H.W. Wilson Announces World
Authors: 2000-2005
New Biographical Reference Looks at Authors Leading
a New Millennium of Literary Achievement
New York, New York, May 3, 2007
The H.W. Wilson Company today announced World Authors
2000-2005, a new collection of biographies in the widely praised
World Authors series. World Authors 2000-2005 profiles some
300 novelists, poets, dramatists, essayists, scientists,
biographers, and other authors whose books--published 2000 through
2005--represent the dawn of a new millennium of great literature.
This is the perfect companion to every up-to-date
and diverse literature collection, delivering well-researched,
in-depth accounts (averaging 3,000 words) of writers' backgrounds,
formative experiences, and literary achievements. Many of the
authors featured have contributed autobiographical statements
specifically for this volume. A wide variety of viewpoints and
insights are recorded: Gregory Orr's disclosure that "Probably the
pivotal event in my life happened when I was 12 and was responsible
for the death of a younger brother, Peter, in a hunting accident";
Martha McPhee's explanation that her novels "rose from the beautiful
wreckage of my childhood"; James D. Houston's account that "the very
desire to be a writer was seeded in those long ago Sunday morning
[church] services where language itself was the primary means for
connection with a higher power."
Profiles also highlight critical response to
authors' works and offer suggested reading lists and bibliographies.
A photo of the author accompanies many of the entries.
Started in 1942, the World Authors Series includes
more than 20 volumes covering Western literature from classical
times through the end of the 19th century, and world literature
thereafter. It is described as a "primary source of almost
inestimable value" by Journal of Modern Literature; and
Reference Reviews (UK) writes that "any library with pretensions
to a good literature section would be well advised to collect this
series." The individual volumes have long earned accolades and a
place in libraries worldwide.
Review copies of World Authors: 2000-2005
are available.
World Authors: 2000-2005
May 2007 ● 800 pages ●
ISBN 978-0-8242-1077-9 ● $170
($185 outside the U.S. & Canada)
Contact:
Roseward Sky
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2272
Email:
rsky@hwwilson.com
Frank Daly
Phone: (800) 367-6770, x2312
Email: fdaly@hwwilson.com
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