Margery Kempe's spiritual biography is often called the first autobiography in English this provides access to the material culture of Kempe's 15th century world.

Summary of Mill's most important writings as tied to the events in his life. His most controversial was "On Liberty," written in 1859, on the decline of individualism and the fear of mass democracy. Some critics point to the influence of...

This is the full text of the short story "A Burlesque Biography" by Mark Twain, an autobiography which has no relationship to Twain's real life.

Solomon Northup was a free man of color who was sold into slavery. Students will read excerpts from his autobiography and analyze documents based on his life. These documents included slave manifests and census documents.

A short biographical introduction to Long's life but does include links to excerpts from Long's first and second autobiography, and his speech on "Share the Wealth" given in the Senate.

Read Janet Steven's autobiography and visit her studio to learn more about being a children's literature author.

Students will examine several documents related to the life of Solomon Northup, whose life story is told in his autobiography Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841...

Featured is Michael Snow's own autobiography. A Toronto born painter and sculptor, he is also an award winning musician, filmmaker, and photographer.

This site from Giverny, Monet's home, has an extensive collection of 85 artworks, photographs of the garden, exhibit information, a biography, quotations, and books. Monet's autobiography was originally published in 1900 in a French...

At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about the 1930 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Sinclair Lewis, who was honored "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and...

Harriet Jacobs escaped from slavery and wrote a book about her life experience. Her autobiography was written in 1861 with the help of an abolitionist.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Bruce Coville. Links to an interview and a list of his books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Caroline B. Cooney. Links to an interview and a list of her books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Dan Gutman. Links to his website, an author visit kit, and a list of his books are available.

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.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Jack Gantos. A link to a list of his books is available.

Read this autobiography to learn about award winning author John Coy. Links to his website, an author visit kit, and a list of his books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Karen Cushman. Links to an interview and a list of her books are available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author Shana Corey. Links to her website, a downloadable PDF biography, an author's note to readers, and author visit kit, and a list of her books are available.

Autobiography of Sheldon Glashow, one of three men to win the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physics.

This site from the Nobel e-Museum contains an informative autobiography of Carl E. Wieman, with a particular emphasis on his scientific achievements.

A brief biography of Laura Goodman Salverson, the "first novelist to explore the immigrant experience in the West." Read about her first Canadian novel, "The Viking Heart," as well as her latter novels and autobiography.

Provides the text of the book, "The Life and Adventures of Nat Love," an autobiography written by Nat Love.

This site from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill presents the full text of "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano," the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano detailing the cruelty of the slave trade in the...