The author of the highly received 'Breadwinner' trilogy is profiled. Deborah was a loner, a reader, and part of the feminist movement. How did she become a highly praised author? Read her biography on this site!

This is a biography of Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), author of The Canterbury Tales. The biography provides interactive highlighted words for more information on that topic.

Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Zora Neale Hurston, a famous novelist and first African American graduate of Barnard College.

Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Toni Morrison, noted novelist. The entry focuses on the black American experience.

A short biography about Tim Noakes, the South African scientist who has run more than 70 marathons and ultramarathons, and is the author of several books on exercise and diet.

Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Margaret Mead, noted anthropologist and prolific author.

This includes a brief biography of the author Pam Munoz Ryan. A transcript of an interview is also included on the site, as well as an annotated list of her books.

This resource provides a brief biography of Noah Webster (1758-1843 CE) and a quotation from Webster on how the preservation of property was one of the chief ends of good government.

Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886 CE), an author widely acclaimed as one of America's greatest poets. Though she wrote nearly 2,000 poems, only a few were printed during her lifetime, and those...