American
Authors
Includes timeline, literary
movements, links to author sites, etc.
American
Authors on the Web
American
Biographical Archive
Wilson 2W-Microform Index
CT 213 A5
and (microfiche)
An alphabetical accumulation of 367 original biographical reference works covering
300,000 individuals from the earliest period of North American history
through the early twentieth century.
American
Literature on the Web - alphabetical listing of authors
American Women Writers, 1900-1945: A
Bio-Biographical Critical Sourcebook
Ref. PS151.A45 2000
American
Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies
Ref.
PS 129 A55
A four
volume set and supplemental editions includes a cumulated index. Essays
arranged alphabetically by the writer's name, followed by bibliography.
Biographical and critical studies listed.
American Writers to 1900. and American Writers Since 1900
Ref.
PS 128 A4 V5, Ref. PS 129 A56 V5
Contains
biographies, and includes lists of published books, bibliographies, and
critical studies about the writers.
Biography
and Genealogy Master Index Online
A comprehensive
index to current and retrospective biographical dictionaries. Indexes over
700 biographical reference sources.
Biography
Index
Ref.
CT 104 B54
"A cumulative
index to biographical material in books and magazines."
Classic
American Authors
Contemporary Authors
Contemporary Authors is a
comprehensive source of biographical information on over 100,000 modern
novelists, playwrights, poets, scriptwriters, non-fiction writers and
journalists.
Contemporary
Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers
Ref.
Z 1010 C64
More than 98,000 writers of fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry,
reporting, editing, and screen writing are included. Provides personal and career information,
addresses, awards, publication lists and critical sources. Use the index
to locate authors.
Dictionary
of Literary Biography
A multivolume
series that focuses n specific periods, genres, or literary movements. Includes
biographical and critical essays for important figures
of each era. Lists all major works, career, and bibliographies on each
author.
Librarians
Guide to the Internet - Literature
"The
Librarians' Index to the Internet is a searchable, annotated subject directory
of more than 6,600 Internet resources
selected
and evaluated by librarians."
Modern American Women
Writers
Ref.
PS 151.M54 1991
New
York Public Library Literature Companion
Ref.
PN41.N49 2001
Nineteenth-Century
American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
Ref.
PS 217.W64 N56 1997
One Hundred Years Of American Women Writing, 1848-1948
: An Annotated Bio-Bibliography
Ref.
PS 151.B37 1997
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Ref.
PR 19.D73 1995
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English
Ref.
PR 601.O94 1996
Reader's Guide to Literature in English
Ref.
PR 85.R33 1996
Studies in the American Renaissance (periodical)
3 West
/ PS 201.S86
Voice
of the Shuttle Literature (in English)
"Literature in English" includes
works written in English taught in departments of English and American
literature. Some authors are also cross-listed under separate national,
regional, or ethnic categories (e.g., "Irish," "Australian," "Afro-American")
on the Other Literatures Written in English and Minority Literatures pages."
Voices
From the Gap: Women Writers of Color
Women
Writers / Biography - Includes biographies,
links to author homepages, etc.
World Authors to 1980-1985.
Ref.
PN 451.W672
Biographical
and critical essays on 322 authors who became prominent from 1980-1984.
Mostly North American and European but non-Western writers are included. A continuation of World Authors to 1950-1970 (Ref. PN 451 W3), 1970-1975
(Ref. PN 451.W67), and 1975-1980 (Ref. PN 451. W672).
Genre
American Nature Writers
Ref.
PS 163.A6 1996
American Radical and Reform Writers. Dictionary of Literary
Biography ; v. 303
Ref. PN451 .D54 v. 303
Contemporary Dramatists
Ref.
PR
737.C57 1988
This
biographical sources covers over 300 contemporary dramatists writing in
English. Each author’s entry contains a brief
biography,
a complete list of works published or produced, a critical essay, and occasional
commentary from the dramatist.
Contemporary Novelists
Ref.
PR 883.C645
Contemporary Poets
Ref.
PR 603.C6 1996
Encyclopedia of
Frontier Literature
Ref. PS169.F7 S65 1999
Facts on File
Companion to the American Short Story
Ref. PS374.S5 F33 2000
Nineteenth-Century American Western Writers
Ref.
PN451.D54 v. 186
Poets : American and British
Ref. PS303 .P64 1998 3 vols.
St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers
Ref.
PS 374.S35 S68 1996
Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror
Ref.
PN 3435 .S96 1985 2 vols.
A Sweet,
Seperate Intimacy: Women Writers of the American Frontier, 1800 - 1922
Ref. PS509.F7 S84 2000
Twentieth Century American Science-Fiction
Writers
Ref.
PN 451 .D54 vol. 8
Twentieth Century American
Western Writers. Dictionary of
Literary Biography, vol. 256.
Ref. Ref.
PN 451 .D54 vol. 256
Twentieth-century American
Nature Writers: Prose. Dictionary
of Literary Biography v. 275.
Ref. PN451 .D54 v. 275
20th
Century Author Biographies Master Index
Ref.
PN 451.T88
A consolidated
index to more than 170,000 biographical sketches concerning modern day
authors as they appear in a selection of the principal biographical dictionaries
devoted to authors, poets, journalists and literary figures.
Twentieth
Century Dramatists Dictionary of Literary Biography v. 249
Ref.
PN451.D54 vol. 249
The Undergraduate's Companion to Women Writers
and their Web Sites
Ref. PR111 .D43 2002
Multicultural American Writers - Biographical Works
New Immigrant Literatures in the United States : a sourcebook to our multicultural literary
heritage
Wilson 3W PS153.M56 N475 1996
African American Writers [see also
African American
Literature ]
African American Writers
Ref. PS153.N5 A344 2 vols, 2001
Antebellum Writers in New York.
Dictionary of Literary Biography second series, vol. 250.
Ref. PN451.D54 v.250
Black American Prose Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance
Ref.
PS 366.A35 B58 1994
The Companion to Southern
Literature: themes genres, places, people, movements, and motifs
Ref. PS261.C55 2002
Contemporary African American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical
Critical Sourcebook
Ref.
PS 374.N4 C658 1999
The Harlem
Renaissance: A Gale Critical Companion
Ref. PS153.N5 H245 2003
Harlem Renaissance
And Beyond: Literary Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers, 1900-1945
Ref.
PS 153.N5 R65 1990
Index to Black American Writers in Collective Biographies
Ref.
PS 153.N5 C3 1983
Selected
Women Writers of the Harlem Renaissance
American Indian Writers [see also
American Indian
Literature ]
Native
American Authors Internet Public Library
Web site
"Provides information on Native North American
authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information,
and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal
websites. Currently the website primarily contains information on contemporary
Native American authors, although some historical authors are represented."
Native American Writers of the United States: Dictionary of Literary Biography; v.
175
Ref. PN451 .D54 v. 175
Native North American Literature: Biographical and Critical Information On Native
Writers and Orators From the United States and Canada From Historical Times to the Present
Ref.
PS 508.I5 N38 1994
Asian American Writers [see also
Asian American
Literature ]
Asian American Autobiographers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
Ref. PS366.A74 A85 2001
Asian American Novelists: A
Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
Ref. PS153.A84 A825 2000
Asian American Playwrights: A Bio-Bibliographical
Critical Sourcebook
Ref. PS338.A74 A9 2002
Asian American Poets: A Bio-bibliographical Critical
Sourcebook
Ref. PS153.A84 A826 2002
Asian American Short Story Writers: An A-Z Guide.
Huang, Guiyou, ed. Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.
Ref. PS153.A84 A828 2003
Jewish American Writers [see also
Jewish American
Literature ]
Jewish American
Literature
Jewish
American Women Writers: a bio-bibliographical and critical sourcebook
Ref. PS 153.J4
J48 1994
Twentieth Century American-Jewish Fiction Writers [Vol. 28 of Dictionary of Literary
Biography]
Ref. PS221.D5 v.28
Latina & Latino American Writers [see also
Latina & Latino
American Literature]
Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Literature in the
United States : the Literature of Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and other Hispanic Writers
Ref.
PQ 7420.2 .K3 1989
Chicano writers, first series
Reference PN451 .D54 v.82
Chicano writers; second series
Reference PN451 .D54 v.122
Chicano writers; third series
Reference PN451.D54 v.209
Hispanic
Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors
Ref.
PQ7081.3.H58 1999
Latino and Latina Writers
Ref. PS153.H56 L39 2004 2 vols.