English Composition courses are offered in a selection of flavors with the basics of writing taught using information and literature organized around a topic or issue. This is one of a set of useful web links related to the general theme of this section of the course.
Biography: General Resources -- Biography: Literary Awards and Winner Lists -- Writing Biography and Family Histories -- Author Biographies -- Publishing and Writing Memoirs -- Sample Online Memoirs
- The Biographical Dictionary
- Biographical Resources: Busse Library
- The Biography Center
- Biography.com: The Biography Channel
- The Time 100: Top 100 Lists
Biography: Literary Awards and Winner Lists
- Costa (formerly Whitbread) Book Award: Biography -- Honors UK writers from 1971 to the present
- Evans Biography and Handcart Awards: Utah State University
- National Biography Award: State Library of New South Wales
- National Book Award Winners: History and Biography -- notes awards from 1950 to 2006
- National Book Critics Circle: Past Winners: Biography/Autobiography
- Pulitzer Prize: Biography and Autobiography (1917-2003)
Writing Biography and Family Histories
- Ancestors: Writing a Family History: PBS
- Association of Personal Historians
- Bob Wendlinger's Memory Triggering Corner
- Oral Histories: Interviewing Relatives and Collecting Oral History: About.com
- RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees
- University of Chicago Writing Program: Writing Biography
- Web English Teacher: Autobiography, Biography, Personal Narratives, and Memoir Writing
- WritersDigest.com: Personal Writing
- Writers Online Workshops: WritersDigest Magazine
- Writing Your Family's History: Cyndi's List.com
- Author Search: Australian Society of Authors
- Author Guides: Louisiana State University (LSU) Libraries
- Books and Writers: Author Index
- British and Irish Authors on the Web
- Google: Literature: Authors
- Minnesota Authors Biography Project: Minnesota Historical Society
- Online Guide to Writing in Canada: Canadian Authors Index
- Storytellers: Native American Authors Online
- The Writer's Almanac -- national radio segment with Garrison Keillor
Publishing and Writing Memoirs
- Blogcatalog-- web diary directory
- The Diary Project -- gateway to online journals
- Online Diary History Project
- Salon Magazine: "Baring Your Soul to the Web" -- by Simon Firth
- Writers Write: Internet Writing Journal
- Writing the Journey -- an online journal writing workshop
- The Company Therapist -- psychiatrist for a large computer company
- Cyberactivist -- by Virgil Butler. Popular diary from environmental and animal-rights activist.
- Fulbright Teachers Online: Diaries
- Lost -- diary of a 20-year old Wisconsin writer
- Rice Bowl Journals: An Asian Online Journal Community
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