Specifically designed to meet the needs of students, each volume of Something about the Author (SATA) provides illustrated biographical articles on 100-125 children’s authors and artists. SATA now covers more than 7000 authors and illustrators. Its focus is contemporary, including authors and artists whose works appear on the Publisher Weekly
Children’s Bestsellers lists. SATA also features selected writers and artists of the past. Detailed entries cover: personal life, career, writings and works in progress, author’s sidelights, additional sources of information and photographs. Recent volumes cover Graeme Base, Lois Lowry, Ann M.Martin, and Raffi.