List of 18th-century British children's literature authors

This is a list of 18th-century British children's literature authors (arranged by year of birth):
 * Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
 * Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
 * John Newbery (1713–1767)
 * Christopher Smart (1722–1771)
 * Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)
 * Dorothy Kilner (1735–1836)
 * Sarah Trimmer (1741–1810)
 * Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825)
 * Ellenor Fenn (1743–1813)
 * Hannah More (1745–1833)
 * John Aikin (1747–1822)
 * Thomas Day (1748–1789)
 * Charlotte Smith (1749–1806)
 * Mary Ann Kilner (1753–1831)
 * Maria Elizabetha Jacson (1755–1829)
 * Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836)
 * Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849)
 * Lucy Peacock (fl. 1775–1816)
 * Charles Lamb (1775 – 1834)