women authors

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A dream come true

1998
A prominent children's books author shares her life, her daily activities, and her creative process, showing how all are intertwined.

Meet J. K. Rowling

2004
This is an easy-to-read biography of J. K. Rowling, the English author of the popular Harry Potter series of children's books.

Suzanne Collins

2013
Examines the life of Suzanne Collins, author of "The Hunger Games," and how her childhood has informed her stories for young adults.

"Scribbling women"

true tales from astonishing lives
2011
Profiles the lives and writing of eleven women from around the world and from throughout history who defied the odds to leave a legacy of literature.

Why be happy when you could be normal?

2011
Memories of the author about her difficult childhood as the adopted daughter of an English mother with strong religious convictions, and her subsequent search for her biological mother.

Absolution

2012
Reclusive south African author Clare Wald hires the unknown Sam Leroux as her official biographer but neither person acknowledges their past link that has something to do with Clare's anti-apartheid activist daughter, Laura, who went missing twenty years earlier.

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when we knew we were feminists
2010
Contains twenty-nine essays from various writers in which they discuss the moments they discovered they were feminists, including selections from Jessica Valenti, Rebecca Traister, Miriam Zoila P?rez, and others.

Certain things about my mother

daughters speak
2003
A guide for teens that contains a collection of seven personal stories from women who discuss their relationships with their mothers.

Stories, essays & memoir

1998
Presents the collected short stories of twentieth-century American writer Eudora Welty, and includes a selection of nine literary and personal essays, as well as a memoir of the author's childhood.

Eudora Welty

2007
Contains a selection of contemporary critical essays on the writings of twentieth-century American author Eudora Welty, and includes an introduction, bibliographic references, and a chronology of Welty's life.

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