Authors
See Also: Literature
Poems and Stories
Read poems, short stories, songs and letters online.
Wikipedia: Authors
Lists of authors by genre, nationality, race, origin, gender, and language.
American Masters: Literature
Biographical information on select authors from the PBS American Masters series.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
An annotated guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet.
Looking for Lewis Carroll
The Carroll Myth and its impact on the reading of his works and biography.
Mark Twain in His Times
Based on resources from the Barrett Collection, includes hundreds of images, manuscripts, contemporary reviews, and articles.
The Walt Whitman Archive
A scholarly resource co-directed by Dr. Ed Folsom and Dr. Kenneth M. Price, includes manuscripts, published works, biography, criticism, images, and more.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Official web site that includes a specially written biography and detailed pages about some of his famous characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Brigadier Gerard and Professor Challenger.
The Official Website of Kurt Vonnegut
Includes a biography, news, booklist, and artworks.
The William Blake Archive
Sponsored by the Library of Congress, includes illuminated books, drawings, paintings, engravings, and more.
Voices from the Gaps
Biographical and bibliographical information, images and resources on North American women writers and artists of color.
Booknotes
Archive of C-SPAN’s interview program of contemporary non-fiction authors, from 1989 to 2004.
Authors' Calendar
Biographical information on authors, listed by birthdate and name.
Authors Directory
Directory of classical authors with links to images, biographies, portraits, lesson plans and online books.
Authors on the Web
An attempt to bring together literary author biographies available on the World Wide Web.