Authors

Select short biographies of African American women writers of the 19th century.

Pointers to individual author guides or other documents that deal with specific writers.

Searchable directory of author websites with all listings are made by the authors. Includes a section for author newsletters.

The online archive for C-SPAN’s non-fiction author interview program, Booknotes. The archive searchable video, as well as written transcripts.

Video clips of authors talking about their books and writing. Each also includes additional information, such as a sample chapter, synopsis, review quotes and author biography.

Brief interviews with authors of new and current fiction and nonfiction. There's a separate section where authors talking about the writing craft, and a "Spoiler Room" where authors talk about the endings of their books.

Video clips of authors describing and introducing their books in their own words. This is the American site. There also is a UK site.

Biographies of past winners, video interviews with Nobel Laureates and video of Nobel Lectures given by winners on a subject related to their winning the prize.

Thumbnail bographies of the classical fiction writers.

Audio library of interviews from Don Swaim's CBS Radio program, Book Beat. Originally broadcast as two-minutes condensations of interviews that typically lasted 30 to 45, this site makes them available in their entirety.