Owens Library Contemporary Authors Guide

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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