american authors

Follows the popular children's author from her childhood years in Oregon through high school and into young adulthood, highlighting her family life and her growing interest in writing.

A biography of American author Sarah Dessen.

A biography of American author Laurie Halse Anderson.

A biography of American author James Dashner.

An illustrated autobiography of Marisabina "Cookie" Russo, speaking to her childhood and teen years growing up in the 1950s and 1960s with a distant, mostly disapproving father and a highly opinionated mother. When she finds out her family is Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, she finds her whole world thrown into turmoil. "Cookie" must find a way to make a life for her own and find her own voice and beliefs in life.

Presents the life and works of contemporary writer, William F. Buckley, Jr. Includes a chronology.

A critical interpretation of the author's works from The Blues Eye to Beloved.

Presents the life and works of American journalist, novelist, and playwright Susan Keating Glaspell. Includes a chronology.

A critical interpretation of Crane and his work.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Sherwood Anderson.