J. Eugene Smith Library

Eastern Connecticut State University

Contemporary Authors

Description Contains biographical and bibliographic information on approximately 112,000 American and international authors, including modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters..
Dates of Coverage Covers primarily 20th century authors to present.
Updated Bi-weekly
Access Internet
Full Text Yes
Periodicals None
Publisher Gale Group
Provider Gale
Print Counterpart ECSU Library has: Contemporary Authors Located in: Reference Z1010.C67 1981 vols. 1-103
Database Search Tip Searches may be conducted on author's name, title of work, or by a nationality or genre of writing. For example, if you would like to see a list of current Puerto Rican writers select that nationality and click the search button.
Notes This database is part of the collection of "Gale Literary Databases". It can be searched singularly, or with the additional Contemporary Literary Criticism and Dictionary of Literary Biography.
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