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August 31, 2021

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Over 3,700 Authors Added To Contemporary Authors!

Over 3,700 authors were added to the Contemporary Authors e-resource, joining the more than 160,000 already included! Check out the list of newly added authors!

This e-resource includes biographical and bibliographical information on novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, print and broadcast journalists, editors, photojournalists, syndicated cartoonists, scriptwriters, and screenwriters.

For each author entry, you may find content for the following topics available:

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Career Information
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Writings
Media Adaptions
A Descriptive Essay about the Author
Further Readings

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