group)
Clark, Mary Higgins
Collins, Max Allan
Cornwell, Bernard
Cousins, Lucy
Cussler, Clive
Dailey, Janet
Davis, Jim, 1945 July 28
Des Moines (Iowa)
Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines, Iowa)
Dylan, Bob, 1941
Evanovich, Janet
Feehan, Christine
Gaiman, Neil
Gibbons, Gail
Graham, Heather
Gray, Shelley Shepard
Gregory, Josh
Grisham, John
Gutman, Dan
Hall, Lynn
Holub, Joan
Hunter, Erin
Johansen, Iris
Johnstone, William W
Keene, Carolyn
King, Stephen
Kingsbury, Karen
Kirkman, Robert
Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945
Kubo, Tite
Kusaka, Hidenori
L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988
Lackey, Mercedes
Macomber, Debbie
Mallery, Susan
Markle, Sandra
Mashima, Hiro, 1977
McCaffrey, Anne
McDonald, Megan
Meadows, Daisy
Meltzer, Brad
Michaels, Fern
Miles, Ellen
Miller, Linda Lael
Murray, Julie, 1969
Nelson, Willie, 1933
Oda, Eiichirō, 1975
Osborne, Mary Pope
Palmer, Diana
Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010
Patterson, James, 1947
Peirce, Lincoln
Perry, Anne
Peterson, Tracie
Pilkey, Dav, 1966
Pratchett, Terry
Riordan, Rick
Robb, J. D., 1950
Roberts, Nora
Roy, Ron, 1940
Rylant, Cynthia
Sands, Lynsay
Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe), 1922-2000
Seuss, Dr
Shalvis, Jill
Steel, Danielle
Stilton, Geronimo
Stilton, Thea
Stine, R. L
Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel)
Toriyama, Akira, 1955
Turtledove, Harry
Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979
Warren, Susan May, 1966
Weber, David, 1952
West, Tracey, 1965
Willems, Mo
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