Authors+study+websites

**Submitted by Liz:** Jerry Spinelli (Writer of __Crash__ and __Stargirl__, just to name a couple) This is Jerry Spinneli's official site, but it is more for little kids, except the FAQ section: http://www.jerryspinelli.com/newbery_002.htm This site is pretty good: http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=74. These aren't great, but they're better than some others: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3649, http://www.biblio.com/authors/352/Jerry_Spinelli_Biography.html, http://www.carmelmiddle.org/library/authors/nosnop/index.htm

**Submitted by Luke:** Karen Traviss (Writer of Star Wars Book series--__LEGACY OF THE FORCE: REVELATION__ - February 2008, book eight of the Legacy of the Force series was a #1 New York Times bestseller) http://www.karentraviss.com/html/real.htm
 * This website even has excerpts of her short stories*

Avi: (especially great author if you like historical novels) http://www.avi-writer.com/ http://www.ipl.org/div/askauthor/Avi.html

Jack London: [|http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/london.htm] a website created by **Dr. Donna Campbell **
 * Department of English, Washington State University that provides many excellent links.

http://www.jacklondons.net/links.html The World of Jack London**

Stephen King: http://www.stephenking.com/ "official website" **Submitted by Theresa:** I found a Steven King biography for any one interested. It may not be the best, but it is pretty good: http://www.netglimse.com/cgi-bin/search/search.cgi?search_string=stephen+king&search=yes&image.x=0&image.y=0

Mark Twain (this is the author Matt was reading ): http://www.marktwainhouse.org/ Mark Twain House and Museum plus link to other sites

Oscar Wilde ( the second link--similar to the first--was **submitted by Megan** ): http://www.cmgww.com/historic/wilde/index.php http://www.cmgworldwide.com/historic/wilde/ THE OFFICIAL WEB SITES OF OSCAR WILDE

**Submitted by Danielle:** Edgar Allen Poe who writes poems and short stories: http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/default_flash.asp

**Submitted by Danielle:** William Blake, artist and poet: http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/main.html

**Submitted by Danielle:** Emily Dickinson who writes poems and short stories: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/dickinson/dickinson.htm

George Orwell (author of Animal Farm) http://students.ou.edu/C/Kara.C.Chiodo-1/orwell.html

http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/