Kid Presidents, Kid Artists , and Kid Athletes now chronicles the lives of Kid Authors ! Here are true tales of famous writers, from long before they were famous-or even old enough to drive. Did you know: Sam Clemens (aka Mark Twain) loved to skip school and make mischief, with his best friend Tom, of course! A young J. R. R. Tolkien was bitten by a huge tarantula-or as he called it, "a spider?as big as a dragon." Toddler Zora Neale Hurston took...

Follows the popular children's author through college years during the Depression; jobs including that of librarian; marriage; and writing and publication of her first book, "Henry Huggins."

Shakespeare wrote with a feather quill and ink, Emily Dickinson wrote with a fountain pen, Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote on a Yiddish typewriter. But what did such writers do when they weren't writing? What did Jane Austen eat for breakfast? What could make Mark Twain throw his shirts out the window? Why would Zora Neale Hurston punch a fellow elevator passenger? Lives of the Writers tells all that and more.

Ralph Moody continues the story of his life, telling of his experiences in 1918 when, underweight and suffering from diabetes at the age of nineteen, he happily complied with his doctor's advice to seek a more healthful climate and headed west from Boston, camping in an Arizona canyon, and hustling odd jobs to survive.

The author describes how dogs have impacted his life from childhood through the present day, recounting the stories of his first dog, Snowball, in the Philippines; Dirk, who protected him from bullies; and Cookie, who saved his life.

August Wilson (1945-2005) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who had a particular talent for capturing the authentic, everyday voice of Black Americans. As a child, he read off soup cans and cereal boxes, and when his mother brought him to the library, his whole world opened up. After facing intense prejudice at school from both students and some teachers, August dropped out. However, he continued reading and educating himself independently....

Discusses the life and work of the noted black writer.

Publisher Annotation: Ernest Hemingway wasn't just a novelist. He was a hunter and a fisherman; he became an ambulance officer in Paris, France, during World War I; and he worked as a reporter during the civil war in Spain in the 1930s. All of these experiences had such an important impact on Ernest's life that he used them as inspiration for some of his most notable works of fiction, including The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and For Whom...

A biography of a humorist, narrator, and social observer who is best known for writing "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".

A biography of American children author, Jon Scieszka and his childhood in Flint, Michigan with five brothers.