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Scholastic: Biography: Jan Brett
Read this autobiography to learn about author and illustrator Jan Brett. Links to her website, an interview, and a list of her books are available.
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Scholastic: Biography: Kate Di Camillo
Read this autobiography to learn about author Kate DiCamillo. Links to an interview and a list of her books are available.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Mary Pope Osborne's Biography
Read about the life of the Magic Treehouse author at this site. Watch an interview with her if you have RealPlayer on your computer. There's a booklist to check as well.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Michael Dorris
Read this autobiography to learn about author Michael Dorris. Links to his website and a list of his books are available.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Suzy Kline
Read this autobiography to learn about author Suzy Kline. A link to a list of his books is also available.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Hans Christian Andersen
This site features the author Hans Christian Andersen including a biography and the full text of Andersen's Fairy Tales, a fairy tale collection.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Emma Lazarus
Brief biography of Emma Lazarus. Copy of her poem "The New Colossus" included.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
This site features the author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe including a biography, the full text of the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, the poem "The Erlking", and the drama Faust Part 1.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Jean Jacques Rousseau
This site features the author Jean Jacques Rousseau including a biography and the full text of the nonfiction work, The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right.
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Classic Reader: Author: Bertrand Russell
This site features the author Bertrand Russell including a biography and the full text of the short story, "Why I Am Not A Christian".
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Classic Reader: Author: Lord Alfred Tennyson
This site features Lord Alfred Tennyson; it provides a link to a Tennyson biography and to the full text of his famous Idylls of the King.
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Classic Reader: Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
This site focuses on William Makepeace Thackeray including a link to a Thackeray biography and a link to the full text of his satirical novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Anthony Trollope
This site focuses on Anthony Trollope and provides links to his biography, the full text of five novels, and one short story. The works include Barchester Towers, The Last Chronicle of Barset, and The Warden.
A&E Television
Biography: Sylvia Plath Biography
This is a biography of Sylvia Plath. It features information about her life and a video clip "Sylvia Plath - Marriage by Fate" video clip. It also offers links to other video clips about Plath.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Bruce Degen
Read this autobiography to learn about illustrator Bruce Degen. Links to an interview, an author visit kit, and a list of his books are available.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Patricia Polacco's Biography
Visit this website for a first-person biography on author Patricia Polacco. The site also includes the transcript of an interview with Polacco, a bibliography (with summaries) of her works, and a link to her official website.
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Harper Collins: e.b. White Author Information
This site provids a detailed biography of writer E.B. White.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Leo Tolstoy
This site focuses on Leo Tolstoy featuring links to his biography, and the full text of eight novels and one short story. These works include Anna Karenina, War and Peace, and The Death of Ivan Ilych.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Henry David Thoreau
This site focuses on Henry David Thoreau and his nonfiction works. It includes links to a Thoreau biography and to the full text of four of his nonfiction works including On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Slavery in Massachusetts,...
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Advice for Young Writers: 10 Tips for Students in Writing Biographies
Children's author, Kathleen Krull, writer of many biographies, shares some tips for making biographies come alive. Perhaps her most interesting tips are to be nosy, and look for juicy details.
The Book Report
Kids reads.com: Authors
Click on the children's author link to view an article with biographical information, book titles, and the like.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Author Study: Book Cover Rubric
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an author study reproducible. A rubric is provided to help assess an author study project.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Agatha Christie
This site features the author Agatha Christie including a biography and the full text of two novels: The Mysterious Affair at Styles and The Secret Adversary.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: E. M. Forster
This site features the author E. M. Forster including a biography and the full text of four novels: Howards End, The Longest Journey, A Room With A View, and Where Angels Fear to Tread.
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