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Biography & Autobiography, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Health & Fitness, Juvenile Fiction, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Poetry, Sports & Recreation
Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947. After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Maine at Orono in 1970, he became a teacher. His spare time was spent writing short stories and novels. King's first novel would never have been published if not for his wife. She....[more]
Biography & Autobiography, Education, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, Science, Sports & Recreation
J. K. (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling was born in Gloucestershire, U. K. on July 31, 1965. Rowling attended Tutshill Primary and then went on to Wyedean Comprehensive where she was made Head Girl in her final year. She received a degree in French from Exeter University. She later took some teaching classes at Moray House Tea....[more]
Biography & Autobiography, Cooking, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Sports & Recreation
Donald Patrick Conroy's pen name is Pat Conroy. He was born on October 26, 1945, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Donald Conroy, a Marine Corps fighter pilot from Chicago, and Dorothy Conroy. His father's vocation caused the family to move often. In 1960 the Conroys located to Beaufort, South Carolina. Conroy's English teacher ....[more]
Novelist, columnist, television writer. During the last two decades, Bill Scheft has established himself as a versatile, singular and influential comedic voice. Bill's blog can be found at - http://billscheft.tumblr.com/ . After twelve years touring as a stand-up comedian, Scheft was hired as a monologue writer f....[more]
Art, Biography & Autobiography, Drama, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, Pets, Poetry, Psychology, Sports & Recreation
Joyce Carol Oates was born in 1938 in Upstate, New York. She attended Syracuse University and graduated as Valedictorian. She then attended University of Wisconsin where she earned an M. A. By the time she was 47 years old, she had published at least that many separate books, including 16 full-length novels and more th....[more]
Stephen H. Norwood (Ph.D., Columbia University) is professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower: Complicity and Conflict on American Campuses (Cambridge University Press, 2009); Strikebreaking and Intimidation: Mercenaries and Masculinity in Twentieth-Centur....[more]
Clyde W. Ford is a mythologist, trained psychotherapist, and sought-after public speaker. He’s also a critically acclaimed author of nonfiction and fiction. He writes the Charlie Noble Mysteries, suspense thrillers set in the Pacific Northwest. He’s been a guest on the “Oprah Winfrey Show,” NPR, and other radio and tel....[more]
When Mike Shatzkin was 8 years old, he would amuse himself typing tabular lists of presidents of the United States on a portable Underwood he found at his grandmother’s house. Mike’s father, Leonard Shatzkin figured he’d better learn to touch-type. “Either we teach him the right way or he’ll teach himself the wrong way....[more]
Biography & Autobiography, Fiction, Social Science, Sports & Recreation
Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of the short story collection "Pilgrims", which was a PEN/Hemingway Award finalist, a New York Times Notable Book, & one of "Glamour's" Best Books of the Year. "Pilgrims" also won best fiction awards from the "Paris Review", "GQ", & "Ploughshares". Currently a writer-at-large for "GQ", G....[more]
Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Literary Criticism, Sports & Recreation
Award-winning author Rick Riordan was born on June 5, 1964, in San Antonio, Texas. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a double major in English and history, he taught in public and private middle schools for many years. Riordan writes the popular Tres Navarre mystery series for adults, as well....[more]
David Pietrusza has produced a number of critically-acclaimed works concerning 20th century American history. His 1960: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies was named by ForeWord Magazine as among the best political biographies. Pietrusza's 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents rec....[more]
James C. Kaufman, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the California State University at San Bernardino, where he directs the Learning Research Institute. Kaufman’s research broadly focuses on nurturing and encouraging creativity. He is specifically interested in creativity’s role in fairness; everyday ....[more]
Born and raised in the small town of Garwood, TX, Russell Cranek grew up with two loves – baseball and writing. He took the two and decided to write a story based on numerous true events that he experienced through his lifetime. With the game and his ability to write held close to his heart, Russell considers his famil....[more]
Biography & Autobiography, Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Language Arts & Disciplines, Religion, Sports & Recreation
Mitch Albom was born in 1958 in Philadelphia. He graduated from Brandeis University with a sociology major and earned his Master's Degrees in journalism and business administration from Columbia University in New York City. Albom is a best-selling author, nationally-syndicated newspaper columnist for the Detroit Free P....[more]
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Robert Brown Parker is a novelist and educator. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on September 17, 1932. Parker earned a B.A. from Colby College in 1954, served in the U.S. Army in Korea from 1954 to 1954, and then returned to earn an M.A. from Boston University in 1957. Parker received his Ph.D. from Northwes....[more]
Matthew Algeo is a freelance writer and reporter. His latest book is "The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth" (Chicago Review, 2011). His previous book, "Harry Truman's Excellen....[more]
Warren Adler is a world-renowned novelist, short story writer and playwright. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages and two of his novels, The War of the Roses and Random Hearts, have been made into enormously popular movies, shown continually throughout the world. Three short stories from his a....[more]
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