• A Selection of Sketches from Something About the Author

  8 Volume Set

  Edition 2
• Published by Gale

Designed for smaller libraries, Major Authors and Illustrators includes more than 1,050 updated and revised sketches from the award-winning Gale series, Something about the Author®-- more than 150 of these are brand-new to this edition. The set covers the most popular and widely-read authors and illustrators of works for younger readers. Arranged alphabetically, entries feature an author photograph, a bibliography of major works and a detailed essay discussing the author's career and works.

Review:

"...will be ideal for school and public libraries that need biographical and bibliographic information on authors and illustrators,.."
-- ARBA (2003)

• Published/Released: September 2002
• ISBN 13: 9780787612344
• ISBN 10: 0787612340
• DDC: 920
• Product number: 149895
• Page count: About 5,100
• Number of vols. in set: 8
• Shipping Weight: 14.86 lbs (6.74 kgs)

Price: US $908.00

Look inside this product:

• Table of Contents
• Advisory board
• Introduction
• Sample Pages
• Index(es)