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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Fredric Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes a biography of the writer Fredric Brown. Included towards the end of the article is a list of his books. Good overall and very factual.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Tomie De Paola's Biography

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource features a booklist for Tomie dePaola. There is a summary and a picture of each book.
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University of Pennsylvania

Romanticism: Authors

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides links to many authors of the Romantic era. Biographies, works, and portraits are displayed for each author.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: (Harry) Sinclair Lewis

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography, a list of selected works, and a list for further reading of the famous American novelist and playwright, Sinclair Lewis.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Charles Dickens Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Interesting biographical information, list of works, and famous quotes about Charles Dickens, renowned British author.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: j.k. Rowling Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Useful biographical information and interesting facts about J.K. Rowling, the famous British author of the Harry Potter book series.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: James Boswell

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography on the life and times of James Boswell, lawyer, essayist and author of The Life of Samuel Johnson.
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Massachusetts Historical Society

Massachusetts Historical Society: The Battle of Bunker Hill: Biographies Mercy Otis Warren

For Students 9th - 10th
These biographies includes a very short bio on Warren (1748-1814 CE), a spirited female author who published a three-volume history of the American Revolution.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Books and Writers: Virgil Biography and Quotes

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of the ancient Roman writer Virgil complemented by selected quotes from his works. Also provides a bibliography.
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Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Jonathan Swift: A Brief Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of the life and works of Irish author Jonathan Swift.
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Other

About the Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical page offers some background about Ms. Haddix and the awards she's won, along with a link to a full biography.
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Hall of Fame Biographies: Nadine Gordimer

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise description of Nadin Gordimer, a South African author, who became the first South African to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Other

Insite.com: Lewis Carroll Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a brief biography of Lewis Carroll (1832-1898 CE), the pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the author of children's classics "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," and "Through the Looking Glass."
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Other

Encyclopedia of World Biography: James Joyce

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information about the life and works of author James Joyce.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Thomas Paine

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can learn about the biography of Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense and Founding Father during the Revolutionary War on this site.
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C-SPAN

C Span: American Authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940 CE), list of works, and links to additional information on the author.

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