Authors Page
In this information-rich age, it's impossible for us to create a definitive list of all things known about all authors in this space. Instead, this is a page that links you to some very interesting things about some of our favorite authors. As we find interesting tidbits, we'll link to them. Some are videos of authors speaking about their work, some links go to author websites. If you've got interesting links to share, email and we'll add it to the page!
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Authors of the Week in the LMC:
*Weekly featured writers (on the rack by careers & colleges--plus check out the daily tweets!):
September: Jodi Picoult, James Patterson, Bill Bryson, Chris Crutcher
October: L.J. Smith, Stephenie Meyer, Dean Koontz, Stephen King
November: John Irving, Jim Butcher, Michael Chabon, Meg Cabot
December: Garth Nix, Nick Hornby, Alex Flinn
January: Kathy Reichs, Scott Westerfeld
February: Sarah Dessen, Rick Riordan, Sharon Draper, Paul Langan
March: Barbara Kingsolver, Jacqueline Winspear, Caroline B. Cooney, Catherine Jinks
April: David McCullough, Raymond Feist, Louise Rennison, Carl Deuker
May: Walter Dean Myers, Books due May 5, Unlimited Summer Reading Checkouts!
Hit the Links
The Library of Congress Book Festival: click the author to link to a video of the author speaking.
Alphabetical listing (titles in the LMC)
M.T. Anderson (Feed, Burger Wuss, Thirsty, Pox Party)
David Baldacci (Absolute Power, Wish You Well, Total Control, Hour Game, The Collectors)
Geraldine Brooks (Pulitzer Prize Winning author, People of the Book)
Ken Burns (Documentary Films/Books: The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz)
Sandra Brown (Ricochet, In A Class by Itself)
Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries, Valentine Princess, Perfect Princess, All American Girl, Princess in Waiting, Princess in the Spotlight, Haunted: A Tale of the Mediator, Boy Meets Girl, Size 12 is not fat, Avalon High, Ready or Not: An All American Girl, Queen of Babel, Jinx, How to be Popular, Princess in Love, The Boy Next Door).
Harlan Coben (Tell No One, No Second Chance, Hold Tight, Gone for Good, Promise Me)
Michael Connelly (The Lincoln Lawyer, The Harry Bosch Novels, The Harry Bosch Novels 2, Echo Park)
Sharon Creech (Walk Two Moons, The Wanderer, The Castle Corona)
Sharon Draper (Copper Sun, November Blues, Battle of Jericho, Darkness Before Dawn, Tears of a Tiger, Romiette and Julio)
Vince Flynn (Transfer of Power)
Neal Gaiman (American Gods, Anansi Boys, Coraline, Fragile Things, Neverwhere, Stardust, Death the High Cost of Living, Guys Write for Guys Read, Fairy Reel)
Patricia Reilly Giff (Water Street, Pictures of Hollis Woods)
Doris Kearns Goodwin (Team of Rivals, The Fitgeralds and the Kennedys)
Donald Hall (Above the River: The complete poems)
Khaled Hosseini (Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns)
Stephen Hunter (Havana, Black Light)
John Irving (The World According to Garp, Widow for a Year, A Prayer for Owen Meany)
Sue Monk Kidd (Secret Life of Bees, Mermaid Chair)
Sharon McCrumb (mystery writer)
David McCullough (Truman, 1776, John Adams, Brave Companions)
Stephenie Meyer (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, The Host)
Walter Dean Myers (Shooter, Bad Boy, Autobiography of My Dead Brother, Monster, Fallen Angels, Glory Field, Outside Shot, Street Love, What They Found, Sunrise Over Fallujah, Game, Antarctica Journeys to the South Pole, Harlem, Here in Harlem, Malcom X By Any Means Necessary, The Greatest Muhammad Ali, Patrol An American Soldier in Vietnam, Scorpions, Harlem Summer)
Joyce Carol Oates (Big Mouth & Ugly Girl, Freaky Green Eyes, New Heaven New Earth, Sexy, The Gravedigger's Daughter, My Sister My Love)
Nancy Pearl (Famous Librarian)
Richard Peck (A Year Down Yonder, A Long Way From Chicago, The River between Us, Here Lies the Librarian, The Teacher's Funeral, On The Wings of Heroes, Fair Weather, Past Perfect Present Tense)
Jodi Picoult (Nineteen Minutes, The Tenth Circle, The Pact, Plain Truth, Salem Falls, My Sister's Keeper, Second Glance, Harvesting the Heart, Perfect Match, Picture Perfect, Vanishing Acts, Change of Heart, Keeping Faith)
Terry Pratchett (Thud, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, Going Postal, Monstrous Regiment, Hogfather, Men At Arms, The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, Jingo, The Wand in the Word)
Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson series)
Salman Rushdie (literature)
Louise Sachar (Holes, Small Steps)
John Sandford (thrillers)
Bob Schieffer (CBS News correspondant)
R.L. Stine (The Dare, Dangerous Girls)
Scott Turow (legal thrillers)
Geoffrey Ward (Partnered with Ken Burns on: The Civil War, Baseball; also War, An Intimate History)
Mo Willems (Don't Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus! kids books)
Tom Wolfe (Masterpieces of Beat Literature)
Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese)
Promotional poster artist Jan Brett, courtesy Library of Congress