(4) YA Authors Teens Love series. These biographies tell about the lives and works of popular authors. The main texts are generally bland; however, the appended short interviews or collections of quotes do shed some light on the minds of those who make a living at their craft and will perhaps inspire would-be teen writers. Some photographs and pull-quotes help break up the pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Authors Teens Love titles: Amy Tan, Lois Duncan, Isaac Asimov, and Vivian Vande Velde.

Reviewer: Laura A. Woollett

(4) YA Authors Teens Love series. These biographies tell about the lives and works of popular authors. Most of the texts are bland and sometimes repetitive, but fans are occasionally rewarded with interesting tidbits (for example, in I Am the Cheese, Amy Hertz's phone number was actually the phone number of author Cormier). Some photographs and pull-quotes help break up the pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Authors Teens Love titles: Lois Lowry, Robert Cormier, Richard Peck, S. E. Hinton, and Gary Paulsen.

Reviewer: Laura A. Woollett