This site features the author William Shakespeare including a biography and the full text of 39 of his famous plays. RL.9-10.10a&b text complexity, RL.11-12.10a/b Text Complexity

Beatrix Potter may be a familiar name in children's literature, but what a lot do not know is that she is a notable woman of science as well. Find out in this short biography.

"Holes" by Louis Sachar, is a Newbery winner. Trouble seems to follow Stanley Yelnats and his family. Can Stanley "fulfill" the void/hole that exist? Make the smart choice by enjoying the novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The file...

This site includes a biography of the writer Fredric Brown. Included towards the end of the article is a list of his books. Good overall and very factual.

This resource features a booklist for Tomie dePaola. There is a summary and a picture of each book.

This resource provides links to many authors of the Romantic era. Biographies, works, and portraits are displayed for each author.

Interesting biographical information, list of works, and famous quotes about Charles Dickens, renowned British author.

Useful biographical information and interesting facts about J.K. Rowling, the famous British author of the Harry Potter book series.

A brief biography on the life and times of James Boswell, lawyer, essayist and author of The Life of Samuel Johnson.

This generous biographical note about the British novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and once the highest paid author in the world profiles his life and such novels as Of Human Bondage and The Razor's Edge.

These biographies includes a very short bio on Warren (1748-1814 CE), a spirited female author who published a three-volume history of the American Revolution.

A detailed biography of the ancient Roman writer Virgil complemented by selected quotes from his works. Also provides a bibliography.

A biography of the life and works of Irish author Jonathan Swift.

Brief biographical page offers some background about Ms. Haddix and the awards she's won, along with a link to a full biography.

A concise description of Nadin Gordimer, a South African author, who became the first South African to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

This site has a brief biography of Lewis Carroll (1832-1898 CE), the pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the author of children's classics "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," and "Through the Looking Glass."