Transcript of an interview with Gordon Parks in which he discusses his life, career, and works in a variety of art forms.

A comprehensive resource offering ten videos of talks with award winning author/illustrator, Vera B. Williams and a complete bibliography of her work,

Teach language, vocabulary and listening comprehension with Celebrity Vocab clips! [1:32]

This site shares a classroom cast with the authors Eileen and Jerry Spinelli. In an intimate portrayal, authors Eileen & Jerry Spinelli, discuss the craft of writing; its hardships and triumphs. Students will learn about the...

This video of Christopher Paolini shares his discussion about the delivery of the Inheritance manuscript to his editor at Random House.

This site shares a video of the author, Christopher Paolini, as he takes a look back at how it all began with Eragon, and discusses the conclusion to the series, Inheritance.

This site shares an interview with Inheritance's author, Christopher Paolini. In this interview, he talks about Vroengard Academy and what's coming next for the Inheritance cycle.

This video shares insights into the background to the book Inheritance by Christopher Paolini. In this interview, he shares information about the fourth and final book in the series.

This site shares insights from the author of the Maze Runner and Mortality Doctrine series, James Dashner. In this interview, he discusses whether the plot of his latest novel, The Eye of Minds, could happen in real life.

This site shares insights from the author of the Maze Runner and Mortality Doctrine series, James Dashner. In this interview, he discusses the favorite characters that he has written.

The legend and the reality of the way Jack Kerouac wrote "On the Road," and eventually "Went to bed obscure and woke up famous."

This Outside the Book video episode features an interview with George Ella Lyon, an adult and children's book author. She expresses her approaches to writing and gives a brief overview of The Pirate of Kindergarten, one of her most...

This video features an interview with Jesse Stuart, a renowned short story author and poet laureate who incorporates his life experiences from Southwestern Kentucky into his writings. [14:20]

Watch while this author of alliterative children's books like "Some Smug Slug" talks about writing with rich vocabulary and working with illustrator Henry Cole to create animal characters.

The Nobel Prize site offers a transcript of the speech William Faulkner gave after accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.

Web site of the French Ministry of Culture features recordings of some of Malraux's speeches.

This video and worksheet define narrator and explain how the narrator compares to the author and characters in a story. The video defines each term, then gives excerpts from well-known stories for learners to read and evaluate based on a...

Max Gladstone is a fantasy author best known for the Craft Sequence. He talks about balancing the creative and business aspects of writing, and he explains how compensation works in the publishing world. [12:16]

Max Gladstone is a fantasy author best known for the Craft Sequence. He shares how he manages his finances as a writer, including taxes and retirement savings. [5:48]

Max Gladstone is a fantasy author best known for the Craft Sequence. He shares how he achieved his first publishing deal and how he continues to develop his skills as a writer. [8:51]

This site shares a classroom cast with the author Christopher Paul Curtis. Newbery Award winner, Christopher Paul Curtis discusses his new novel The Mighty Miss Malone, his early writing career and the publication of The Watsons Go to...