This site from The Victorian Web has content that provides a detailed biography and list of works; cultural, economic, social and political contexts; and essays addressing literary themes, imagery, characterization and more in the work...

This site from the Nobel eMuseum allows you to read about William Golding (1911-1993 CE), the author honored for his novels and a recipient of the 1983 Nobel Prize in literature. This website is organized into the following sections:...

This museum site features an excellent presentation of biographies of authors, including Bret Harte. Interesting facts included.

This is short biography & an excerpt of an interview with children's author Joan Aiken. She speaks about her influences, ideas, and future writings.

This site provides an extensive list of links to others sites about author Amy Tan, with brief biographical information.

This site provides an extensive list of links to others sites about author Amy Tan, with brief biographical information.

This site provides an extensive list of links to others sites about author Amy Tan, with brief biographical information.

This site provides an extensive list of links to others sites about author Amy Tan, with brief biographical information.

NPR takes a look at a biography written about Edward R. Murrow, a distinguished broadcast journalist. Features an interview with the author, excerpts from the book, and audio clips of some of Murrow's most famous broadcasts including the...

This is short biography & an excerpt of an interview with children's author Joan Aiken. She speaks about her influences, ideas, and future writings.

This is short biography & an excerpt of an interview with children's author Joan Aiken. She speaks about her influences, ideas, and future writings.

This is short biography & an excerpt of an interview with children's author Joan Aiken. She speaks about her influences, ideas, and future writings.

This site from the University at Buffalo gives a page devoted to Clifton that offers an excerpt of her writing, a short biography & bibliography. Also includes photos of the author.

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 7 were printed during her lifetime, and those...

This site provides an extensive list of links to others sites about author Amy Tan, with brief biographical information.

This site provides an extensive list of links to others sites about author Amy Tan, with brief biographical information.

The Literature Network profiles Ambrose Bierce, an American author of the Civil War and postwar period and includes a photograph, biography, and to selected works.