women authors, american

A collection of black-and-white photographs of young brothers and sisters, with essays in which author Anna Quindlen explores the multi-layered relationships between siblings.

Using family photographs and quotes from her books, the author provides glimpses into her life.

The author, youngest daughter of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, tells what it was like growing up in a family subjected to both celebrity and tragedy.

Author recounts her experiences, sometimes painful and sometimes humorous, of growing up in Spanish Harlem several decades ago.

Heather Sellers has prosopagnosia, a rare neurological condition that prevents her from reliably recognizing people's faces. Growing up she took what cues she could from speech, hair, and gait but she often could not recognize those she knew and feared she was crazy. It was only when she was an adult and took the man she would marry home to meet her parents that she began to recognize the truth of her condition.

Examines Laura Ingalls Wilder's life as a pioneer girl and her work as a writer describing that life for others.

Profiles eight women writers from the first half of the twentieth century, with biographical information and a chronology of each author's life, a listing of her works, and references for further study.

The author explores the influences that led her to become a writer including the importance of inspiration.

Biography of children's author Laura Ingalls Wilder, with articles, interviews and recollections of friends and neighbors, focusing on her later life.