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I love authors that are barely known, so here are a couple of my favorite children's authors that were not that well-known:

Henrik Drescher - author of Simon's Book, Hubert the Pudge: A Vegetarian Tale, and Pat the Beastie.

Eric Metaxas - well, he has written some adult books that were quite successful, but his children's books are not that well known. He has written The Fool and the Flying Ship, The Birthday ABC, The Story of Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby and It's Time to Sleep, My Love.

Tim Raglin - has written and illustrated The Wolf Who Cried Boy Modern Gem , A gingerbread Christmas, Pecos Bill, and How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin

Brad Kessler - has written John Henry, Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion, and The Firebird

I think some of my favorite authors are unknown.
I believe Diana Wynne Jones is pretty well known in the UK, but when it comes to America, I haven't met anyone that has heard of her. Diana's most well known book is probably Howl's Moving Castle, which was made into an animated movie.

Joan Lowery Nixon is another I think that isn't very well known. Her book with the most ratings on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ is The Other Side of Dark and it has 547 ratings. How I discovered Joan Lowery Nixon was through my library's website while I was looking for books to borrow. The first book of hers I ever read was The Haunting and I thought it was great. It has 242 ratings on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.

Joseph Bruchac is a wonderful writer, but I don't think he is too well known. Skeleton Man, Whisper in the Dark and many of his other books are very good. I also really like his childrens books. The First Strawberries was a nice one.

Oh I have read the First Strawberries Eden and I loved it!! I wanted to check out more books by Joseph Bruchac.

Ronyell wrote: "Oh I have read the First Strawberries Eden and I loved it!! I wanted to check out more books by Joseph Bruchac."

You should check out more books by him. He is a great author.

Thanks Eden! I will!

Eden wrote: "Ronyell wrote: "Oh I have read the First Strawberries Eden and I loved it!! I wanted to check out more books by Joseph Bruchac."

You should check out more books by him. He is a great author."

He is an excellent author, everything I've read by him, I've simply adored. Another wonderful author (A Canadian Métis author) whom I recommend is David Bouchard

You simply must read (and if possible listen to) The Secret of Your Name: Proud to Be Métis, and his picture book Qu'Appelle is equally wonderful and evocative. I also loved If you're not from the prairie... and there are a other picture books by Bouchard about Métis and First Nations culture that are on my to-read list.

Thanks for recommending David Bouchard. I'll see if my library has any of his books.

One of my favourite "unknown" authors (at least he is or seems to be rathe unknown on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ) is W.O. Mitchell. You simply must read How I Spent My Summer Holidays and The Black Bonspiel of Willie MacCrimmon (Who Has Seen The Wind is supposed to be excellent as well, but I have not read that one yet).

Gundula wrote: "One of my favourite "unknown" authors (at least he is or seems to be rathe unknown on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ) is W.O. Mitchell. You simply must read [book:How I Spent My Summer Holidays|1538556..."

That's great Gundula! I'll have to check out some books by W.O. Mitchell!

Ronyell wrote: "Gundula wrote: "One of my favourite "unknown" authors (at least he is or seems to be rathe unknown on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ) is W.O. Mitchell. You simply must read How I Spent My Summer ..."</i>

[book:How I Spent My Summer Holidays is February's group read, so you might want to start with that; I can definitely recommend it.

Gundula wrote: "Ronyell wrote: "Gundula wrote: "One of my favourite "unknown" authors (at least he is or seems to be rathe unknown on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ) is W.O. Mitchell. You simply must read [book:How I ..."

Thanks! I will!

One of my favourite unknown authors is Jenifer Mohammed.

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Bella wrote: "One of my favourite unknown authors is Jenifer Mohammed.

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She sounds interesting! I'll have to check out her work!