General Sources
For an entire book on a writer, use a subject search in Minerva, the Library Catalog and search by author's last name and then first name. For example: walker alice
World Authors
Ekstrom Library Ref. Biography Wall PN 451 .W674 1996
Set covers writers from 1900-2000
Addresses for Writers
A Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers
Ekstrom Library Ref. Biography Wall PS 129 .P62
Contains names and addresses for 7300 contemporary writers. This is the print
version of the Directory of Writers listed below.
Directory of Writers
The online edition lists names, addresses, and publication credits for over 5000 authors.
The Writers Directory
Ekstrom Library Ref. Biography Wall PN 451 .W74
Contains names and contact information for thousands of contemporary writers.
American Writers
African American Writers
Ekstrom Library Ref. Biography Wall PS 153 .N5 A344 2001
Ten page essays on famous African American writers with selected bibliographies.
American Writers: a Collection of Literary Biographies
Ekstrom Library Ref. Biography Wall PS 129 .A55
A four volume set with thirteen supplementary volumes and two retrospective supplements.
Latin American Writers
Ekstrom Library Ref. Biography Wall PQ 7081 .A1 L37
Short five page essays with bibliographies.
Native North American Writers Project
"This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies
of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews,
online texts and tribal websites." Focus is on contemporary authors.
Speaking the Other Self: American Women Writers
Ekstrom Library Ref. Biography Wall PS 147 .S69 1997
Essays on American women writers.
Voices
from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
Biographical and critical information about North American women writers of color.
Women
of Color; Women of Words
Currently offers bio-critical information on 13 women of color
who "who have gifted, shaken up, and disturbed the theatre world with their
powerful words."
African Writers
African Writers
Ekstrom Library Ref. Biography Wall PL 8010 .A453 1997
Ten page essays about the writers' lives. Includes selected bibliographies of
their works and criticism.
Ancient (Greek/Roman) Writers
Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome
Ekstrom Library Ref. Biography Wall PA 3002 .A5 1982
Substantial (twenty or more page) essays discuss the lives of
ancient writers.
European Writers
European Writers
Ekstrom Library Ref. Biography Wall PN 501 .E9 1983
Fourteen volumes, each covering a specific time period (romanticism, twentieth century
etc. Essays are approximately twenty pages long and include selected bibliographies.
Kentucky Writers
Kentucky Authors
PS 266 .K4 B7
Short biographies (one page or less) with examples of the authors work. Has some lesser-known authors
and includes historians, journalists, poets, dramatists,regional writers, and novelists.
KY
Lit: A Site Devoted to Kentucky Writers
"This site is devoted to the study of both native Kentucky writers and those who
have chosen Kentucky as their home. It is a collaborative effort, started by one dedicated class and
their teacher, and now maintained by the English Department at Eastern Kentucky University.
