100 Most Popular Nonfiction Authors Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies

Subjects:

• Library & Information Science » Adult Services -- General
• Library & Information Science » Adult Services -- Readers' Advisory

Reviews:

• "100 Most Popular Nonfiction Authors would be a useful tool for librarians doing reader advisory work and collection development. The book should also help students looking for background information and sources for further reading about the authors included. This book is an appropriate choice for high school and public library reference collections."
  —Catholic Library World September 2008
• "The brief, informative biographies collected here are insightful and clearly written, and the lists of works and sources of further information are helpful."
  —School Library Journal August 2008
• "This collection of biographical sketches complete with lists of works written and sources for further information provides a guide to the major nonfiction authors of our time....A fine guide to the adult literature our teends should be familar with before they go to college or into a specialty area....Recommended."
  —Teacher Librarian June 2008
• "The authors, chosen by means of consultations with librarians, are those whose impact has been seen mostly in the last half century, among them Diane Ackerman, John Krakauer, David McCullough, and Cornel West. Entries are headed by author's birth year and birthplace, and, if applicable, date of death and by signature work and primary genres, such as environmental writing or travel narratives. The biographical sketches are around 850 words and are followed by selected lists of works broken down into such categories as nonfiction, fiction, and teleplays. Each entry also has a listing of print and Internet resources for futher information."
  —Booklist May 1, 2008
• "The purpose of this title is to provide librarians and other users with background information about the authors to aid in selection and collection development to meet reader interest. It might also come in handy for Book Clubs and as a reference for students. An extensive Author/Title Index is included as well as a Genre Index."
  —Colorado Association of Libraries 00/00/00
• "This book would be invaluable to library school students and public librarians who want to familiarize themselves with well-known, prominent, and heavily requested nonfiction authors."
  —Public Libraries 3/1/2009
• "The reader of 100 Most Popular Nonfiction Authors will find useful information on researchable subjects and could be surprised to see how many nonfiction writers like Anne Dillard also produce fiction. This volume is easy to use and should be of wide interest and value to students and leisure readers alike. It is highly recommended."
  —ARBA 3/1/2009

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
  Edward Abbey
  Diane Ackerman
  Caroline Alexander
  Stephen Ambrose
  Maya Angelou
  Dave Barry
  Rick Bass
  Wendell Berry
  Mark Bowden
  Taylor Branch
  Bill Bryson
  Tim Cahill
  Truman Capote
  Rachel Carson
  Jung Chang
  Deepak Chopra
  Ted Conover
  Richard Dawkins
  Jared Diamond
  Joan Didion
  Annie Dillard
  W.E.B. Du Bois
  Pete Earley
  Barbara Ehrenreich
  Tim F. Flannery
  Thomas Fleming
  John Hope Franklin
  Ian Frazier
  Henry Louis Gates
  Jane Goodall
  Doris Kearns Goodwin
  Linda Greenlaw
  Lee Gutkind
  David Halberstam
  Pete Hamill
  Stephen Hawking
  William Least Heat-Moon
  James Herriott
  John Hersey
  Seymour Hersh
  Laura Hillenbrand
  bell hooks
  Tony Horwitz
  Pico Iyer
  Sebastian Junger
  Michio Kaku
  Tracy Kidder
  Jonathan Kozol
  Jon Krakauer
  Jane Kramer
  Mark Kurlansky
  Annie LaBastille
  Annie LaMott
  William Langeweische
  Erik Larson
  Michael Lewis
  Robert Lindsey
  Barry Lopez
  Peter Maas
  Dave Marsh
  Peter Matthiessen
  Frances Mayes
  Peter Mayle
  Frank McCourt
  David McCullough
  Joe McGinniss
  Bill McKibben
  John McPhee
  Ved Mehta
  Farley Mowat
  Susan Orlean
  Nathaniel Philbrick
  George Plimpton
  Michael Pollan
  Ron Powers
  Beth Powning
  Richard Preston
  Ruth Reichl
  Mary Roach
  Ann Rule
  Carl Sagan
  David Sedaris
  Tim Severin
  Dava Sobel
  Art Spiegelman
  Robert Sullivan
  Gay Talese
  Deborah Tannen
  Paul Theroux
  Hunter S. Thompson
  Henry Thoreau
  Calvin Trillin
  Barbara Tuchman
  Sarah Vowell
  Andrew Weil
  Cornel West
  Simon Winchester
  Tom Wolfe
  Tobias Wolff
  Bob Woodward
  Genre Index
  Author/Title Index

PDF Catalogs:
LU Academic Library Spring 2008.pdf	LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf