Lucky you! You are going to study an author of your choice, read books by the author, and share what you've learned. Here are some links to excellent, well-researched information about the authors and their books:
Proquest Learning Literature: This is an outstanding resource with detailed author biographies, complete lists of books, reviews, and much more information related to literature. Because it is a subscription database, please get the URL and user name/password from the library desk.
Books and Authors: From MEL (Michigan Electronic Library), here is a new resource with all kinds of information about authors and books. This fantastic source provides in-depth information about authors, along with book recommendations, read-alikes, awards lists, and too many other features to list.
YABC (Young Adult Books Central): Very active site, with some biographical information, but lots of reviews, lists of authors' books, and suggestions.
CLB : Wow! There is sooo much on this site....author interviews, book recommendations, events, and tons of links!
Biography.com : This site features really famous authors, like J.K. Rowling, but give it a try, especially if your author is well known.
Read On: Author's Blogs and Sites: A well-designed, exciting source for author information.
For magazine and newspaper articles, try InfoTrac, which has many articles, images, book excerpts, etc.
Also, many present-day authors have their own sites and they often are just their own name, like Joan Aiken (joanaiken.com). You can either give it a try by typing in your author's name in the URL bar at the top of the browser page or use a search engine like Google or Bing to type in the author's name. Make sure that it is the author's OFFICIAL site and not a "fan" site because the information might not be accurate on a fan's site.
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