Contemporary authors. a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields / Volume 383 :
Michael J. Tyrkus, project editor.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 450 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits
- Gale virtual reference library .
"ISSN 0010-7468."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Kerry Alcorn, 1962- -- Mia Alvar, 1978- -- Jamie Arpin-Ricci, 1977- -- Robert K. Batchelor, 1968- -- Jeffrey Paul Bayliss, 1965- -- John H. Beakes, 1943- -- Alex Beecroft -- William Benemann, 1949- -- Mitch Benn, 1970- -- Catherine W. Bishir -- Dea H. Boster -- C.L. Bragg, 1957- -- Ras Michael Brown, 1970- -- Ed Brubaker, 1966- -- G.J. Bryant -- Steven B. Bunker, 1970- -- William D. Carl, 1967- -- Angela Doll Carlson -- Brian Catling, 1948- -- Christopher Celenza, 1967- -- Paroma Chatterjee, 1978- -- Heather Christle, 1980- -- Lauren Christopher -- Melissa Cistaro, 1965- -- Cole Cohen -- Gregor Collins, 1976- -- Guy Colwell, 1945- -- Hy Conrad -- E.E. Cooper -- Hubert Crouch -- Touraj Daryaee, 1967- -- Michele Landis Dauber -- James Corbett David, 1977- -- Ivor Davis -- St. Sukie de la Croix, 1951- -- Karim Dimechkie -- Catie Disabato -- Diana L. Di Stefano -- Daniel P. Douglas -- Stuart Douglas -- Patrick Downes, 1968- -- Jim Downs, 1973- -- Bill Russell Edmonds, 1968- -- Ansel Elkins, 1982- -- Sylvia Ellis, 1964- -- Carole Emberton, 1975- -- Tanya Evans, 1972- -- Stephen Fagin, 1979- -- Sherry D. Ficklin -- Terry Finnegan, 1961- -- C.R. Fladmark -- Aaron Spencer Fogleman -- Jared Gardner -- C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, 1979- -- Michael J. Gerhardt, 1956- -- Kieron Gillen, 1975- -- Noah Eli Gordon, 1975- -- Camille Griep, 1977- -- Neal Griffin -- Christian Hageseth -- Nisid Hajari -- Sean Haldane, 1943- -- Fiona Deans Halloran -- Rosemarie Freeney Harding, 1930-2004 -- Gail Boyer Hayes -- Sarah Hegger -- Henry Hemming, 1979- -- Reesa Herberth -- Yuri Herrera, 1970- -- John Herrick -- Marc A. Hertzman -- Michael J. Hightower, 1955- -- Heather J. Hoag -- Rosamund Hodge -- Edward Hogan, 1980- -- Linda Janet Holmes, 1949- -- Ian Hudson, 1967- -- Renee Hulan, 1965- -- Michael Hurley -- Fred Inglis, 1937- -- Cormac James, 1971- -- Eileen R. Janzen, 1937- -- Cat Johnson -- Don Johnson -- Tyler H. Jolley -- Heather Rose Jones, 1958- -- Parneshia Jones, 1980- -- Saeed Jones -- Mark Jurdjevic -- Robert J. Kalasky -- David C. Keehn -- Eliza Kennedy, 1974- -- Joseph Kim, 1990- -- Amy Kittelstrom -- Tracy E. K'Meyer -- Renee Knight, 1971- -- Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, 1966- -- James Krapfl, 1971- -- Barbara Krathamer, 1967- -- Melissa Kwasny, 1954- -- Brandon LaBelle, 1969- -- Craig Lambert, 1947- -- David LaMotte, 1968- -- Peter Leavell -- Kathleen Lee -- Maggie Lehrman, 1982- -- Michal Lemberger -- Stephanie LeMenager, 1968- -- Caroline Levander, 1964- -- Deborah Levy-Bertherat -- Wei-Cheng Lin, 1969- -- Lisbeth Lipari, 1960- -- Ken Liu, 1976- -- Kelly Long, 1967- -- Robert W. Lull, 1944- -- Elizabeth Lunbeck -- Malcolm Mackay, 1982- -- Shanna Mahin -- P.J. Manney -- Antonio Manzini, 1964- -- Jeff Mariotte, 1955- -- Richard Martin, 1958- -- Lynne Matson -- Lee Maynard, 1936- -- Ellen McBreen -- Chris McCoy -- Kimberly McCreight -- Sophie McKenzie -- Gary Merrill, 1947- -- Shawn Michaels, 1965- -- Cecilia Rodriguez Milanes -- Cynthia J. Mills, 1947-2014 -- Elizabeth Minchilli -- Katharine Mitchell, 1976- -- Kate Mulgrew, 1955- -- William E. Nelson, 1940- -- Sara Novic, 1987- -- Solomon Iyobosa Omo-Osagie II -- Sally Orr -- Laurelin Paige -- Patricia Park -- Michael Penman -- Grayson Perry, 1960- -- Zoe Pilger, 1984- -- J. Kristian Pratt -- Bernadette Pruitt, 1965- -- Brian Purnell, 1978- -- Carole Rawcliffe, 1946- -- Alana Rayborn -- Patricia Raybon, 1950(?)- -- Marguerite Reed -- Linda Williams Reese, 1946- -- M.G. Reyes -- Sarah S. Richardson, 1980- -- Reba Riley, 1982- -- Richard A. Ruddy, 1939- -- Louis R. Sadler, 1937- -- Matthew Salafia -- Guadalupe San Miguel Jr., 1950- -- Sophie Schiller, 1964- -- John T. Schloterbeck -- William H. Schneider, 1945- -- Kevin M. Schultz -- Jessica Scott -- Aaron M. Shatzman -- Jon Smith, 1963- -- Miranda Frances Spieler, 1971- -- John E. Stealey, III, 1941- -- Per Espen Stoknes -- Jennifer A. Stollman -- Karina Sumner-Smith -- Larry D. Sweazy, 1960- -- Molly Tanzer -- Lauri Taylor -- Dave Tell, 1976- -- Gerald W. Thomas, 1952- -- Susie Timmons, 1955- -- Marc Turner -- Elizabeth VanderVen, 1966- -- Julien Vernet -- Christy Wampole, 1977- -- Mary Jane Warde, 1944- -- Blake A. Watson, 1956- -- Rachel Judith Weil, 1958- -- Timothy L. Wesley, 1966- -- Eli K.P. William -- Joseph W. Williams -- Elizabeth Willis, 1961- -- Chris Woods -- Gene Luen Yang, 1973- -- Eric S. Yellin, 1978-.
Provides biographical details on thousands of modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Includes current writers as well as the most-studied literary figures of the early 20th century and authors from around the world. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.