Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Volume 200: A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Field

A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers. David Almond, 1951- Kevin J. Anderson, 1962- Marie Arana, 1949- Diana Athill, 1917- John Barlow, 1967- Bill Bass, 1928- Richard Bausch, 1945- Andrew Beahrs, 1973- Bruce Beasley, 1958- John Berger, 1926- Gregoire Bouiller, 1960- H.W. Brands, 1953- Don S. Browning, 1934- M.M. Buckner Jennifer Chiaverini Lesley Choyce, 1951- Caroline B. Cooney, 1947- Diane Mott Davidson, 1949- Louis de Bernieres, 1954- Grace Dent, 1973- Carole Nelson Douglas, 1944- Roddy Doyle, 1958- Joan Druett, 1939- Brendan DuBois Margaret Duffy, 1942- Niall Ferguson, 1964- Monica Ferris, 1943- Michael Thomas Ford, 1968- Paula Fox, 1923- Alice Fulton, 1952- Julia P. Gelardi Jamie Gilson, 1933- Jason Goodwin, 1964- Ed Gorman, 1941- Norman Green, 1954- Boze Hadleigh, 1954- Carolyn Haines, 1953- Parnell Hall, 1944- Patricia Hampl, 1946- Nigel Henbest, 1951- Janette Turner Hospital, 1942- Gregg Hurwitz, 1973- Iris Johansen, 1938- Steven Johnson, 1968- V.M. Jones, 1958- Stephanie Kallos Paula Kamen, 1967- Stefan Kanfer, 1933- Laura Kasischke, 1961- Donald F. Kettl, 1952- William Kittredge, 1932- James L. Kugel, 1945- Evan Kuhlman Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, 1944- Kate Long, 1964- Susan Lowell, 1950- Joe Mackall, 1958- Kerry Madden, 1961- Barry Maitland Alberto Manguel, 1948- Henning Mankell, 1948- Valerie Martin, 1948- Margaret Mayhew, 1936- Jack McDevitt, 1935- Deirdre McNamer, 1950- James E. McWilliams, 1968- John Meaney, 1957- Joyce Meyer, 1943- Yannick Murphy, 1962- Timothy Naftali Marilyn Nelson, 1946- Geoff Nicholson, 1953- K.A. Nuzum Joseph F. O'Callaghan, 1928- Wendy Orr, 1953- Robert B. Parker, 1932- Ann Patchett, 1963- Jayne Anne Phillips, 1952- Katha Pollitt, 1949- David Poyer, 1949- Cherie Priest, 1975- Katherine Ramsland, 1953- Robert J. Randisi, 1951- Steven Rinella, 1974 Michele Roberts, 1957- Tony Romano, 1957- Meg Rosoff, 1956- Laura Joh Rowland, 1953- Tom Santopietro Karl H. Schlesier, 1927- Peter Schrag, 1931- Maggie Sefton Harry Shannon, 1948- June Shaw Nathan Singer, 1976- Sherwood Smith, 1951- Sister Souljah, 1963- Susan Squire, 1950- William G. Tapply, 1940- Charles Taylor, 1931- Nicholas Tracy, 1944 Jonathan Tropper, 1970- Todd Tucker, 1968- Steve Watkins, 1954- David Wellington, 1971- Jack Whyte, 1940- Christine Wicker, 1953- Steven E. Woodworth, 1961- Tamar Yellin, 1963- Alissa York, 1970- In response to the escalating need for up-to-date information on writers, Contemporary Authors New Revision Series brings researchers the most recent data on the world's most-popular authors. These exciting and unique author profiles are essential to your holdings because sketches are entirely revised and up-to-date, and completely replace the original Contemporary Authors entries