Author of contemporary authors autobiography
Author of contemporary authors autobiography
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Contemporary Authors
Biographical reference work published by Gale Cengage
Country | United States |
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Language | English |
Discipline | Reference |
Publisher | Gale |
Published | 1962 - present |
Contemporary Authors is a reference work that has been published by Gale since 1962.
The work provides short biographies and bibliographies of contemporary and near-contemporary writers and is a major source of information on over 116,000 living and deceased authors from around the world.[1] The work is a standard in libraries and has been honored by the American Library Association as a distinguished reference title.[2]
Content
Entries in Contemporary Authors consist of a biography of the writer and bibliographies of their work and secondary sources covering it.[3] Along with featuring biographies of fiction and nonfiction writers, Contemporary Authors also includes authors who write for newspapers, magazines, motion pictures, TV, and theater.