novelists, american

Presents Rand's own reflections and recollections of her work, including her inspirations and influences.

A brief biography of the American novelist Nicholas Sparks, covering his youth, accomplishments, quotes, and more.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Theodore Dreiser.

Presents the life and works of Henry Miller, author of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. Includes a chronology.

This picture book is about the life of Gene Stratton-Porter, a pioneering wildlife photographer and popular author from the late 19th and early 20th century, tell[ing] how she showed the world the beauty of nature, especially birds, and why it was worth preserving.

Presents a biography of nineteenth-century author Herman Melville, and traces his rise and eventual decline in both critical and popular reception against the backdrop of 19th-century America.

Biography of nineteenth century author Herman Melville, drawing upon newly discovered family letters to present information on his life from childhood, to his sojourns at sea, to his inconsistent career as a writer.

"The intimate, gorgeous, garish confessions of Joshua Mohr--writer, father, alcoholic, addict"--.

A memoir in which the author, a writer of crime fiction, tells of his experiences after teaming up with a homicide detective in 1994 to finally unravel the mystery of his mother's murder in a Los Angeles suburb thirty-six years earlier.

Autobiographical stories about growing up as the son of Mexican immigrants in California.