Author: Kathleen L. Bostrom
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Keywords: authors, popular, series, medalists, newbery, profiles, winning
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2003-06
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 1563088770
ISBN-13: 9781563088773
What makes a winning children’s book author? Look behind the scenes, and learn more about the 76 fascinating authors who have garnered the prestigious Newbery Medal since it was established in 1922. Engaging profiles of these outstanding writers are generously seasoned with quotes and anecdotes, providing you with unique insights into their personal and professional lives, along with new information on how and why these authors succeeded.
Authors:Irene Watson, Tyler R. Tichelaar, Victor R. Volkman,
Publisher: Modern History Press
Keywords: authors, publishers, secrets, success, access
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2008-11-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1932690980
ISBN-13: 9781932690989
The industry’s most experienced veterans are ready to share their hard-won success secrets with you about... Editing and working with an editor Writing effective prose Marketing your product Amazon programs and Amazon Kindle Book Proposals that work Exploiting Web 2.0 to promote your book Book Design Freelancing Online sales opportunities Branding yourself or your book Book Reviews GhostWriting Self-Publishing Expanding Publicity Galleys and ARCs and more... The distilled wisdom from interviews, reports, and lessons learned from dozens of guests over two years of weekly p
Author: Moira Davison Reynolds
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Keywords: authors, american, british, one, series, detective, women, twenty
Number of Pages: 182
Published: 2001-05
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0786409827
ISBN-13: 9780786409822
While the roots of the detective novel go back to the 19th century, the genre reached its height around 1925 to 1945. This work presents information on twenty British and American women who wrote during the 20th century. As a group they were responsible for the great popularity of the detective novel in the first half of the century. The British authors are Sora Turnbull (Patricia Wentworth), Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Elizabeth Mackintosh (Josephine Tey), Gladys Mitchell, Margery Allingham, Edith Pargeter (Ellis Peters), Phyllis Dorothy James White (P.D. James), Gwendolyn Butler (Jennie
Author: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Keywords: popular, authors, series, bibliographies, biographical, adult, sketches
Number of Pages: 500
Published: 2002-11-30
List price: $68.00
ISBN-10: 1563089203
ISBN-13: 9781563089206
This new companion title to 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors, features another 100 biographical sketches and biographies of popular young adult authors. In addition to authors that did not appear in the first volume, dozens of fresh voices that have emerged in the field of young adult literature have been included. Carefully reviewed by a number of distinguished young adult literature experts, this book presents a treasure trove of information, a wealth of different genres, and is a one-stop guide to some of the best-loved authors in today’s teen literature.
Author: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Keywords: popular, authors, series, bibliographies, biographical, nonfiction, sketches
Number of Pages: 452
Published: 2007-11-30
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 1591584876
ISBN-13: 9781591584872
Profiles of and reading lists for 100 of today’s most popular nonfiction authors have been gathered together in this affordable, single source reference, which covers representatives from all major nonfiction genres—true adventure, true crime, travel and environmental narrative, science, history, life stories, and investigative writing. While focusing on such contemporary authors as Sebastian Junger, Frances Mayes, Joan Didion, Bill Bryson, and Anne Lamott, a few classics whose works are still in print and widely read (e.g., Truman Capote, M.F.K. Fisher, and Carl Sagan) are also includ
Author: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Keywords: authors, popular, series, adult
Number of Pages: 531
Published: 1997-10-15
List price: $68.00
ISBN-10: 1563086158
ISBN-13: 9781563086151
The book focuses on writers of the 1990s but also includes 12 classic authors who are still widely read by teens. An affordable alternative to multivolume publications, this book makes a great collection development tool and resource for author studies as well as a great way to find books by and about students’ favorite writers.
Authors:Edgar Allan Poe, G. R. Thompson,
Publisher: Library of America
Keywords: reviews, authors, american, amp, literary, criticism, social, scene, library, marginalia, articles, magazines, literature, poetry, theory, poe, british, continental, edgar, allan, essays
Number of Pages: 1544
Published: 1984-08-15
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0940450194
ISBN-13: 9780940450196
The most complete collection of Poe’s critical writings ever published, revealing his wit, uncompromising candor, and breadth of knowledge. Contains all his major writings on poetry, fiction, and the duties of a critic, along with his reviews of writers both known and unknown, and finally, his articles on a wealth of subjects, including South Sea exploration, geography, music, drama, cryptography, ancient languages, and modern critics.
