There are many biography resources available for you to use. Some of you will find author information very easy to find, a couple of the authors are kind of tricky. If you are looking for biographical sketches of authors you might start with the Contemporary Authors Cumulative Index REF PN771 .C61 . Many of the sources from the Reference Collection are also available in electronic form. You can use some of these databases from your home computer, the TLCC, or any Internet accessing computer.
Some databases are only available within the library.
Here is a list of resources you might try. Take a look at the PCC Library Biography Subject Guide for more ideas. Full text online version of the 1996 print edition of American National Biography, with new biographies add monthly and links between articles. Available on the library network only. The place to begin a search for people.