Read this autobiography to learn about photographer and author Susan Kuklin. Links to an author visit kit and a list of her books are also available.

Read this autobiography to learn about author and artist Nicholasa Mohr. A link to a list of her books is also available.

Read this biography to learn about author and illustrator Saxton Freymann. A link to a list of his books is available.

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.

Read this biography to learn about author David A. Adler. Links to an interview and to a list of his books are available.

Read this biography to learn about illustrator George Ancona. Links to an interview and to a list of his books are 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 children and young adult author Ken Mochizuki. Links to a list of his books and a transcript of an interview with him are provided.

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.

Explores Canadian poetry that reveals personal insights and reflections on the larger Canadian identity, and presents learning activities where students do research and write poems.

Read this biography to learn about author and illustrator Betsy Franco. Links to her website, an interview, and a list of her books are available.

Learn about quoting accurately and making inferences on this site. A link provides a model with text and supported inferences.

Teachers with classes reading the works of Betsy Byars will find information on this prolific author's craft.

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

Delve into this resource featuring links to biographical information, and lesson plans for some of Louis Sachar's work.

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

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.

The Official Nobel Prize website offers press releases, an autobiography, a biography, Mann's acceptance speech and links.

Biography of American author, Ernest Gaines, well-known for his novels and essays, including The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman and A Gathering of Old Men, both adapted for television.

This is a brief biography of businessman, politician, scientist, and author Benjamin Franklin. Click "Benjamin Franklin Activities" for related materials.

Zora Neale Hurston is featured in this biography highlighting her literary contributions which focused on African Americans as whole people, celebrating their heritage, in an era when black authors tended to write about their...