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Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television

  • Volume 320
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  • ISBN-10: 1414472587
  • ISBN-13: 9781414472584
  • DDC: 809
  • Grade Level Range: 10th Grade - College Senior
  • 450 Pages | eBook
  • Previous Editions: 2012, 2012, 2012
  • Original Copyright 2012 | Published/Released April 2012
  • This publication's content originally published in print form: 2012

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Overview

Find biographical information on more than 130,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Sketches typically include personal information, contact information, career history, writings, biographical and critical sources, authors' comments, and informative essays about their lives and work. A softcover cumulative index is published twice per year (included in subscription).

Features and Benefits

  • Sketches typically include personal information, contact information, career history, writings, adaptations, biographical and critical sources, and informative essays about authors' lives and works.
  • The series also includes select number of autobiographical essays, about 10,000 words in length, written by the authors themselves and accompanied by a selection of unique family photos.
  • Softcover cumulative index published twice per year (included in subscription) contains references to all entries in the series as well as in other Gale literature reference works.

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  • Casebound Edition

    ISBN-10: 1414468474 | ISBN-13: 9781414468471

Table of Contents

Abeysekara, Ananda.
Agronin, Marc E.
Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.
Alexander, Dominic D.
Amidon, Thomas.
Archer, Robin.
Archibugi, Daniele.
Ariel, Avraham.
Aronowitz, Robert A.
Aslund, Anders.
Badcock, Sarah.
Baer, Frances Lisa.
Bakewell, Sarah.
Barnes, L. Diane.
Barnett, James F., Jr.
Battersby, Paul.
Berger, Nora Ariel.
Bergström, Christer.
Boas, Hans C.
Bowles, Mark D.
Bryan, Jimmy L., Jr.
Burstein, Julie.
Chari, P. R.
Cherry, Judith.
Clossey, Luke.
Crocker, Gareth.
Curtis, Heather D.
Darden, Keith A.
Dawdy, Shannon Lee.
De Weerdt, Hilde.
DeWeese, Dan.
Doucette, Fred.
Dowling, Timothy C.
Dusenbery, David Brock.
Dusenbery, Verne A.
Esselstrom, Erik.
Evans, Curtis J.
Farquhar, Michael.
Findlay, Ronald.
Fischer, Lars.
Foer, Joshua.
Ford, Roger.
Forsyth, Tim.
Fowler, Will.
Fraser, Walter J., Jr.
Games, Alison.
Gardner, Thomas E.
Gilbert, Allison.
Gilbert, Maurice.
Gilding, Paul.
Gonsalves, Marc.
Goodman, Leah McGrath.
Gordon, June A.
Grant, Audra K.
Grimes, William W.
Groover, Mark D.
Gruhl, Werner.
Halvorson, Heidi Grant.
Hampton, Stephen.
Hannah, Rufus.
Harding, John.
Hardy, Bruce W.
Hatley, Barbara.
Havrilesky, Heather.
Hendee, J. C.
Henriksen, Dag.
Henry, Christina.
Henry, Sara J.
Hills, Alice.
Hodges, Cheris F.
Hood, James Larry.
Hood, Ralph W., Jr.
Horowitz, Andrew.
Howard, John.
Howes, Tom.
Hughes, Bettany.
Ishii, Izumi.
Jay-Z.
Jiang, Jin.
Jones, Darynda.
Jones, Howard Andrew.
Jones, L. Gregory.
Jundi, Sami al.
Kardos, Michael.
Kaye, Dalia Dassa.
Khemiri, Jonas Hassen.
Kirkpatrick, Jennet.
Klein, James E.
Kriegel, Lara.
Lahiri, Shompa.
Lamothe, Daphne.
Landis, Erik C.
Lange, Artie.
Lansing, Carol.
Lanza, Janine M.
Lazzarini, Tony.
Lennon, F. J.
Lesser, M. X.
Le Tellier, Herve.
Leung, Angela Ki Che.
Levitt, Peggy.
Livingstone, David N..
Loar, Julie.
Loupas, Elizabeth.
Lutz, Deborah.
Lynskey, Dorian.
Mankoff, Jeffrey.
Marcus, Sara.
Martel, Rene.
Marvelle, Delilah.
Marwell, Nicole P.
Mathis, Robert C.
Matthews, Clay.
McCoy, Brian.
McGonigal, Jane.
McWilliam, Rohan.
Michael, Deanna L.
Moore, Kelly.
Mountcastle, Clay.
Myers, Phillip E.
Mynott, Jeremy.
Nowak, Martin A.
Nunn, Patrick D.
O'Driscoll, Cian.
Oglesby, Catherine.
Opie, Frederick Douglass.
Opp, James.
Ortiz, Vilma.
Oswalt, Patton.
Pemberton, Neil.
Petryna, Adriana.
Piecuch, Jim.
Prasad, Monica.
Rai, Dipika.
Rastello, Luca.
Reinis, Austra.
Retish, Aaron B.
Rhijn, Carine van.
Rhodes, Joel P.
Richardson, Paul A.
Rivard, Derek A.
Rogers, David L.
Roland, Alex.
Ronda, Bruce A.
Rosell, Garth M.
Sacher, John M.
Sackville, Amy.
Safier, Neil.
Salzer, Alicia.
Sapp, Jan.
Schantz, Mark S.
Schneider, Eric C.
Schweninger, Lee.
Scott, Michelle R.
Segura, Judith Garrett.
Seidman, Gay.
Selby, Gary S.
Shapiro, Elena Mauli.
Shaw, Susan M.
Sheehan-Dean, Aaron.
Shipton, Alyn.
Simonsen, Mary Lydon.
Slap, Stan.
Smilde, David.
Smith, Laurence C.
Smith, Norman.
Smith, Philip.
Soper, Barry M.
Speid, Lorna.
Spring, Matthew H.
Stahl, Dale.
Stanford, Shane.
Stansell, Keith.
Stevenson, Charles A.
Stjerna, Kirsi.
Strolovitch, Dara Z.
Swislocki, Mark.
Talebi, Shahla.
Taylor, Melanie Benson.
Waite, Urban.
Walden, Lois.
Walker, Andrew.
Wehrey, Frederic.
Weiner, Elaine.
Wesson, Cameron B.
White, Christopher G.
Wiazemsky, Anne.
Wiley, James.
Wilkinson, Toby A.H.
Williams, Daniel K.
Williams, David S.
Williamson, W. Paul.
Xu, Guoqi.
Zheng, Yongnian.