This site offers an organized collection of biographical information on Dorothy Parker.

A great resource for students reading "All Quiet on the Western Front," complete with a brief biography of author Erich Maria Remarque, pre-reading material, charting activities, personal response and analysis questions, and an essay...

Visit this website for a first-person biography on author Patricia Polacco. The site also includes the transcript of an interview with Polacco, a bibliography (with summaries) of her works, and a link to her official website.

Extensive biographical information on the life and accomplishments of Louis L'Amour. Includes photographs and links to his works.

Biographical information on Ray Bradbury, author and poet best known for his science fiction works. Includes information about Bradbury's early life, literary works and honors, and death and legacy.

This biography on author Roald Dahl (1916-1990 CE) provides information about his literary career and personal life. It comments on his often-used taste for cruelty, rudeness to adults, and comic grotesque themes used in his books by...

A brief biography on the life of French author and playwright, Guillaume Appollinaire.

This is a detailed biography on American author Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945). Read about his immigrant family, his difficult childhood, and the development of his writing career.

This site provides some good lecture notes on Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Easy to read and understand. Includes some biographical information on Harriet Beecher Stowe as well.

This twenty-two page study guide provides biographical information on author Esther Forbes, an introduction to "Johnny Tremain," and activities to accompany a reading of this historical novel. Includes pre-reading activities, reading...

This site offers a compreshensive biography on Ralph Ellison by several Harvard students. This site also has a photo and links.

This site focuses on Mark Twain including a link to his biography and links to the full text of six of his novels, three works of nonfiction, and 26 short stories. These include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry...

This site focuses on Virgil and his epic poem The Aeneid including links to the full text of the poem and a short biography of Virgil.

This site focuses on the author Jules Verne. It includes a link to his biography and links to the full text of eleven novels: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon, Five Weeks in a...

This site provides a detailed biography of Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956 CE), and includes information on his publications including "Winnie-the-Pooh," and "The House at Pooh Corner."

This site focuses on Edgar Allan Poe's life and his short stories. It includes a link to a Poe biography and links to the full text of 53 of his short stories including the following: "The Black Cat," "The Tale Tell Heart," "The Fall of...

This site focuses on Beatrix Potter including a link to her biography and a link to the full text of her book The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter, a collection of her children's tales.

This page contains a listing of authors from the Arabic world. Authors are listed in alphabetical order according to their last name. To find an author, click on the name and you'll be taken to that writer's page where it contains a...

This site has biographical information on the life and works of Guy de Maupassant. Also included is French text from some of his stories. Listed here are his stories written in French.

A biography on Maryse Conde which discusses her literary career. Also provides an extensive biography of her work.

Biographical information on the German poet and novelist Herman Hesse (1877-1962).

A biography on the life of Paul Claudel, a prominent figure in the whole French Catholic Renaissance of the early part of the twentieth century. Also provides a complete list of all of his works.

A biography on the life of Miguel de Unamuno, accompanied by a bibliography of his works.

A detailed biography on the works of African American writer and 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Toni Morrison. Contains information on the themes and subject matters of her most famous books while also giving some information on...