Each of the 30 volumes in this series presents about 20 autobiographical essays written exclusively for the series, allowing your patrons to approach each authors life from a unique, highly personal vantage point. Varying in style and length (minimum 10, 000 words) and international in scope, authors essays are brimming with reflections and insights.

A unique resource for studies on the memoir, each essay is illustrated with photographs supplied by the author and followed with a complete bibliographic listing of works. Every volume also provides a cumulative subject index to the more than 450 entrants in the series. Featured authors include:

• Diane Ackerman
• George Bowering
• Dennis Brutus
• Rita Dove
• Howard Fast
• Michael Gilbert
• Larry Heinemann
• Garrett Hongo
• Sandra McPherson
• Gerald Vizenor
• Anne Waldman
• Elie Wiesel
• Tobias Wolff
• And many more

(Note: this series has been discontinued, however new autobiographical essays will appear periodically in the Contemporary Authors series.