novelists, american

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide biographical and analytical information about 120 of the United States' best-known fiction writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, each with an annotated bibliography; and includes a glossary of terms and techniques, a timeline of author birthdates, and an index.

Presents a biography of twentieth-century African-American contemporary novelist, Toni Morrison, and describes her childhood in Ohio, education, and career as a successful author.