Something about the author.  Volume 169  [electronic resource] / 
Lisa Kumar, project editor. 
 - Detroit, Mich. :  Gale,  c2006. 
 - 1 online resource (xv, 318 p.) :  ill., photos. 
 - Gale virtual reference library .
<br/><br/> "ISSN 0276-816X".  "Facts and pictures about authors and illustrators of books for young people." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>R.W. Alley -- Steve Alton -- Derek Anderson -- Bryn Barnard -- Stan Berenstain (Obit. Notice) -- Betty G. Birney  -- Gary L. Blackwood -- Tony Bonning -- Wendy Cooling -- Helen Cooper -- Ralph Cosentino -- June Crebbin -- Donald Davis -- Alexandra Day -- Phyllis de la Garza -- Diane deGroat -- Craig A. Doherty -- Mary Engelbreit -- Elizabeth Fensham -- Jamieson Findlay -- Edith Hope Fine -- Susan Gaber -- Jack Gantos -- Duffy Grooms -- Sherri Haab -- Melanie W. Hall -- Jo Harper -- Anita Horrocks -- Harry Horse -- Suzanne Jurmain -- Katy Kelly -- Marc Kompaneyets -- Steven N. Koppes -- Lawrence Kushner -- Louise-Andree Laliberte -- Aubrey Lang -- Elizabeth Levy -- Betsy Lewin -- Rochelle Logan --   Michelle Markel -- Margaret I. McAllister -- Mercedes McDonald -- Barbara Barbieri McGrath -- Pnina Moed-Kass -- Octavia Monaco -- Toni Trent Parker (Obit. Notice) -- Rosa Parks (Obit. Notice) -- Fred Penner -- Andrew Fusek Peters -- Douglas Rees -- Justin Richards -- Kathy Ross -- Shelley Rotner -- Angela Royston -- Gail Saunders-Smith -- Martina Selway -- Natalie Standiford -- Debbie A. Taylor -- Lisa Tetzner -- Shirley Tulloch -- Michael E. Uslan -- Bill Wallace -- Ruth Wallace-Brodeur -- Sylvia Waugh -- Sylvie Wickstrom -- Troy Wilson -- Angela Woolfe -- Tracie Vaughn Zimmer. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781414410708 (electronic book) 1414410700 (electronic book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Alley, R. W.<br/>Alton, Steve.<br/>Anderson, Derek, 1969- <br/>Barnard, Bryn.<br/>Berenstain, Stan, 1923- <br/>Birney, Betty G.<br/>Blackwood, Gary L.<br/>Bonning, Tony, 1948- <br/>Cooling, Wendy.<br/>Cooper, Helen, 1963- <br/>Cosentino, Ralph.<br/>Crebbin, June.<br/>Davis, Donald, 1944- <br/>Day, Alexandra.<br/>Garza, Phyllis de la.<br/>De Groat, Diane.<br/>Doherty, Craig A.<br/>Engelbreit, Mary.<br/>Fensham, Elizabeth.<br/>Findlay, Jamieson.<br/>Fine, Edith Hope.<br/>Gaber, Susan.<br/>Gantos, Jack.<br/>Grooms, Duffy, 1964- <br/>Haab, Sherri.<br/>Hall, Melanie W.<br/>Harper, Jo.<br/>Horrocks, Anita, 1958- <br/>Horse, Harry.<br/>Jurmain, Suzanne.<br/>Kelly, Katy, 1955- <br/>Kompaneyets, Marc.<br/>Koppes, Steven N.<br/>Kushner, Lawrence, 1943- <br/>Laliberte, Louise-Andree.<br/>Lang, Aubrey.<br/>Levy, Elizabeth, 1942- <br/>Lewin, Betsy.<br/>Logan, Rochelle.<br/>Markel, Michelle.<br/>McAllister, Margaret<br/>McDonald, Mercedes.<br/>McGrath, Barbara Barbieri, 1954- <br/>Kass, Pnina.<br/>Monaco, Octavia.<br/>Parker, Toni Trent.<br/>Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005. <br/>Penner, Fred.<br/>Peters, Andrew<br/>Rees, Douglas.<br/>Richards, Justin.<br/>Ross, Kathy, 1948- <br/>Rotner, Shelley.<br/>Royston, Angela.<br/>Saunders-Smith, Gail.<br/>Selway, Martina.<br/>Standiford, Natalie.<br/>Taylor, Debbie A., 1955- <br/>Tetzner, Lisa, 1894-1963. <br/>Tulloch, Shirley.<br/>Uslan, Michael, 1951- <br/>Wallace, Bill, 1947- <br/>Wallace-Brodeur, Ruth.<br/>Waugh, Sylvia.<br/>Wickstrom, Sylvie.<br/>Wilson, Troy, 1970- <br/>Woolfe, Angela.<br/>Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children's literature--Bibliography.<br/>Authors--Biography.<br/>Illustrators--Biography.