Aesop is the legendary storyteller behind Aesop's Fables, a collection of animal tales that have been teaching lessons for centuries. These short, memorable stories often carry a moral, making them a timeless source of wisdom and entertainment.
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Alexander McCall Smith, often referred to as ‘Sandy’, is one of the world’s most prolific and best-loved authors. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the UK and abroad before turning his hand to writing fiction. He has written and contributed to more than 100 books including specialist academic titles, short story collections, and a number of immensely popular children’s books. His first book, The White Hippo—a children’s book, was published by Hamish...
An English poet.
An American novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, and activist.
Amy Tan is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. Her work focuses on literature and educational texts.
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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
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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.
Carol Kendall is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Bronze, a foundational text for many students. Her work focuses on educational literature, making complex subjects accessible.
Charles Dickens, was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most iconic characters, with the theme of social reform running throughout his work. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print. ([Source][1].)
[1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens
Chief Dan George's work is featured in Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold. He's known for his contributions to literature, particularly within educational contexts.
Denise Chávez is a fiction writer whose stories often explore the vibrant landscapes and cultures of the Southwest. Her notable works include The Last of the Menu Girls and Face of the Deep.
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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...
Edna St. Vincent Millay was a celebrated American poet and playwright. Her work, often found in collections like Prentice Hall Literature, is known for its lyrical beauty and exploration of themes like love and freedom.
Longtime mystery writer and editor Edward Dentinger Hoch was practically an institution in the field. Born in 1930, he published over eight hundred mystery stories including one in every issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine from 1973 to 1981. His TV writing credits include episodes of "MacMillan and Wife", "Night Gallery", the "Alfred Hitchcock Show", and "Tales of the Unexpected". Mr. Hoch served as president of the Mystery Writers of America. He also wrote mysteries under the pseudonyms...
Edwin Way Teale is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Bronze, a solid choice for exploring classic and contemporary writing. He's known for his accessible approach to literature, making it a great starting point for readers.
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.
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Ekkehart Malotki is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Bronze. This work showcases his expertise in educational literature.
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...
Ernest Miller Hemingway (21 July 1899 – 2 July 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist whose spare, understated prose reshaped twentieth-century fiction. Born in Oak Park, Illinois, he worked briefly as a reporter before serving as an American Red Cross ambulance driver on the Italian front in the First World War, where he was seriously wounded by mortar fire in July 1918 and decorated for helping other wounded men to safety.
He settled in Paris in the early 1920s as a...
Ernesto Galarza is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level. This work showcases his contributions to educational literature, specifically in the realm of literary anthologies for young readers.
Gary Soto is a writer whose work you'll find in Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold. He's known for his accessible stories and poems, often exploring themes of everyday life and Chicano culture.
An American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community (Wikipedia).
compiler and editor of folk literature
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 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.
Hernando Tellez was a master of the short story, bringing us classics like Great Short Stories of the World. His work often explored themes of human nature with a sharp, insightful touch. You'll find his stories are a great way to discover powerful narratives in a compact form.
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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...
Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-born Jewish American author noted for his short stories. He was one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literary movement, and received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1978. ([Source][1].)
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer
Israel Horovitz is the author of Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level. This work is a key resource for exploring classic and contemporary literature.
Walter Braden "Jack" Finney (born John Finney, October 2, 1911 – November 14, 1995) was an American author. His best-known works are science fiction and thrillers, including The Body Snatchers and Time and Again. The former was the basis for the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers and its remakes.
Source: [Jack Finney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Finney) on Wikipedia.
Jade Snow Wong is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Bronze. This work showcases her expertise in educational literature.
James Lafayette Dickey was an American poet and novelist.
He was appointed the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate in 1966.
He also received the Order of the South award.
Dickey is best known for his novel Deliverance (1970), which was adapted into the acclaimed 1972 film of the same name.
James Alfred "Alf" Wight, known by the pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinary surgeon to write a series of books each consisting of stories about animals and their owners. - Wikipedia
James Ramsey Ullman is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Platinum. His work focuses on educational literature, making classic themes accessible to students.
James Stephens, born in Dublin, Ireland, was an Irish novelist and poet. His father died when Stephens was two years old, and his mother remarried when he was six years old. He attended school with his adoptive brothers, Thomas and Richard Collins, before graduating as a solicitor's clerk. By the early 1900s Stephens was increasingly inclined to socialism and the Irish language (he spoke and wrote Irish) and by 1912 was a dedicated Irish Republican. He was a close friend of the 1916 leader, Thom...
The author of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and the creator of numerous New Yorker magazine cover cartoons, was born in Columbus, Ohio on December, 8, 1894. One of the foremost American humorists of the 20th century, his inimitable wit and pithy prose spanned a breadth of genres, including short stories, modern commentary, fiction, children's fantasy and letters.
Thurber's father, Charles, was a civil clerk, and his mother, Mame, was an eccentric woman who would influence many of her son's...
James Whitcomb Riley is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Bronze, a collection that showcases his skill in bringing classic literature to life. His work often explores themes of American life and culture.
Joan Delano Aiken was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. - Wikipedia
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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...
Leslie Silko is the author of Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold, a widely used educational resource. Her work focuses on literature and education.
Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), an English writer, poet, mathematician, logician and photographer, born at Daresbury, Cheshire. He lectured in mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford, and wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871), along with the nonsense poems Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark. Under his own name he published work on mathematics and logic and devised word puzzles such as Doublets.
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Mai Vo-Dinh's work is a familiar sight for many students, particularly her contributions to the Prentice Hall Literature series. She's a writer who has helped shape how young readers engage with literature.
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"Before she settled in the scrub country, Marjorie Rawlings had been a newspaperwoman in Louisville Kentucky, and Rochester New York. Tiring of a life that seemed "scrappy and always in a hurry," she turned her hand unsuccessfully to short-story writing. She had almost given up when, at 32, she used a small legacy to buy her 72-acre orange grove at Cross Creek. The people and the country inspired her to continue writing. Increasingly, her fiction reflected her deepening knowledge of her chosen p...
Mary Austin is the pseudonym for a physician who, in order to publicize a suppressed discovery in cancer research, had to sacrifice first her academic career, then a career as a board-certified pediatrician, and then her personal safety. She would do it again.
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Mary O'Neill is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Bronze. She's a familiar name for anyone who's worked with that popular literature series.
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Naomi Cornelia Long Madgett Naomi Cornelia Long Madgett was a poet and educator. Her work is featured in Prentice Hall Literature--Bronze, a collection that showcases her contributions to American literature.
American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator.
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
Oliver Herford was a writer and illustrator known for his contributions to American humor. His work is well-represented in A Subtreasury of American Humor, showcasing his wit and keen observations.
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Pearl S. Buck had always lived in China except for the time she spent in the United States when she was being educated. She studied at Randolph-Macon College and at Cornell University. She taught at the University of Nanking and at the Government University in Nanking under two national regimes. She lived in Nanking during the 1930's.
The Good Earth was Mrs. Buck's second published novel. East Wind: West Wind appeared under the John Day imprint in 1930. She contributed articles and stories...
Phyllis McGinley (March 21, 1905 – February 22, 1978) was an American author of children's books and poetry. Her poetry was in the style of light verse, specializing in humor, satiric tone and the positive aspects of suburban life. She won a Pulitzer prize in 1961.
McGinley enjoyed a wide readership in her lifetime, publishing her work in newspapers and women's magazines such as the Ladies Home Journal, as well as in literary periodicals, including The New Yorker, The Saturday Review and The...
Piri Thomas is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level. This work is a key resource for exploring classic literature.
Pura Belpré was a writer and librarian who brought Puerto Rican folklore to a wider audience. Her work includes the Prentice Hall Literature--Bronze textbook series, which introduced many young readers to classic and contemporary stories.
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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...
Raymond R. Patterson is the author of Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level. This work showcases his expertise in educational literature. He's a trusted name for students exploring classic and contemporary literary selections.
Richard Lederer is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. His work focuses on American literature.
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.
British historian
Rod Serling is the author of Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level. This work explores classic and contemporary literature across various genres. He's a familiar name to students and educators looking for well-curated literary collections.
Rudyard Kipling was a British author and poet. Born in Bombay, in British India, he is best known for his works of fiction "[The Jungle Book][1]" (1894). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature. ([Source][2])
[1]: /works/OL15400121W/
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling
Russell Baker is the author of Laughing Space, a collection of humorous essays. He's known for his sharp wit and insightful observations on everyday life. If you enjoy a good laugh and a fresh perspective, you'll appreciate his writing.
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Teresa Palomo Acosta was born in McGregor, Texas, on March 9, 1949. Her parents, Sabina Palomo Acosta and Andres Alderete Acosta, both came from families of Mexican migrant workers who settled in Central Texas in the 1930s. Acosta is the youngest of four children with two older brothers, Andres and Jesus ("Jesse"), and one older sister, Olivia. In 1974, Acosta graduated from The University of Texas with a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies. In 1977, she received a master's degree in journalism...
Theodore Roethke was a celebrated poet whose work often explored the natural world and the human psyche. His collection "Prentice Hall Literature" is a well-regarded resource for readers and students alike.
Vachel Lindsay was a poet known for his unique style and his exploration of American culture. His collection, The Poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970, is a significant work that highlights a vital part of literary history.
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...
American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent" (Wikipedia).
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Mr. Hobbs is the award-winning author of many popular adventure stories for young readers, including Bearstone and Beardance. His picture book, Beardream, illustrated by Jill Kastner, is a companion to these novels. Seven of his novels have been chosen by the American Library Association as Best Books for Young Adults. A graduate of Stanford University and former language arts teacher, he lives in Durango, Colorado, with his wife, Jean. Longtime backpackers and river runners, they have spe...
William Jay Smith is the author behind the Prentice Hall Literature series, including Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level. His work focuses on educational literature, making classic and contemporary texts accessible to students.
William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film adaptation of his novel The Human Comedy.
An Armenian American, Saroyan wrote extensively about the Armenian immigrant life in California. Many of his stories and plays are set in his native Fresno. Some of his best-known works are The Time of Your Life, My Name...
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...
Wilson Rawls is the author of the beloved classic Where the Red Fern Grows. His stories often explore themes of nature, loyalty, and the bond between humans and animals.
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