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Authors
A Celebration of Women Writers
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/writers.html
Hosted on the University of Pennsylvania Library web page, this site seeks to recognize the contributions of women writers throughout history. It includes a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers and complete published books written by women.
Awards
Nobel Prize for Literature
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature
The official website of the Nobel Foundation includes articles, biographies, photographs, and occasional excerpts from all of the Nobel Laureates since 1901.
Pulitzer Prize
http://www.pulitzer.org
This homepage of the Pulitzer Prizes includes a history of the prizes,guidelines and entry forms, and a searchable archive of all prize winners since 1917. A new addition to the site is the full texts of winning journalism entries from 1995-2000, including photographs and cartoons.
Powell’s Books: Award Winners
http://www.powells.com/awards
Lists award winners in all major awards for fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books.
Book Discussion Guides
Random House Reading Group Center
http://knopfdoubleday.com/reading-group-center/
Find out how to start your own reading group or join an online book forum. Reviewed books are listed by title and category.
Genres
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi
This searchable database for science fiction, fantasy, and horror includes author bibliographies, publication bibliographies, award listings, magazine content listings, anthology and collection content listings, yearly fiction indexes, and forthcoming books.
Romance Writers of America (RWA)
http://www.rwa.org
The site for this national organization has material about the romance genre especially for readers, members, booksellers, and librarians. There is also a list of all RITA Award winners for the best published romances, upcoming releases, current bestsellers, and the “top ten favorite books” as selected by the members. An excellent site for reader guidance in the romance genre.