Author Research Project
7th Grade English

Research one of the following authors:

• O. Henry

• Rudyard Kipling

• Cynthia Rylant

• Gary Soto

• Jane Yolen

• Laurence Yep

Author's Name ________________________________________________

Date of Birth __________________________________________________

Date of Death __________________________________________________

Major Works ___________________________________________________

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Three Interesting Details ________________________________________

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Bibliographic Information:

Author of book:

Name of book:

Publisher of book:

Year book was published:

City book was published in:

Volume:

Editor:

Other information needed:

http://www.ncwriters.org/wporter.htm
North Carolina writers

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ohenry.htm
Books and Writers

http://www.bartleby.com/237/10.html
Essay on O. Henry

http://www.kipling.org.uk/kip_fra.htm
Biography

http://65.107.211.206/authors/kipling/bioov.html
Biography, Works

http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/kipling.htm
Literature Network Site

http://almaz.com/nobel/literature/1907a.html
Links to Kipling pages

http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1907/
Nobel Prize Literature 1907

http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/ref/litcrit/litcrit.out.pl?au=kip-48
Literary Criticism

http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/authors/kiplingr.html
University of Toronto site

http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=40.html
Biography

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/rylant.htm
Pathfinder

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/rylant.html
"Meet Cynthia Rylant"

http://childrensbooks.about.com/library/weekly/aa052001a.htm
Children’s Books Spotlight on Cynthia Rylant

http://www.janeyolen.com/
Official Webpage

http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/Yolen.html
Internet public Library

http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=79
Educational Paperback Association Authors

http://www.carr.org/authco/Yolen.html
Internet Guide developed by graduate student

http://www.boydsmillspress.com/authors.tpl?command=showpage&authorid=0421
Boyds Mill Press Author page

http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/yep.html
Internet site bibliography

http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=78
Educational Paperback Association Author page

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/yep.html
Houghton Mifflin Author Page

http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/yep.html
Learning about Laurence Yep

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/yep.htm
Teacher Resource File

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/k6/yep.html
Biography & Bibliography

Scholastic Biography

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