<Addison Public Library provides links to author’s sites. Many sites
are the author’s official sites and provide lots of biographical
information, reviews and sources where the books can be bought.
http://www.addison.lib.il.us/6author.asp
Hall Authors has an A-Z index of authors. http://hallauthors.com/
Clicking on a letter will take you to a page where all authors
beginning with that letter are listed. Clicking on a particular author
will give details of their books. Clicking on the book title will
take you to publication details, price, availability and reviews.
Books are linked to Amazon.com where they can be purchased.
Amazon.com allows you to either perform a direct search for authors or
alternatively to browse in the A-Z index.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/17/002-3179182-4492810
Yahoo has a directory listing authors alphabetically. The directory is
divided into various sections including literary, mystery, westerns,
romance, horror, science fiction, young adults and children.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/
Authors Encyclopedia Index contains details of 460 authors with links
to biographies, photographs and book details.
http://encyclopediaindex.com/authors_encyclopedia.shtml
The New York Review of Books provides reviews of literary fiction.
http://www.nybooks.com/
Guardian Unlimited has a an A-Z index of authors. Clicking on the name
takes you to biographical details and published works. The site also
provides best seller lists, reviews and details of the best books of
the year.
http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/0,6110,94875,00.html
Author Find has a directory of contemporary novelists.
http://www.authorfind.com/
The Google directory contains an A-Z of writers. Clicking on a letter
takes you to the writers beginning with that letter. Clicking on the
name of a writer takes you to links featuring biographical
information, the writer’s official site (if applicable) and reviews.
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/Authors/
Barnes and Noble is an online book store.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
New writers are highlighted in the Discover section.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bookstore/index2_cds2.asp?PID=1376&userid=2XGXVFBNYR
Selected authors are featured at
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/controller?visgrp=fiction&g=347004&env=web&slinkprefix=userid%3D2XGXVFBNYR&n=347004&exp=2020&sid=D7063EFD879D&act=M2#2020>
<Additional links:>
<Links to author directories>
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<Search strategy:>
<"author sites">
<://www.google.com/search?q=%22author+sites%22+&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N>
<"authors directory" a-z>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22authors+directory%22+a-z>
<novels directory>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=novels+directory>
<authors directory "novel writers">
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=authors+directory+%22novel+writers%22>
<Hope this helps.> |
