Subject Expert
Databases
- Something About the Author (Gale Literature) This link opens in a new windowBiographical or autobiographical information for authors and illustrators of children's and young adult books.
- TeachingBooks.net This link opens in a new windowA combination of original author interviews, readings and videos with a structured portal to open-access Web sites on children's literature and literacy.
- Teachingbooks.net Blog with Writers/IllustratorsYou can search these entries.
Interviews
These sources include short video interviews.
- Reading Rockets Video InterviewsOver 70 interviews and an Author Study Toolkit with more resources.
- Scholastic- Author InterviewsOver 200 author interviews for grades K-12
- How to Write a Children's BookGuide to writing children's books
- Nancy Pearl Book Lust Author VideosNancy, from Seattle interviews youth authors and more- includes Alexie, Meyer, Stead and local authors too.
- NBC's Writers Speak to KidsWeb talks by authors.
Internet Lists
Doing open web search through Google and Yahoo can help find the author's website and other information about the author.
Toolkit
- Reading Rockets Author Study ToolkitStep by step process with objectives for author study.
- One Approach to Author StudyIncludes general questions