women authors, american

American author Anna Quindlen discusses how her love of reading has impacted her life from childhood through adulthood. Includes eleven lists of recommended books.

A biography of twentieth-century American writer Joyce Carol Oates, drawing from personal letters and journals, as well as interviews with Oates, her family, friends, and colleagues to discuss the paradoxical relationship between her private life and public career, and examining the biographical issues that influence her writing.

Excerpts of letters, written throughout the professional life of the author, to her personal friends, business, and literary acquaitances.

A biography of the woman who created the well-known stories about the adventures of four children who lived in a railroad car until going to stay with their grandfather.

The author describes how her love of words and her personal experiences evolved into a career as a writer.

Author and illustrator of books for young people, Lois Ehlert, shares how she interweaves her creative process with her daily routine.

Discusses the life of the popular nineteenth-century author of "Little Women.".

A biography of the award-winning author who has been able to combine her love of wildlife and her love of writing into a successful career.