authors, american

Provides a brief overview of the life, career, and achievements of Dominican American poet, novelist, and essayist Julia Alvarez.

Simple text and photographs introduce readers to Christopher Paul Curtis.

An illustrated biography of the life of Pura Belpr? the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City.

"Kwame Alexander once hated to read. Required by his father to read encyclopedias and pore over history books, he shunned books and turned to sports. But a discovery about his father's past gave Alexander a new appreciation for his family's love of history and storytelling. He committed himself to poetry and went on to become a Newbury Medal-winning author"--Back cover.

Simple text and photographs introduce readers to Dav Pilkey.

Presents a short biography of author and poet Maya Angelou.

A comic memoir from Tori Sharp about dealing with her parents' divorce.

The journal of a young writer beginning her career in New York City in the 1920's, climaxed by her marriage to a young engineer and the beginning of a new life in England in 1929.

Mark Twain's account of his transformation into a Westerner when he joins his brother, a newly appointed federal official, in Nevada.

Presents a collection of essays by American comedian, author, and blogger, Samantha Irby.