Designed for students, readers' advisors, fantasy fans, and other researchers, this guide is a launching point for researching popular fantasy authors (and their work) and finding new ones. It includes entries for approximately 100 leading contemporary and popular authors.


Each entry includes: a brief biographical sketch, including a quote from the authors and their major awards, a list of the authors' major works, research sources - biographies, interviews, criticism, research guides, a wealth of Web sites, and blogs.