This site shares biographical information about Jesse Stuart, an award-winning poet and author. This biographical review excerpt is taken from the journal entitled Appalachian Heritage from the Winter 2011 issue.

This site offers a very detailed biography along with photo's and portait of Heinlein. It also has an extensive book review of many of his works. It has an extensive bibliography and a message board for questions or information.

Find out more about the author Walter Dean Myers when you explore this resource. This resource features a biography of the 1997 Coretta Scott King Award Winner, a booklist of his work, and an interview transcript.

This is an 11- page PDF about Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer's book about his experience climbing Mount Everest. It includes a short summary of the book, a biography about the author, book reviews, discussion questions, an interview with...

This site reviews the biography of Ferber written by her grandniece, Julie Gilbert.

This biography of Harlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West includes a video [2:42] of West in New York and links to book reviews for all of West's works.

Disover more about the Newbery award-winning author Sid Fleischman through this resource. Provides a biography, booklist and more.

Learn more about the awardwinning author Sharon Creech when you explore this resource. This site provides a biography of the author, an interview transcript and a booklist.

Discover how Eloise Greenfield became an author when you explore this biography of her. This site also features a booklist for this award winning author.

This is an extended review of Martin Stannard's two volumes of Waugh's biography. Stannard contends that Waugh is "a brilliant satirest, one of the funniest writers of the century." The book and this review provide insight into Waugh's...

This site provides biographical information, as well as a review of Martin Espada and his work.

A brief biography of the award-winning author and illustrator, Vera B. Williams.

Literature takes on a life of its own as students take a hands-on approach to exploring A Raisin in the Sun for cultural and historical context.

This website offers summaries and reviews of Anne Tyler's novels "Morgan's Passing" and "The Accidental Tourist." Also included are a list of works, a list of links and a short biography.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Sunshine at Home by Review & Herald Publishing (1883), a collection of illustrated passages forming a family portfolio of natural history, biography, and Bible...

This page provides a listing of all Caldecott-winning books, with links to reviews of each winning title and biographical information about the authors and illustrators.

This comprehensive site features activities, reviews, and more for Judy Blume's "The Fudge Books." Come and explore this educational gold mine.

Author-illustrator Dav Pilkey tells his life story in his amusing comic strip form. The biography must be downloaded and is in PDF form.

The site is written by a man who fell in love with Shute's book "as a mechnically inclined child." In addition to a brief biography, MacMillan talks about the plot and importance of the novel.

This resource is a children's literature web guide.

How does the vision of self come into play in the novel "Jacob Have I Loved," by Katherine Paterson? Find out more when you visit this online resource.

This resource provides Gary Soto's brief autobiography in which he discusses his writing. Also the transcript to an interview with Soto is given along with book reviews by students.

A brief biography of Avi, as well as a selective bibliography of his books.

The writer interviewed Lan Cao about her book. She includes some biographical information in the article as well as discussion of the book.