Authors

Authors On The Web - Includes news, events, and bibliographies.
http://www.authorsontheweb.com/

AuthorsDen.com - Authors freely post biographies, works, news, events and articles for readers to discover and read.
http://www.authorsden.com/

Maine Writers Index - Biographical and bibliographical information listed for 307 Maine writers.
http://www.waterborolibrary.org/maineaut/index.htm

Physician Writers - A list of over 300 physician writers, with some biographical and bibliographical material.
http://members.aol.com/dbryantmd/index.html

Pegasos - Biographies and bibliographies of authors, searchable by alphabet or birthday.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/

Author Yellow Pages - Searchable directory of author sites. Also categorized alphabetically and by genre.
http://authoryellowpages.com/

Author Webliography - A directory of author guides.
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/lit/authors.html

Findmeanauthor.com - Discover an author by selecting from a genre specific database of photographs.
http://www.findmeanauthor.com/

Barbados Writers Directory - A collection of 125 Barbadian writers.
http://www.barbadoswriters.com/

Incompetech's British Author Series - A witty and scholarly take on various venerated British authors.
http://www.incompetech.com/authors/

Booknotes.org - "A companion web site to C-SPAN's Sunday author interview series . . . ." Includes an extensive online archive (dating from 1989 up to the present) of author interviews in text-transcript form, with many excerpts also available in audio and/or video (RealPlayer format).
http://www.booknotes.org/

Bookwrap Central - Video clips of authors as they talk about their books and writing.
http://www.bookwrapcentral.com/

Meet the Author - This site features audio clips of authors describing and introducing their books in their own words.
http://www.meettheauthor.com/directory/

Great Writers and Poets - A fairly wide-ranging directory of links to resources on the 'net for numerous authors, including information on Nobel Prize winners.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/writers.html

Eye on Books - Brief interviews with authors of new and current fiction and non-fiction, presented in RealAudio and Windows Media streaming audio.
http://eyeonbooks.com

Desperado Literature - Interviews with contemporary novelists and poets.
http://lidiavianu.scriptmania.com

Librarie - A "graphically enriched virtual library with multi-page sites dedicated to various writers and thinkers. Bibliographies and biographies included."
http://www.studiocleo.com/librarie/index.html

Eclectics Authors - Official web pages for several published authors of genre fiction including romance, mystery, and western. Includes writing contests and newsletter.
http://www.eclectics.com/authors.html

Literary Pilgrimages - Visits to homes and haunts of Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, the Brontë sisters and others.
http://www.geocities.com/terryballard/literar2.htm

AuthorFind.com - Member-supported directory of contemporary authors, contact information and books available online.
http://www.authorfind.com/

Twentieth-century Authors - Focuses on major English-language writers. Mostly biographical and bibliographical information, and some information on literary criticism.
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues1999/december4/twentiethcentury.htm

The Art of the Word - Exclusive interviews with American, Canadian and British authors by Craig M. McDonald.
http://www.modestyarbor.com/writers.html

Wired for Books - An interactive book discussion site featuring essays, lectures, online books, RealAudio programs, spoken poetry, and other literary endeavors.
http://wiredforbooks.org

Kelly Writers House - Gathering place and a resource for all kinds of writers and space for experiment and innovation on the Web, as well as on the streets of Philadelphia, by providing webcasts of author readings and interviews. with visiting writers and poets.
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~wh/

Bookworm's Lair - Site has bibliographies of many authors, with updated bestsellers lists, and reviews.
http://www.bookwormslair.de/