Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Tel

ISBN-10
0810319705
ISBN-13
9780810319707
Series
Contemporary Authors
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
500
Language
English
Published
1993-08-01
Publisher
Gale / Cengage Learning
Author
Donna Olendorf

Description

In response to the escalating need for up-to-date information on writers, Contemporary Authors® New Revision Series brings researchers the most recent data on the world's most-popular authors. These exciting and unique author profiles are essential to your holdings because sketches are entirely revised and up-to-date, and completely replace the original Contemporary Authors® entries. For your convenience, a soft-cover cumulative index is sent biannually.

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