7th Grade Author Studies
Mrs.Eylar
Macy Wertz -- James Herriot
EBSCO - Good articles!
Title: Herriot, James. Britannica Biographies, 3/1/2012
Title: James Herriot. Hutchinson's Biography Database, 2011
Title: The Herriot factor. By: Daniel, Alice, Animals, 00306835, May/Jun95, Vol. 128, Issue 3
World Book Online
WEB:
BIO.com - http://www.biography.com/people/james-herriot-9336867
Madison Ball -- Louisa Mae Alcott
EBSCO - many book reviews.
Source: Monkeyshines on America . Apr2003 Pennsylvania Issue, Part 2, p25-25. 1p.
Source: Monkeyshines on Great American Authors . 1996, p14-15. 2p. 3 Black and White
Photographs.
Authors: Aronson, Jamie Source: Louisa May Alcott (9781429813914) . 2005, p1-3. 2p.
World Book Online
WEB:
BIO.com - http://www.biography.com/people/louisa-may-alcott-9179520#synopsis
Paige Halpain -- Roald Dahl
EBSCO - Good articles!
Title: Dahl, Roald 2014 Database: Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Source: Aviation History . Jan2009, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p44-49. 6p.
Source; Title: Worlds of WONDER. By: DORN, JENNIFER, British Heritage, 01952633,
May2014, Vol. 35, Issue 2.
Title: Roald Dahl. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, Q1 2014
World Book Online
WEB:
BIO.com - http://www.biography.com/people/roald-dahl-9264648#synopsis (Good article to show.)

Blane Sager -- John Steinbeck
EBSCO - many articles - some too hard.
Title: Steinbeck, John Ernst 2014 Database: Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Title: John Steinbeck. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, Q1 2014
Title: JOHN STEINBECK Unlikely Voice of the American Struggle. By: Harmon, Melissa Burdick,
Biography, 10927891, Feb2002, Vol. 6, Issue 2
World Book Online
WEB:
BIO.com --includes a video
Taylor Blackburn -- Louis Sachar
EBSCO - many good articles.
Title: Louis Sachar. By: Sachar, Sherre, Sachar, Carla, Horn Book Magazine, 00185078,
Jul/Aug99, Vol. 75, Issue 4 (written by Sachar's daughters)
Title: LOUIS SACHAR. By: Smith, Evan, Texas Monthly, 01487736, Jan2006, Vol. 34, Issue 1 (an interview)
Title: An award winning author: Louis Sachar. By: McElmeel, Book Report, 07314388,
Jan/Feb2000, Vol. 18, Issue 4
World Book Online
WEB:
BIO.com - NO
Elese Creason -- Lois Lowry
EBSCO
Title: The Unpredictable Lois Lowry. By: Silvey, Anita, School Library Journal, 03628930, Jun2007,
Vol. 53, Issue 6
Title: A Gift for Freedom. By: MILLER, JOHN J. National Review. 8/11/2014, Vol. 66 Issue 14, p24-26. 3p. 1 Color Photograph. , Database: MasterFILE Premier.
World Book Online
WEB:
BIO.com

Cayan Freeman -- Jack London (John Griffith Chaney)
EBSCO - many good articles
Title: Jack London's Monumental Man Cave.
Authors: Harrigan, Stephen Source: American
History . Aug2012, Vol. 47 Issue 3, p50-55. 6p.
Title: Jack London. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, Q1 2014
Title: A short life intensely lived: The adventure og Jack London. By: Harmon, Biography,
10927891, Jul99, Vol. 3, Issue 7
World Book Online
WEB:
BIO.com
Tayla Mahaffey -- Madeleine L'Engle
EBSCO
Title: Wonder Girl, Wonder Woman: Madeleine L'Engle. New Moon Girls, 1943488X,
Nov/Dec2009, Vol. 17, Issue 2
Issue 3
Title: adeleine L'Engle. By: Veronica, Sister Mary, Book Report, 07314388, Nov/Dec94, Vol. 13,
World Book Online
WEB:
BIO.com
Carley Sager -- Anne Frank
EBSCO
Title: Anne Frank Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. 2014. 1p. , Database: Funk &
Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Title: Anne Frank Abroad. By: Wilson, Katherine, World Literature Today, 01963570,
May/Jun2013, Vol. 87, Issue
Title: I Remember Anne Frank. People, 00937673, 6/13/2005, Vol. 63, Issue 23
World Book Online
WEB:
BIO.com - Also includes links to Otto Frank and Miep Gies

Calli Romjue -- Frances Hodgson Burnett
EBSCO
Title: Burnett, Frances Eliza Hodgson 2014 Database: Funk & Wagnalls New World
Encyclopedia
Title: Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, Q1 2014
Title: Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Britannica Biographies, 3/1/2012
Title: Frances Hodgson Burnett. By: Parrish, Ann, Frances Hodgson Burnett, 2005
Title: Hearts and Hearths. By: Sebba, Anne, History Today, 00182753, Sep2007, Vol. 57, Issue 9
World Book Online
WEB:
BIO.com
Hannah Hudgins -- Wilson Rawls
EBSCO - only one article
Title: Wilson Rawls. By: Goldman, Phyllis Barkas, Monkeyshines on Great American Authors, 1996
World Book Online -- NO
WEB:
BIO.com -- NO
Brice Sager -- Gary Paulsen
EBSCO
Title: Gary Paulsen's love affair with WRITING. By: Cindrich, Sharon Miller, Writer (Kalmbach
Publishing Co.), 00439517, Jun2004, Vol. 117, Issue 6
Title: An interview with Gary Paulsen. By: Handy, A.E., Book Report, 07314388, May/Jun91, Vol.
10, Issue 1
Title: THE NIGHT THE HEADLESS, BLOOD-DRINKING, FLESH-EATING CORPSES OF
CLEVELAND (ALMOST) TOOK OVER THE WORLD. By: Paulsen, Gary, Boys' Life, 00068608, Jul2004,
Vol. 94, Issue 7 (Listen to audio)
World Book Online
WEB: BIO.com -- NO

Logan Cowan -- Robert Louis Stevenson
EBSCO
Title: Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour 2014 Database: Funk & Wagnalls New World
Encyclopedia
Title: Robert Louis Stevenson Samoan Hero. By: Wittenstein, Vicki Oransky, Faces, 07491387,
May2002, Vol. 18, Issue 9
Title: Robert Louis Stevenson. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, Q1 2014
Title: The versatility of Robert Louis Stevenson. By: Bevan, Bryan, Contemporary Review,
00107565, Jun94, Vol. 264, Issue 1541
Title: Robert Louis Stevenson. By: Aronson, Jamie, Robert Louis Stevenson, 1/1/2006
Title: Stevenson, Robert Louis. By: David Daiches, Britannica Biographies, 3/1/2012
World Book Online
WEB:
BIO.com
Carson Edwards -- Watt Key ( Albert Watkins Key, Jr)
EBSCO - no articles to use! Just book reviews.
World Book Online -- NO
WEB:
BIO.com -- NO
Author's web site: http://www.wattkey.com/author-watt-key.asp
Wikipedia - Use as an example of why not to use it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt_Key
Valeria Aguilar -- Helen Keller
EBSCO
Title: Keller, Helen Adams 2014 Database: Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Title: Helen Adams Keller. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, Q1 2014
Oct2012
Title: Helen Keller Touches Mark Twain's Heart. By: Carlson, Peter, American History, 10768866,
Title: From darkness and silence: The remarkable journey of Helen Keller. By: Feeney, Donna D.,
Biography, 10927891, May99, Vol. 3, Issue 5
World Book Online
WEB:
BIO.com

Additional Web sites to consider:
Random House Authors and Illustrators - http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors-and-illustrators/#authors-d