The author of An Illustrated Dictionary of Japanese Onomatopoeic Expressions is Taro Gomi.
However, what really comes out of the preface is Gomi's motivation for writing the book, his love for Japanese onomatopoeic expressions.
They are arranged in the same way you'd find in any Japanese dictionary – that is, not by ABCD, but by aieuo あいうえお ( ) .
In the main section, each page has one expression, written in hiragana (Japanese onomatopoeia doesn't use kanji).
While there are certainly more useful dictionaries, I doubt there are many that are as much fun as An Illustrated Dictionary of Japanese Onomatopoeic Expressions.