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Contemporary Authors Guide


Contemporary Authors, a hardcover publication, provides biographical information about living and deceased writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, motion pictures, and television. Use the Literary Index (online) or Contemporary Authors Cumulative Index (Ref 920 C76, index) to locate any of the titles listed below:


Abbreviation
Title
Call Number
R after # Contemporary Authors First Revision, Vols. 1-44 Ref 920 C76
Vol. # only Contemporary Authors Original, Vols. 45-227 Ref 920 C76
CANR Contemporary Authors New Revision Series Ref 920 C76
CAP Contemporary Authors Permanent Series, Vols. 1-2 Ref 920 C76c
CAAS Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, Vols. 1-30 Ref 920 C761c
AFAW African American Writers, Vols. 1-2 Ref 810.9 A25a 2001
AFW African Writers Ref 896 A25a
AMW American Writers Ref 810.9 A51a
AMWS American Writers Retrospective Supplement Ref 810.9 A51a, r.supp.
AMWS American Writers Supplement Ref 810.9 A51a, supp.
AAYA Authors and Artists for Young Adults Ref 810.9 A93a
BLC Black Literature Criticism Ref 810.9 B6272b
BRW British Writers Ref 820.9 B86b
BRWS British Writers Supplement Ref 820.9 B86b, supp.
BRWR British Writers Retro Supplement Ref 820.9 B86br, supp.
BW Black Writers Ref 928 B62b
CAD Contemporary American Dramatists Ref 812.09 C76c
CD Contemporary Dramatists Ref 928 C761c 1988
CDBLB Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography Ref 820.9 C75c
CLC Contemporary Literary Criticism Ref 809.04 C76c
CN Contemporary Novelists Ref 823.09 V78c, 1991
CP Contemporary Poets Ref 928 C76c 1991
CPW Contemporary Popular Writers Ref 820.9 C761c
CSW Contemporary Southern Writers Ref 810.9 C7611c
CWP Contemporary Women Poets Ref 809.1 C761c
CWW Contemporary World Writers Ref 809.04 C761c
DC Drama Criticism Ref 809.2 D7631d
DFS Drama for Students Ref 808.2 D76d
DLB Dictionary of Literary Biography Ref 920 D55dt
DLBD Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series Ref 920 D55dy
DLBY Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, 1980-2002 Ref 920 D55dt supp.
EFS Epics for Students Ref 809.13 E64e
EW European Writers Ref 809.894 E89e
FANT St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers Ref 016.8093 S14s
FW Feminist Writers Ref 016.30542 F32f
GFL Guide to French Literature Ref 840.3 L66g
HGG St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost, and Gothic Writers Ref 809.3 S14s
HLC Hispanic Literature Criticism Ref 860 H67h
IDFW International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers Ref 791.4303 I61i, 1990
IDTP International Dictionary of Theatre Ref 792.03 I611i
LAIT Literature and Its Times Ref 809 L77L
MAICYA Major Authors & Illustrators for Children & Young Adults Ref 809.892 M23m
MAWW Modern American Women Writers Ref 810.992 M68m
MSW Mystery and Suspense Writers Ref 823.0872 M99m
NCLC Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism Ref 809.04 N71n
NFS Novels for Students Ref 808.3 N9371n
NNAL Native North American Literature Ref 810.9 N27n
PC Poetry Criticism Ref 809.1 P745p
PFS Poetry for Students Ref 809.1 P7451p
RGAL Reference Guide to American Literature Ref 810.3 R33r 1987
RGEL Reference Guide to English Literature Ref 820.3 R33r
RGSF Reference Guide to Short Fiction Ref 809.3 R33r
RHW Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers Ref 823.09 T971t
SATA Something About the Author Ref 920 S69s
SSC Short Story Criticism Ref 809.3 S55s
SSFS Short Stories for Students Ref 808.3 S55s
TCLC Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism Ref 809.04 T96t
WLC World Literature Criticism Ref 819 W9276w
WP World Poets Ref 809.1 W927w

Contemporary Authors multivolumes (call number Ref 920 C76)
Title of Multivolumes: Color of Volumes:
Contemporary Authors (CA) brown with black/gold trim
blue and black with orange bands
Contemporary Authors First Revision (R after volume number) brown with black/gold trim
Contemporary Authors New Revision Series (CANR) blue and black with green bands
Contemporary Authors Permanent Series (CAP) brown with red/gold trim

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Revised (April 10, 2009)
Created (March 1998)
Links Verified (October 2008)
Catalog Verified (October 2007)