authors, american

A critical assessment of his work paying special attention to the foundation stories and his robot stories.

A biography of the American author noted for his books on racial conflict in the United States.

Biography of the American writer who remembers so well what it was like to be young and who has written for young people for over twenty-five years.

A brief biography of the author of such books as "Green Eggs and Ham" and "The Cat in the Hat.".

Presents a brief, illustrated, biography of Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, providing information on his childhood, his education, and his writing career.

A simple biography of the prolific children's author, Beverly Cleary, whose prize-winning writing career spans fifty years.

A biography of the nineteenth-century author famous for the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which denounced slavery and intensified the disagreement between the North and South.

Traces the life of the Amrican author whose unique writing style and encouragement of other authors had a strong influence on culture, particularly in Paris in the 1920s.

Noted children's poet Lee Bennett Hopkins recounts his life and describes how his daily activities and writing process are interwoven.

The life of the famous humorist whose numerous occupations included printer's apprentice, steamboat pilot, gold miner, frontiersman, and reporter.