women authors

From Christine de Pisan's medieval love poetry to Nadine Gordimer's dissection of apartheid, the works of the 135 authors represent the entire spectrum of writing by women from around the world--in poetry, drama, the novel, and short fiction, from antiquity to the end of the twentieth century.

Contemporary women writers discuss their writing technique, how they develop ideas, and how they view their roles within society.

Winifred Rudge travels to London to jump-start her new novel, but instead she finds herself investigating the disappearance of her stepcousin, whose apartment seems to have been taken over by a hostile spirit.

Biography of Louisa May Alcott, discussing the disparities between her real life and the one depicted in her best-selling novel "Little Women," arguing that the book was written at the urging of Alcott's father, with whom she shared a contentious, but uncommonly strong bond.

Chronicles the lives and achievements of six talented women writers, including Maya Angelou, Judy Blume, Astrid Lindgren, Jean Little, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Beatrix Potter.

Explores teen issues in S.E. Hinton's, The outsiders, as a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue reflected in it, and features carefully-selected content representing a variety of perspectives.

When all the secrets of her life are about to be exposed, a young woman plans her own "accidental death.".

Contains biographies and original portraits of thirty-five women writers, and includes selections from their finest works.

The novelist discusses her childhood in Cocoa, Florida in the late 1960s and early 1970s when America was riding the Space Race's tide of optimism, but the author's family found life on Earth often overwhelming.

The life of the Newbery Award-winning American author Lois Lowry, covering her life and her development as a writer of fiction for children.