100 Most Popular Nonfiction Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies

Bernard Alger Drew

Libraries Unlimited, 2008 - Biography & Autobiography - 438 pages

Profiles of and reading lists for 100 of today's most popular nonfiction authors have been gathered together in this affordable, single source reference, which covers representatives from all major nonfiction genres--true adventure, true crime, travel and environmental narrative, science, history, life stories, and investigative writing. While focusing on such contemporary authors as Sebastian Junger, Frances Mayes, Joan Didion, Bill Bryson, and Anne Lamott, a few classics whose works are still in print and widely read (e.g., Truman Capote, M.F.K. Fisher, and Carl Sagan) are also included. In addition to information about the personal and writing lives of this fascinating and diverse group, users will find a list of their published works.

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A companion volume to "100 Most Popular Genre Fiction Authors." Another great ready reference volume for questions concerning which author wrote what book and when. Together, these books could form the core of a Reader's Advisory reference collection.

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Contents

• Edward Abbey: 1
• Diane Ackerman: 6
• Caroline Alexander: 10
• Stephen E Ambrose: 13
• Maya Angelou: 18
• Dave Barry: 23
• Rick Bass: 27
• Wendell Berry: 31
• Mark Bowden: 36
• Taylor Branch: 40
• Bill Bryson: 44
• Tim Cahill: 48
• Truman Capote: 52
• Rachel Carson: 57
• Jung Chang: 61
• Deepak Chopra: 64
• Ted Conover: 69
• Richard Dawkins: 72
• Jared Diamond: 76
• Joan Didion: 80
• Annie Dillard: 84
• WEB Du Bois: 89
• Pete Earley: 95
• Barbara Ehrenreich: 98
• Tim F Flannery: 102
• Thomas Fleming: 106
• John Hope Franklin: 111
• Ian Frazier: 116
• Henry Louis Gates Jr: 120
• Jane Goodall: 126
• Doris Kearns Goodwin: 131
• Linda Greenlaw: 135
• Lee Gutkind: 138
• David Halberstam: 142
• Pete Hamill: 146
• Stephen W Hawking: 150
• William Least HeatMoon: 155
• James Herriot: 158
• John Hersey: 162
• Seymour M Hersh: 166
• Laura Hillenbrand: 169
• bell hooks: 173
• Tony Horwitz: 177
• Pico Iyer: 181
• Sebastian Junger: 185
• Michio Kaku: 189
• Tracy Kidder: 192
• Jonathan Kozol: 195
• Jon Krakauer: 199
• Jane Kramer: 203
• Mark Kurlansky: 206
• Anne LaBastille: 209
• Anne Lamott: 213
• William Langewiesche: 217
• Erik Larson: 220
• Michael Lewis: 224
• Robert Lindsey: 227
• Barry Lopez: 230
• Peter Maas: 234
• Dave Marsh: 237
• Peter Matthiessen: 241
• Frances Mayes: 246
• Peter Mayle: 249
• Frank McCourt: 253
• David McCullough: 256
• Joe McGinniss: 260
• Bill McKibben: 264
• John McPhee: 268
• Ved Mehta: 272
• Farley Mowat: 277
• Susan Orlean: 282
• Nathaniel Philbrick: 286
• George Plimpton: 290
• Michael Pollan: 294
• Ron Powers: 297
• Beth Powning: 301
• Richard Preston: 305
• Ruth Reichl: 308
• Mary C Roach: 312
• Ann Rule: 315
• Carl Sagan: 319
• David Sedaris: 323
• Tim Severin: 326
• Dava Sobel: 330
• Art Spiegelman: 334
• Robert Sullivan: 338
• Gay Talese: 341
• Deborah Tannen: 345
• Paul Theroux: 349
• Hunter S Thompson: 354
• Henry David Thoreau: 358
• Calvin Trillin: 363
• Barbara Tuchman: 367
• Sarah Vowell: 370
• Andrew Weil: 373
• Cornel West: 377
• Simon Winchester: 381
• Tom Wolfe: 385
• Tobias Wolff: 389
• Bob Woodward: 392
• Genre Index: 395
• AuthorTitle Index: 397

About the author

Bernard A. Drew, is a freelance writer/editor, and author of numerous books, including 100 Most Popular Genre Authors (Libraries Unlimited, 2005).

Bibliographic information

• Title: 100 Most Popular Nonfiction Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies; Popular authors series
• Author: Bernard Alger Drew
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2008
• ISBN: 1591584876, 9781591584872
• Length: 438 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures; Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General; Reference / Bibliographies & Indexes