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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 (October 25, 2007)
Created (March 1998)
Links Verified (October 2007)
Catalog Verified (October 2007)