US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Writers and Authors
This resource provides information about careers, including writers and authors.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Writers and Editors
This is from the U.S. Occupational Outlook Handbook. It provides a profile of the writing and editing careers, including information on working conditions, employment opportunities, qualifications, job outlook, and earnings.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Writers and Editors
This site outlines the job outlook for writers and editors. Content includes information on the nature of the work, working and employment conditions, qualifications, earning potential, and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Norman Bridwell
Read this biography to learn about author and illustrator Norman Bridwell. Links to an interview, video interviews, and a list of his books are available.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Rossetti Archive: Digital Scholarship With Wombattitude
A comprehensive archive of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's writings and paintings. This hypermedia archive contains detailed information on the life and works of this famous man.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Masterpiece Lesson Faith Ringgold
This resource features a look at Faith Ringgold's work "Tar Beach." It provides information on how this author/artist created this story quilt. Find out how you can have your students develop their own autobiographical story quilt.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Biography
This site from PBS.org features a biographical note about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories. A photo of the author is also included.
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Lewis Carroll
The Victorian Web provides extensive information on author Lewis Carroll. A biography, bibliography with online text to some of his works, analysis of his writings, and much more. Links are also provided for additional information.
Vocabulary.com
Jim Harrison (1937 2016) Tribute List
This site contains a list of 13 words from the poems and novels of Jim Harrison (1937-2016). Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Genre Worksheets
This learning module provides remediation with identifying genre of books and various texts. Practice with capitalizing nouns is provided with through worksheets, an online site, and a video tutorial. .
Fantastic Fiction
Fantastic Fiction: Richard Matheson: Detailed Bibliography and Awards
This site contains a complete bibliography along with the awards won by Matheson.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Freedom of Information: Ernest Hemingway
The whole FBI file on Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961 CE) as it was collected during Hemingway's lifetime, is available at this site.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Author's Purpose Worksheets
In this learning module, students will learn more about author's purpose. Worksheets and PowerPoint lessons are provided to help students analyze authors' purposes more effectively. This module is designed to support Tier I, Tier II, and...
The Book Report
Kids reads.com: Vera B. Williams
A brief biography, in her own words, of Vera B. Williams, popular and award winning author of children's literature.
The Book Report
Kids reads.com: Brian Jacques
This site gives you a biography of Brian Jacques as well as an interview with him about his writing.
Other
Book Club Unit: A View From Saturday e.l. Konigsburg
This site has a list of web sites that can be used to support the book "The View from Saturday," by E.L. Konigsburg.
Other
Novel Guide: Graham Greene
Novel Guide offers a biography on author Graham Greene including an analysis of his book, "The Power and the Glory."
Other
Alain Robbe Grillet Bibliography
Personal site dedicated to Alain Robbe-Grillet. Features a bibliography, filmography, photos, and updated news.
Other
University of Puget Sound: Hernado Tellez
This site, from the University of Puget Sound, gives a brief biographical sketch along with an online copy of the short story "Just Lather, That's All."
Other
This Side of Eden Images of Steinbeck's California
Take a tour of the Steinbeck Center for the Arts. You can also search the archives.
Other
The Rossetti Archive: d.g. Rossetti
This site from The Rossetti Archive provides an incredible site in the making of all kinds of information and texts of works of Dante Grabriel Rossetti. Much is already working with a completion date of the entire project at the end of...
Other
Fu Jen University: 17th Century Poetry
Works of Robert Herrick, John Donne, George Herbert, and Andrew Marvell are featured on this site from the Fu Jen University. After reading "Upon Julia's Clothes," readers are treated to helpful questions which will help in preparation...
Other
Metro Active: "The Dark Corners of Daily Being"
This review appeared in "Metro" magazine examines the stories that make up the collection "After Rain." Barra considers Trevor "the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language." This is an interesting look at Trevor's...
Other
Rambles Magazine/"brave Margaret"
This is a review of Robert San Souci's book, "Brave Margaret."