Contemporary Authors Autobiography

Each volume presents about 20 autobiographical essays written exclusively for the series, allowing your students to approach each author's life from a highly personal vantage point. A unique resource for studies on the memoir, each essay is illustrated with photographs supplied by the author and followed with a complete bibliographic listing of works. Every volume also provides a cumulative subject index to the more than 450 entrants in the series thus far. Recently featured authors include: Rita Dove, Sandra McPherson, Elie Wiesel and many others.