DMOZ - Arts: Literature: Authors

"A companion web site to C-SPAN's Sunday author interview series . . . ." Includes an extensive online archive (dating from 1989 up to the present) of author interviews in text-transcript form, with many excerpts also available in audio and/or video (RealPlayer format).

Bookworm's Lair

Site has bibliographies of many authors, with updated bestsellers lists, and reviews.

Desperado Literature

Interviews with contemporary novelists and poets.

Eclectics Authors

Official web pages for several published authors of genre fiction including romance, mystery, and western. Includes writing contests and newsletter.

Eye on Books

Audio interviews with authors of new and current fiction and non-fiction.

Findmeanauthor.com

Discover an author by selecting from a genre specific database of photographs.

Great Writers and Poets

A fairly wide-ranging directory of links to resources on the 'net for numerous authors, including information on Nobel Prize winners.

Kelly Writers House

Gathering place and a resource for all kinds of writers and space for experiment and innovation on the Web, as well as on the streets of Philadelphia, by providing webcasts of author readings and interviews. with visiting writers and poets.

Librarie

A "graphically enriched virtual library with multi-page sites dedicated to various writers and thinkers. Bibliographies and biographies included."

Literary Pilgrimages

Visits to homes and haunts of Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, the Brontë sisters and others.

Meet the Author

This site features audio clips of authors describing and introducing their books in their own words.