Biography Sites
General Biographies
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/index.html
The Web's best bios.Lives, the Biography Resource
http://amillionlives.com/
Lives, the largest guide to biography sites on the Web, now provides professional, customized design of personal biographical sites.Biography Center
http://www.biography-center.com/
Provides biographies and/or biography locations.BIOGRAPHIES
http://www.infoplease.com/people.html
Brief bios by name or categoryEric Weinstein's World of Scientific Biographies
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/
Eric Weisstein's World of Science contains budding encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics. This resource has been assembled over more than a decade by internet encyclopedist Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from the internet community.BIOGRAPHY / WHO'S WHO
http://www.refdesk.com/factbiog.html
A list of links for a variety of biographies.Indexes of Biographies
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html
From the University of Saint Andrew's in Scotland, bios by date or alpha listing.
Classical Author Biographies
Authors Encyclopedia
http://encyclopediaindex.com/authors_encyclopedia.shtml
A compendium of links to authors.AUTHORS ON THE WEB - A Collection of Biographical Sketches
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jbh/author.html
This page is an attempt to bring together literary author biographies available on the World Wide Web. The biographies vary in quality, timeliness, length, and authority.American Authors on the Web
http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.html#Authors
Non-alphabetical listing. Listed by date. Use the "Find (on this page)" option in the Edit drop-down menu.Authors & Illustrators on the Web
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
The Internet has become a great source of information about a great many children's writers and illustrators. The websites listed here include authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and readers.Author Profiles on Bookreporter.com
http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/index.asp
An alpha listing of authors with brief bios.LSU Libraries Webliography - AUTHOR GUIDES
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/authors.html
This directory is an index of indexes. It contains pointers to individual author guides or other cumulative documents that deal with specific writers. Admittedly, most of these authors are "literary." I have not included many authors from genres such as science fiction or romance. I think other sources do a better job of that than I can.Authors' Calendar
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/calendar.htm
A clever listing of authors and author birthdates.American Authors
http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/aufram.html
Excellent site for Classic AuthorsFairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature
http://www.fairrosa.info/
These pages are simply humble offerings to grown-ups who find deep satisfaction in the studying and exchanging discourses of the art of children's literature.Children's Literature
http://www.childrenslit.com/home.htm
Children's Literature reviewers read and critically review more than 3,000 books annually. Our mission is to help teachers, librarians, childcare providers and parents make appropriate literary choices for children.British Author Biographies
http://www.incompetech.com/authors/
This guide is meant to give a brief overview of the major players in British literature. If you already know a lot about British literature, well, you probably won't learn much here, but hopefully you'll be amused.British Authors: 16th to 20th Century
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/World_Literature/British/
Literary Criticism and Biographies
http://library.hilton.kzn.school.za/English/litcrit.htm
British Biographies on Britannia
http://www.britannia.com/bios/azlist.html
Welcome to the Literary Encyclopedia
http://www.litencyc.com/
Literary Resources
http://www.literatureclassics.com/ancientpaths/litweb.html