TY - BOOK AU - Matthews,Tracey ED - Gale Group. TI - Concise major 21st-century writers: a selection of sketches from Contemporary Authors T2 - Gale virtual reference library SN - 9781414410487 (electronic book) AV - PN466Z1224 PY - 2006/// CY - Detroit, Mich. PB - Gale KW - Authors KW - 21st century KW - Bio-bibliography KW - Literature, Modern N1 - "Concise Major 21st-Century Writers (CMTFCW) is an abridgement of the 2004 eBook-only edition of Thomson Gale's Major 21st-Century Writers (MTFCW), a set based on Thomson Gale's award-winning Contemporary Authors series. CMTFCW provides students, educators, librarians, researchers, and general readers with a concise yet comprehensive source of biographical and bibliographical information on 700 of the most influential and studied authors at the turn of the twenty-first century as well as emerging authors whose literary significance is likely to increase in the coming decades."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Advisory board -- List of authors included -- Author listings -- Volume 1: A-Cl -- Volume 2: Co-Gr -- Volume 3: Gu-Ma -- Volume 4: Mc-Sa -- Volume 5: Sc-Z -- Nationality/ethnicity index -- Genre/subject index N2 - A comprehensive, five-volume set, Concise Major 21st-Century Writers profiles today's most outstanding and widely known writers. Clearly written in an easy-to-use format, it collects detailed biographical and bibliographical information on approximately 700 authors who are most often studied in college and high school UR - http://link.galegroup.com/apps/pub/5GZM/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=bilk_itc ER -