Something about the author. facts and pictures about authors and illustrators of books for young people / Volume 152 [electronic resource] :
Susan Strickland, project editor.
- Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 240 p.) : ill., photos.
- Gale virtual reference library .
"ISSN 0276-816X."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Joan (Delano) Aiken -- Margot Apple -- Virgina Austin (Virginia Miller) -- Donald Barr -- Kelly L. Barth -- Adriane G(ilda) Berg -- Sandra (Keith) Boynton -- Tony Bradman -- Muriel Miller Branch -- Erik Brooks -- Alyssa (F.) Brugman -- Jane Cabrera -- Kate Cann -- David J. Catrow, III -- Miriam Chaikin -- Lynne V. Cheney -- Margaret Chodos-Irvine -- Peter Clover -- Louise Cooper (Sal Shadyland, a joint pseudonym) -- Rachel Crandell -- Katie Davis -- Erzsi Deak -- Narinder Dhami -- Farrukh Dhondy -- Michelle Edwards -- Stephen Elboz -- Mary Virginia Fox -- Judith (Bernette) Bloom Fradin -- Martha Freeman -- Gail Giles -- Andy Griffiths --- Melanie Guile -- Richard Harland -- Geoff Havel -- Julie Hearn -- David Hill -- Demi Hitz -- Linda Hutchison -- Rose Impey -- Lisa Jahn-Clough -- M(ary) M(argaret) Kaye (Mollie Hamilton, Mollie Kaye) -- Thomas Milton Kemnitz, Jr. (Tom Kemnitz, Jr.) -- Richard Kidd -- Kate (A.) Kiesler -- Suzy Kline -- Neal (Andrew) Layton -- Alice Leonhardt (Alison Hart) -- Tom Lichtenheld -- Melinda Long -- John Malam -- Anne (Inez) McCaffrey -- Leslie (A.) McGuirk -- Haydn Middleton -- Sharelle Byars Moranville -- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (P.R. Tedesco) -- Narelle Oliver -- Brian Patten -- Sue Penney -- Phyllis J(ean) Perry -- Tom Pohrt -- Barbara Ann Porte -- Bali Rai -- Jane Ray -- Frank Remkiewicz -- Lawrence S(tanley) Ritter -- Katherine Roberts -- Antonio Sacre -- Synthia Saint James -- David Shannon -- Susan Richards Shreve (Susan Shreve) -- Tom Slaughter -- Cynthia Leitich Smith -- Greg Leitich Smith -- Janice May Udry.
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.