This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides information about an author study. Students will find a multi-step project to help students effectively investigate an author during research. Reproducible graphic organizers are provided.

This site features the author Franz Kafka including a biography and the full text of the novel The Metamorphosis.

An interesting look at the personal life and writing projects of Canadian author, Timothy Findley. Includes an area where you can search for reviews of Findley's books.

This site features the author S. R. Crockett including the full text of the short story "The Heather Lintie."

This site features the author Karl Marx including the full text of The Communist Manifesto.

This site features the author Jane Barlow including the full text of the short story "A Lost Recruit."

This site features the author Charles Darwin including the full text of the nonfiction book Origin of Species.

Middlebury College provides unique and useful essays on a variety of Latin authors in ancient Roman literature.

Learn the techniques an author uses to share his or her point of view on a subject then practice identifying an author's purpose on your own.

Biography of American popular author and humorist Mark Twain, with personal and career information, and a list of important works.

This resource provides biographies for 36 past and present Minnesota authors.

This site offers links to a biography of Jonathan Swift and to the full text of his novel Gulliver's Travels.

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 Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an exemplar of the expectations for an independent class project. Each student must study an author and meet the criteria listed on the page.

A teaching resource with a lesson on completing an author study with students. Includes links to free downloadable samples, requirements, rubrics, and more to use along with this unit.

A teaching resource with a lesson on completing an author study with students. Includes links to free downloadable samples, requirements, rubrics, and more to use along with this unit.

A teaching resource with a lesson on completing an author study with students. Includes links to free downloadable samples, requirements, rubrics, and more to use along with this unit.

The complete text of Anne Bradstreet's poem "The Author to her Book" published in 1867.

This site focuses on the author Quida including the full text of his novel A Dog of Flanders, a story of a boy and his dog.

This site focuses on the dime novel author Randall Parrish by providing links to the full text of five of his novels: The Case and The Girl, Keith of the Border, Love Under Fire, My Lady of the North, and Wolves of the Sea.

A detailed biography of Machiavelli, including discussions of his major works and his ideas about the nature of political power, prepared for a university-level philosophy course.

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.

Through two primary source activities and a short biographical video, students will examine the content and impact of Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Kids learn about Beverly Cleary's biography on this website. Students can explore information about the author of children's books such as Henry Huggins.