Part of a series which provides a single source of first-person details on today's fiction and nonfiction writers in all genres. Each volume contains about 20 autobiographical essays (10-15,000 words each), each one written by the writer, about the writer, especially for this series. For visual impact, each essay is heavily illustrated with pictures supplied by the author and family. Additional reference material includes bibliographies for each author, plus a Cumulative Index to personal and place names, titles of books, and similar items mentioned in the autobiographical essays.