Find biographical information on more than 100,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Sketches typically include personal information, addresses, career history, writings, work in progress, biographical/critical sources and authors' comments and/or informative essays about their lives and work. Beginning with Vol. 187, Contemporary Authors will expand its coverage to include more international authors, devoting 20% of each volume to authors from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mexico, Puerto Rico and other countries. A softcover cumulative index is sent twice per year.