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Alcoholics
Anonymous - Dr. Bob & Bill W. - This
spotlight is not only a featured writer, but a book too. One
book. The "Big Book." The book that all of Alcoholics
Anonymous is about and encompasses.
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Alcott,
Lousia May - Alcott,
the second of four daughters, was born in Germantown,
Pennsylvania, and raised in Boston and Concord, Massachusetts.
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Angelou,
Maya - born April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Johnson in St.
Louis, was raised in segregated rural Arkansas.
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Badu,
Erykah - Born Erykah Wright and raised in Dallas, Texas, Badu always
knew she was destined to let her voice be heard.
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Baudelaire,
Charles - was a 19th
century French poet, translator, and literary and art critic
whose reputation rests primarily on Les Fleurs du mal; (1857;The
Flowers of Evil) which was perhaps the most important and
influential poetry collection published in Europe in the 19th
century.
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Borges,
Jorge Luis - When one thinks of
Borges, one thinks more of
a literature, than of a writer. Borges' stories and poems are aimed at the universe,
unlike the writer with clearly defined scopes and goals whose book only reaches those
goals.
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Bradley,
Marion Zimmer - Many Science Fiction and Fantasy writers have been lauded
with the comparison to Tolkein, and CS Lewis, and so many aspire
to write in this medium. Few if any are compared to Marion Zimmer Bradley, one of the
great mistresses of the art, for that it is a shame.
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Brautigan,
Richard - 1935-1984
American novelist, short story writer, and poet. An Introduction
to Brautigan, for those who haven't met him.
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Brodsky,
Joseph - exiled from his homeland of Russia in 1972, Joseph Brodsky
emigrated and
eventually obtained citizenship to the United States.
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Bronte,
Charlotte - a very personal and in-depth account of
Charlotte Bronte plus details of her writings and books.
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Browne,
Jackson - was born on October 9, 1948 in Heidelberg,
Germany to Clyde Jack Browne and Beatrice Amanda "Bea"
Dahl. Also includes a complete discography with all lyrics form
albums.
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Chopin,
Kate - Born Catherine O'Flaherty on July 12, 1850, in St. Louis, Missouri, Kate Chopin was the daughter of an immigrant Irishman, Thomas O'Flaherty and a French-American mother, Eliza
Faris.
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Clark,
Mary Higgins - was born and raised in New York. Her father died when she was ten, and her mother was raising Ms. Clark and her two brothers on her own.
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Cronenberg,
David - There is a large part of the viewing public that would never admit to watching and enjoying horror films. And the excuses vary, but most come back to the same point. Horror movies aren't scary.
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cummings,
ee - Cummings's innovative and controversial verse
places him among the most popular and widely anthologized poets
of the twentieth century.
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Field,
Eugene - a native of St. Louis, Missouri, started his journalistic career in 1873 as
a reporter for the St. Louis Evening Journal.
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Frankl,
Victor - takes the reader along with him back into a part of history many still find hard to comprehend...the Nazi death camps.
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Hemingway,
Ernest - is lauded as one of the greatest American
writers of the twentieth century. Considered a master of the
understated prose style which became his trademark, he was
awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in literature.
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Kellerman,
Jonathan - A book in review: "Survival of
the Fittest."
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Kerouac,
Jack - Rocky Mount, North Carolina provided legendary writer Jack Kerouac with
inspiration in-between his cross country journeys
in the 1950's.
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King,
Stephen - (b. Sept. 21, 1947, Portland, Maine, U.S.),
American novelist and short-story writer whose many novels and
story collections, and the numerous films adapted from this
large body of work, have established his reputation as the
leading author of horror fictions in contemporary literature,
and with reviving the genre of horror fiction in the late 20th
century.
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Koontz,
Dean - writes novels that take us into worlds filled with
adventure and suspense, dealing with extraordinary topics such as technology, time travel,
serial killers, and much more.
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Joel,
Billy - Piano man? Back street guy? Rock & Roll
idol? Who is the real Billy Joel? Why is his music
loved and listened to by so many
people?
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Lennon,
John - Born in working-class Liverpool, England, on
October 9, 1940, John Lennon became an integral part of the Fab
Four from 1962 to 1970. John's first wife was Cynthia. Also
includes and extensive photo album.
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Morrison,
Jim - James Douglas Morrison was born to Steve and Clara Morrison
in Melbourne, Florida. A Navel officer, Steve was forced to move his
family around a lot when Jim was a child, and some say that fact led to Jim's unique method
of speaking out.
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Morrison,
Toni - With seven extraordinary novels and four major literary
awards, including the 1988 Politer Prize and 1993 Nobel Prize under her belt, Toni
Morrison is in the midst of a more than fulfilling career as a master novelist.
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Peart,
Neil - was born September 12, 1952. Peart is married,
and only child Selena died in a tragic car crash in August 1997.
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Poe,
Edgar Allan - People often refer to Edgar Allan Poe as
the father of the detective story–and to "The Murders in
the Rue Morgue" as the first of that genre–so it may seem
appropriate that much of Poe's life story remains mired in
mystery.
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Rand,
Ayn - on February 2nd, 1905, Alice Rosenbaum was born in
St. Petersberg Russia. Her early life was comfortable, and she
received a good private school education.
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Reznor,
Michael Trent - Born
May 17, 1965, Michael Trent Reznor, the "tormented genius" of rock and roll
came
into the world as any other child.
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Rice,
Anne - was born in Mercy Hospital, New Orleans, on
October 4th, 1941. She was the second of four daughters born to
Katherine and Howard O'Brien, and was given the name Howard
Allen O'Brien, after her father.
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Sheldon,
Sidney - Sidney Sheldon began his tremendous career writing award winning works for
television, film and the stage during the middle of the twentieth century.
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Sexton,
Anne - "Drowning [is] not so pitiful as the attempt to
rise." This proclamation was posted in a correspondence to Felicia Geffen [The
American Academy of Arts and Letters] from the poet Anne Sexton in November 1963.
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Springsteen,
Bruce - When Bruce sang "the amusement park rises
bold and stark," he was *not* singing about either the
Palace or the Casino . . . he was singing about the Asbury
Amusement Park, a bona fide outdoor amusement park complete with
ferris wheel, roller coaster, tilt-a-whirl (that's the one in
"Sandy"), sky ride, and many other rides.
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Steinbeck,
John - was born on February 27 in Salinas, California.
He was the third of four children and the only son of John Ernst
II and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck.
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Steiner,
Rudolf - was born in Kraljevec, Austria (now in Croatia)
in 1861 and died in Dornach, Switzerland in 1925.
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Taylor,
James - Over the past 30 years, Taylor has written some
of the most impressive music of the pop music era. He is
undoubtedly one of the most original singer-songwriters in the
business and has influenced hundreds of singer-songwriters
today.
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Welch,
Kevin - It's fairly safe to say that singer/ songwriter
Kevin Welch has always been a bit of a rebel. A sentiment which
might explain why his sound has been labeled everything from
alternative country to good ole' American roots' music.
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Wharton,
Edith - Born Edith Newbold Jones on January 24th, 1862. She was the
third child and only daughter born to George and Lucretia Jones in the prosperous, social
life of New York City.
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Wilcox,
David - is a
singer/songwriter and transplanted buckeye residing in
Asheville, North Carolina, and to his chagrin, is most often
compared with the likes of James Taylor. |
