Something about the author.

Something about the author. Volume 166 [electronic resource] / Lisa Kumar, project editor. - Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2006. - 1 online resource (xviii, 235 p.) : ill., photos. - Gale virtual reference library .

"ISSN 0276-816X". "Facts and pictures about authors and illustrators of books for young people."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ian Andrew -- Brent Ashabranner -- Andrew Auseon -- Russell Ayto -- Rosalie F. Baker -- Rose Blue -- Virginia Brackett -- Nick Bruel -- James Buckley, Jr. -- Roch Carrier -- Anne Cassidy -- Shirley Climo -- James Lincoln Collier -- Kim Echlin -- Cooper Edens -- Nancy Etchemendy -- Sharon G. Flake -- Sandra Forrester -- Lucy Frank -- Kathleen O'Neal Gear -- W. Michael Gear -- Jean Gralley -- Karen Gravelle -- Mini Grey -- Francie Hall -- Nigel Hinton -- Leigh Hobbs -- Mary Hollingsworth -- Robert Ingpen -- Sylvia A. Johnson -- Mij Kelly -- Heather Kirk -- Richard A. Knaak -- Barbara Knutson -- Dakota Lane -- Andrew Langley -- Barbara Lavallee -- David Levithan -- Trudy Ludwig -- Eric Maddern -- Fran Manushkin -- Adrian Mitchell -- Michael Moorcock -- Corinne J. Naden -- Nerissa Nields -- Dennis Nolan -- Carl Norac -- Carmel O'Mara -- Susan Pearson -- Dav Pilkey -- Richard Platt -- Pierre Pratt -- Byron Preiss -- Chris Raschka -- Chris Riddell -- Deri Robins -- Margaret Ryan -- Coleen Salley -- Linda Joy Singleton -- Bradley Steffens -- David Lee Stone -- Harry Turtledove -- Tim Warnes -- Nancy Whitelaw -- Leslie Wilson -- Frieda Wishinsky -- Chris Wooding -- Catherine Woolley -- Lois-Ann Yamanaka.

Covers individuals ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries cover: personal life, career, writings and works in progress, adaptations, additional sources, and photographs.

9781414410678 (electronic book) 1414410670 (electronic book)


Andrew, Ian P., 1962-
Ashabranner, Brent K., 1921-
Auseon, Andrew.
Ayto, Russell.
Baker, Rosalie F.
Blue, Rose.
Brackett, Virginia.
Bruel, Nick.
Buckley, James, 1963-
Carrier, Roch.
Cassidy, Anne, 1952-
Climo, Shirley.
Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-
Echlin, Kim.
Edens, Cooper.
Etchemendy, Nancy.
Flake, Sharon.
Forrester, Sandra.
Frank, Lucy.
Gear, Kathleen O'Neal.
Gear, W. Michael.
Gralley, Jean.
Gravelle, Karen.
Grey, Mini.
Hall, Francie.
Hinton, Nigel.
Hobbs, Leigh.
Hollingsworth, Mary, 1947-
Ingpen, Robert R.
Johnson, Sylvia A.
Kelly, Mij.
Kirk, Heather, 1949-
Knaak, Richard A.
Knutson, Barbara.
Lane, Dakota.
Langley, Andrew.
Lavallee, Barbara.
Levithan, David.
Ludwig, Trudy.
Maddern, Eric.
Manushkin, Fran.
Mitchell, Adrian, 1932-
Moorcock, Michael, 1939-
Naden, Corinne J.
Nields, Nerissa, 1967-
Nolan, Dennis, 1945-
Norac, Carl.
O'Mara, Carmel.
Pearson, Susan.
Pilkey, Dav, 1966-
Platt, Richard.
Pratt, Pierre.
Preiss, Byron.
Raschka, Christopher.
Riddell, Chris.
Robins, Deri.
Ryan, Margaret, 1950-
Salley, Coleen.
Singleton, Linda Joy.
Steffens, Bradley, 1955-
Stone, David Lee, 1978-
Turtledove, Harry.
Warnes, Tim.
Whitelaw, Nancy.
Wilson, Leslie, 1952-
Wishinsky, Frieda.
Wooding, Chris, 1977-
Woolley, Catherine.
Yamanaka, Lois-Ann, 1961-


Children's literature--Bibliography.
Authors--Biography.
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