Search For Biographies

What this screen looks like:

Click on the thumbnail image below to view the Bowker's Author Biography Database search screen.

How to get to this screen:

• From any screen in booksinprint.com, click BIO'S on the top navigation bar.

What you can do from this screen:

• Search for the biographies of about 4,000 of the most influential authors, contributors and performers.

How to use this workspace:

Do one of the following:

1. Enter an author's last name in the empty fields at the top of the workspace. Click GO and you'll arrive at a list of people whose names are the closest match. Then click the name of your choice.
2. Or click on the first letter of an author's last name. You'll arrive at a list of author's last names beginning with that letter.
3. Or scroll through the list of names. Find the name you're looking for and click the hyperlink. You'll arrive at the bio.

For a sample bio, click the image below.