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Albert Hackett is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver. He's a familiar name for anyone who's worked with classic literature study guides.

Alfonso Ortiz is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. His work focuses on exploring American literature.

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS, much better known as "Alfred, Lord Tennyson," was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, "In the valley of Cauteretz", "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears" and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as Ulysses, although In...

An American novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, and activist.

Alison Leslie Gold is the author behind Pearson Literature--California--Reading and Language. Her work focuses on educational materials that help students engage with literature and develop their language skills.

Amy Ling is the author behind Pearson Literature—California—Reading and Language. Her work focuses on educational materials for literature and language arts.

Anaïs Nin is known internationally for her diary, eleven volumes of which have been published. The 35,000 handwritten pages of her journals are currently located in the UCLA library. She was born in Paris to Cuban parents, and spent her early years in Cuba and Spain. Her young adulthood was spent in Paris and she and her husband, Hugo Guiler, moved to the United States in 1939 to avoid World War II. After meeting Rupert Pole in 1947 she engaged in a "bicoastal trapeze" living with him in Lo...

Andrew Mishkin is the author behind Pearson Literature--California--Reading and Language. His work focuses on educational materials for literature and language arts.

German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim

Annie Dillard is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. - Wikipedia

Ann Lane was born on October 12, 1908 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut as the youngest of three daughters to Peter Clark Lane and Bertha James Lane in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Her parents belonged to the black minority of the small town. Her father was a pharmacist and her mother was a shop owner, chiropodist, and hairdresser. Ann and her sister were raised "in the classic New England tradition: a study in efficiency, thrift, and utility (…) They were filled with ambitions that they might not have...

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy an...

Bailey White is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. This work showcases a strong focus on American literature.

Brent K. Ashabranner is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver. His work focuses on literature and educational resources.

Brian W. Aldiss is the author behind the Pearson Literature series for California, a collection focused on reading and language. His work in educational literature aims to guide students through the world of books.

Carl Sandburg was a poet and biographer, most famous for his multi-volume work on Abraham Lincoln. He also wrote poetry collections like Chicago Poems.

Cherie Bennett is the author behind the Pearson Literature series for California schools. Her work focuses on making reading and language accessible for students.

American general and diplomat

Daniel Keyes wrote the unforgettable novel Flowers for Algernon. He's a master of science fiction that really makes you think and feel.

David Bottoms is the author behind Pearson Literature--California--Reading and Language. He's a writer with a focus on educational materials, particularly in the realm of literature and language arts for students.

Davy Crockett is the author of the Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver. This work focuses on literary analysis and companion guides.

Diane Ackerman is an American poet, essayist, and naturalist known for her wide-ranging curiosity and poetic explorations of the natural world. - Wikipedia

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.[1] He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in...

Edward Estlin Cummings popularly known as E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as a preeminent voice of 20th century poetry, as well as one of the most popular. --Wikipedia.org

An English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire (Wikipedia).

An American poet and short-story writer, Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956, the National Book Award winner in 1970, and the recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976 (Wikipedia).

Emily Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, e...

Emma Lazarus is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver. Her work focuses on literature and educational resources.

Richard Erdoes is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. His work focuses on literature and American themes.

Eve Merriam is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature, a collection that brings classic and contemporary stories to readers. Her work focuses on making literature accessible and engaging for students.

Frances Goodrich is the author behind the Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver. This work is a valuable resource for exploring classic literature.

African American children's author with his wife Patricia -- to be distinguished from his son Fredrick L. McKissack, Jr. who also wrote some books with his mother.

Gary James Paulsen (May 17, 1939 – October 13, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming of age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.[ Source: [Gary Paulsen](https://en.wi...

Georgia Douglas Camp Johnson is the author of Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum. Her work focuses on literature and education.

Gish Jen is a writer whose work includes the Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver. Her contributions often focus on literature and educational resources.

Grant P. Wiggins is the author behind the Prentice Hall Literature series. His work focuses on making classic and contemporary literature accessible to students.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Song of Hiawatha", and "Evangeline". He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England.

Asimov was born sometime between October 4, 1919 and January 2, 1920 in Petrovichi in Smolensk Oblast, RSFSR (now Russia), the son of a Jewish family of millers. Although his exact date of birth is uncertain, Asimov himself celebrated it on January 2. His family emigrated to Brooklyn, New York and opened a candy store when he was three years old. He taught himself to read at the age of five. He began reading the science fiction pulp magazines that his family's store carried. Around the age of...

Jackie Torrence is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver. This work is a great resource for exploring classic literature.

John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush...

Jacqueline Woodson is the author of the Newbery Honor book Brown Girl Dreaming, a memoir in verse. She writes for children and adults, often exploring themes of family, identity, and belonging. Her work has earned many awards and is a favorite among readers.

Jesse Stuart is the author behind the popular Prentice Hall Literature series, including Platinum and Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. His work focuses on making classic literature accessible for students.

John Steinbeck was an American writer. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). He wrote a total of 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. In 1962, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature ([Source][1]). [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck

Prof. John Updike, American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic

Joseph Bruchac is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. He's a writer who explores American themes.

Juan A. Sedillo is the author behind Pearson Literature--California--Reading and Language. This work focuses on literature and language arts education.

Judith Ortiz Cofer is a writer whose work you'll find in Pearson Literature--California--Reading and Language. She's known for her contributions to literature and language education.

Karen Hesse is the author behind Pearson Literature--California--Reading and Language. Her work focuses on educational materials, particularly in the realm of literature and language arts for California students.

Langston Hughes (1902-1967) Writer, editor, lecturer Langston Hughes achieved fame as a poet during the burgeoning of the arts known as the Harlem Renaissance, but those who label him "a Harlem Renaissance poet" have restricted his fame to only one genre and decade. In addition to his work as a poet, Hughes was a novelist, columnist, playwright, and essayist, and though he is most closely associated with Harlem, his world travels influenced his writing in a profound way. Langston Hughes f...

Lan Samantha Chang is the author of Pearson Literature--California--Reading and Language. Her work focuses on literature and language education.

Lensey Namioka is the author of Imagine, a wonderful book for young readers. Her stories often explore themes of friendship and growing up.

Lionel G. Garcia is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver. He's a familiar name in educational literature, particularly for his work in helping students connect with classic and contemporary texts.

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a prolific American author and humorist. Twain is best known for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He is extensively quoted. Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American baptist minister and civil rights movement leader, most famous for his speech "I have a dream", assassinated, the son on [Martin Luther King, Sr.](/a/OL1654795A) (1899-1984).

Mary C. Curtis is the author behind Pearson Literature--California--Reading and Language. Her work focuses on educational materials for reading and language arts.

Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. She became a poet and writer after a series of occupations as a young adult, including fry cook, prostitute, nightclub dancer and performer, cast...

Miep Gies contributed to the Pearson Literature series, focusing on reading and language for California students. Her work helps young readers engage with literature and develop their language skills.

Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet and author whose work often explores themes of identity, family, and belonging. You might know her from her contributions to Prentice Hall Literature, where her insightful writing has been shared with many readers.

Neil Simon is the author behind the Pearson Literature series for California, focusing on reading and language. His work is known for its educational approach to literature.

American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator.

N. Scott Momaday is a celebrated Native American author whose work often explores themes of identity and heritage. You might know him from his contributions to Prentice Hall Literature, where his powerful writing has been shared with many readers.

O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry

Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda (/nəˈruːdə/; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða]), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old, and wrote in a variety of styles, including surrealist poems, historical epics, overtly political manifestos, a prose autobiography, and passionate love poems such as the ones...

Pat Mora is a writer whose work often explores themes of culture and identity. You might know her from her contributions to Prentice Hall Literature, where her engaging writing style shines.

Patricia Hubbell is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Silver. Her work in educational literature has helped many students discover the world of books.

African American children's writer

Paul Laurence Dunbar was a celebrated poet and novelist whose work captured the African American experience. You'll find his insightful writing in collections like Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience.

Ray Bradbury is one of those rare individuals whose writing has changed the way people think. His more than five hundred published works -- short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, television scripts, and verse -- exemplify the American imagination at its most creative. Once read, his words are never forgotten. His best-known and most beloved books, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes, are masterworks that readers carry wi...

Ricardo Sanchez is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. His work focuses on literature and educational texts.

Richard Garcia is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver. He's a familiar name in educational literature, particularly for his work in the English classroom.

Robert Froman is the author behind Pearson Literature--California--Reading and Language. His work focuses on educational materials, particularly in the areas of literature and language arts for California students.

Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.

Robert Graves is the author behind the popular "Heroic War Stories" series. He's known for his straightforward accounts of conflict and courage.

Robert Hayden was an American poet, essayist, educator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1976. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hayden

Robert MacNeil is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver. His work focuses on literature and educational materials.

Rudolfo A. Anaya is a celebrated author whose work has shaped literature education, notably through his contributions to Prentice Hall Literature. His writing often explores themes of identity and culture, making him a significant voice in American letters.

Russell Freedman is the author of Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Copper Level, a collection that explores enduring stories and ideas. His work often focuses on historical and biographical subjects for young readers.

Saki was the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro, also known as H. H. Munro, a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture.

Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer, known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Source: [Shirley Jackson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Jackson) on Wikipedia.

A prolific American author (Wikipedia; Wikisource).

Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He wrote a book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body, published in 1928, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and for the short stories "The Devil and Daniel Webster", published in 1936, and "By the Waters of Babylon", published in 1937. In 2009, Library of America selected his story "The King of the Cats", published in 1929, for inclus...

An American social reformer and women's rights advocate who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement (Wikipedia). This Susan B. Anthony is easily confused with her niece, Dr. Susan B. Anthony (1916-1991), who had exactly the same name as her famous aunt. See http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/3223 for a biographical sketch of the latter.

Toni Cade Bambara, born Miltona Mirkin Cade was an American author, documentary film-maker, social activist and college professor. aka Toni Cade

Walter Dean Myers was a celebrated author whose work often explored the experiences of young people. He is known for his contributions to educational literature, including the Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes series.

Walter de la Mare was a poet, short-story writer and novelist, whose best-known work remains his poetry for children, though his ghost stories have long been highly regarded.

Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.[1] His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal...

Wendy Rose is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver. Her work focuses on literature and educational resources.

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and "the Bard of Avon." His surviving works comprise 38–39 plays (depending on classification), 154 sonnets, and several other poems, and have been translated into every major living language and performed more often than those of any other playw...

William Sydney Porter, also known as O. Henry, is the author behind the Pearson Literature--California--Reading and Language series. His work often explores themes of everyday life and human nature.

Yoshiko Uchida was a writer whose work often explored themes of Japanese American identity and culture. She is well-known for her contributions to educational literature, including her work on Prentice Hall Literature. Her stories offer readers a window into important historical experiences and personal journeys.

Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891  – January 28, 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, and essays. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Neale_Hurston)

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medic...