This work provides 145,000 citations to almost 16,000 authors treated in some 600 biographical dictionaries. Citations are arranged alphabetically by authors. An Index To Biographical Dictionaries. This index provides access to 145,000 citations to biographical information for about 25,000 authors and illustrators of books for children found in more than 450 reference sources. This third edition includes brief biographies of 3,708 authors and illustrators for young adults.
Entries give dates and a few sentences about the authors, and cite several sources.
A Biographical Dictionary. This third edition contains the 153 biographical sketches from second edition with updated informatiom for the majority, and 121 new authors and illustrators, expanding the listing to 274. The work includes picture books, humor, folk and fairy tales, animal stories, mysteries and adventure, science fiction and fantasy, historical fiction, poetry, drama, biography, and other nonfiction. Biographical sketches of writers usually include personal facts, career writings, works in progress, sidelights, and additional biographical sources. This comes out yearly, but there is an index to all volumes.