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Classic Reader: Author: Edgar Allan Poe
This site focuses on Edgar Allan Poe's life and his short stories. It includes a link to a Poe biography and links to the full text of 53 of his short stories including the following: "The Black Cat," "The Tale Tell Heart," "The Fall of...
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Classic Reader: Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
This site offers a link to biographical information about Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and her most famous work Frankenstein and a link to the full text of the novel.
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Classic Reader: Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
This site provides links to a biography of Robert Louis Stevenson; three of his novels including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped, and Treasure Island and three of his short stories.
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Classic Reader: Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
This site offers links to a biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe and the full text of her famous novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Classic Reader: Author: Jonathan Swift
This site offers links to a biography of Jonathan Swift and to the full text of his novel Gulliver's Travels.
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Classic Reader: Author: Beatrix Potter
This site focuses on Beatrix Potter including a link to her biography and a link to the full text of her book The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter, a collection of her children's tales.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Teachers: Eric Carle Author Study
Here both students and teachers can learn about writer Eric Carle, the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and many other works for children. Includes video [3:39] Also offers teaching ideas, including themes for discussion.
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Arab World Books: Arab Authors' Home on the Web
This page contains a listing of authors from the Arabic world. Authors are listed in alphabetical order according to their last name. To find an author, click on the name and you'll be taken to that writer's page where it contains a...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Author Study
During this lesson, young scholars will learn more about their favorite authors by researching them on the Internet and presenting to the class, school, and community. Students will see that authors are real people thereby developing an...
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Uua: Louisa May Alcott
Detailed biography of Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888 CE) from the Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography. Contains a couple of pictures as well.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Louis L Amour
Provides biographical information, extensive list of L'Amour's works and film adaptations, and a bibliography "for further reading."
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Aldous
Contains a biography of Huxley (1894-1963 CE) and a discussion of his works. Also contains links to related information.
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Author's Calendar: Mario Vargas Llosa
This site provides an in-depth biography of Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa.
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Author's Calendar: Guillaume Apollinaire
A brief biography on the life of French author and playwright, Guillaume Appollinaire.
Washington State University
Washington State University: American Authors: Theodore Dreiser (1871 1945)
This site has a picture, biographical information, and links on Theodore Dreiser. A good place to find links to full-texts of his work.
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Authors Aloud the Voices of Canadian Literature: Poetry
Canadian poets can be heard reading their own works on this site. Each author has a short biography and a link to any individual website.
University of Pennsylvania
Dreiser Web Source: Biography of Theodore Dreiser
This is a detailed biography on American author Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945). Read about his immigrant family, his difficult childhood, and the development of his writing career.
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Author's Calendar: Daniel Defoe
This site gives a thorough biography of Defoe. It includes quotes from his writing and information about his most important works.
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Jean Little: Canadian Author: Jean Little
Jean Little was born only partially sighted, and perhaps this is why many of her characters deal with physical disabilities. Learn more about Jean in this detailed biography.
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Author's Calendar: Leopold Senghor
A complete biography of Senghor. Includes a complete list of all his works along with a definition of negritude.
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Author's Calendar: Nadine Gordimer
A biography of Gordimer which focuses on her writing. Includes a bibliography of her works.
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Author's Calendar: Chinua Achebe
A complete biography of Achebe includes quotes from him as well as a brief synopsis of his novels. There is a list of all his works.
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Author's Calendar: Okot P'bitek
A biography of African poet Okot p'Bitek. Discusses some of his accomplishments and the topics of his poems.
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Author's Calendar: Wole Soyinka
A complete biography of Nigerian writer, Wole Soyinka, with a list of his works. He was the first black, African Nobel prize winner and has written a variety of literature from plays to poems.
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