List of British children's and young adults' authors (1900–1949)

This is a list of British children's and young adults' authors active between 1900 and 1949. The authors listed here are arranged by year of birth.


 * Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924)
 * Mary Francis Ames (1853-1929)
 * Mrs George de Horne Vaizey (1857–1917)
 * E. Nesbit (1858–1924)
 * Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932)
 * E. E. Cowper (1859–1933)
 * J. M. Barrie (1860–1937)
 * Herbert Hayens (1861-1944)
 * Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
 * Beatrix Potter (1866–1943)
 * Angela Brazil (1868–1947)
 * Percy F. Westerman (1876–1959)
 * Frank Richards (1876–1961)
 * Elsie J. Oxenham (1880–1960)
 * Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965)
 * A. A. Milne (1882–1956)
 * Arthur Ransome (1884–1967)
 * Dorita Fairlie Bruce (1885–1970)
 * Hugh Lofting (1886–1947)
 * Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988)
 * Alison Uttley (1886–1976)
 * Evadne Price (1888–1985)
 * Richmal Crompton (1890–1969)
 * J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973)
 * W. E. Johns (1893–1968)
 * Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969)
 * Enid Blyton (1894–1969)
 * George Mills (1896–1972)
 * Joyce Lankester Brisley (1896–1978)
 * Dodie Smith (1896–1990)
 * C. S. Lewis (1898–1963)
 * John F. C. Westerman (1901–1991)
 * Denys Watkins-Pitchford ("BB") (1905–1990)
 * T. H. White (1906–1964)
 * Mary Norton (1903–1992)
 * Rev. W. Awdry (1911–1997)
 * Roald Dahl (1916–1990)