Book Companion:
Biographical Resources for African American Literature: A Guide to Reading Interests
Edited by Alma Dawson and Connie Van Fleet
References for the Biographical Sources
Authors and Artists for Young Adults. 1989--. Detroit: Gale Research.
Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography: The Age of Maturity, 1929-1941. 1989. Detroit: Gale Research.
Contemporary African American Novelists. A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Edited by Emmanuel S. Nelson. Westport Greenwood Press, 1999.
Contemporary Authors Online, Gale Group, 2004. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center Farmigton Hills, Michigan: The Gale Group, 2004. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC
Contemporary Authors. Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields. 1961--. Detroit: Gale Research. Title varies.
Contemporary Authors. Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields. 1st revision, 1967-1979. Detroit: Gale Research.
Contemporary Authors. New Revision Series. 1981--. Detroit: Gale Research
Contemporary Authors. Autobiography Series. 1984--. Detroit: Gale Research.
Contemporary Black Biography. Profiles from the International Black Community. 1982- . Detroit: Gale Research.
Contemporary Musicians. 1989- . Detroit: Gale Research.
Contemporary Novelists. 7th ed. St, James Press, 2001.
Contemporary Popular Writers. Edited by Mote, Dave. Detroit: St. James Press, 1997.
Contemporary Southern Writers. Edited by Matuz, Roger. Detroit: St. James Press, 1999.
Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. 1984--. Detroit: Gale Research.
Current Biography Yearbook. 1955--. New York: H.W. Wilson.
Detecting Women 2: A Reader's Guide and Checklist for Mystery Stories Written by Women. By Heising, Willetta L. Dearborn, Mich.: Purple Moon Press, 1996.
Dictionary of American Biography. 1928-1981. London: Milford, under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.
Encyclopedia of World Biography. 17 vols. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998.
Encyclopedia of World Biography Supplement. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999.
Feminist Writers. Edited by Shelton, Pamela L. Detroit: St. James Press, 1996.
Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults: A Selection of Sketches From Something About the Author. 8 vols. 2d ed. Detroit: Thomson/Gale, 2002.
Marquis Who's Who TM. Marquis Who's Who, 2004.
Notable Black American Men. Edited by Smith, Jessie Carney Smith. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998.
Notable Black American Women. Edited by Smith, Jessie Carney. 3 vols. Detroit: Gale Research. Book 1, 1992; Book 2, 1996; Book 3, 2002.
The Oxford Companion to African American Literature. Edited by Andrews, William L., Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris-Lopez. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. 5 vols. Edited by Pendergast, Tom and Sara Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000.
St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers. Edited by Pederson, Jay P. 4th ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 1996.
St. James Guide to Young Adult Writers. Edited by Pendergast, Tom and Sara Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 1999.
Science Fiction Writers: Critical Studies of the Major Authors From the Early Nineteenth Century to the Present Day. Edited by Bleiler, Richard. 2nd ed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. Edited by Jackson, Kenneth T., Karen Markoe, and Arnie Markoe. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
Twentieth Century American Dramatists. Edited by Wheatley, Christopher J. Vol. 228 of Dictionary of Literary Biography. Second Series. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000.
Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers. Edited by Vasudevan, Aruna. 3d ed. London: Detroit: St. James Press, 1994.
Who's Who Among African Americans. 1997-- . New York: Gale Research. Earlier editions published as Who's Who Among Black Americans.