Presents biographical sketches of one hundred popular fiction authors representing all major genres including science fiction, mysteries, and fantasy, and profiles their careers and literary credentials.

Allers, Rochelle -- Alvarez, Julia -- Anthony, Piers -- Auel, Jean M. -- Barker, Clive -- Barr, Nevada -- Benchley, Peter -- Berg, Elizabeth -- Binchy, Maeve -- Block, Lawrence -- Bradbury, Ray -- Bradley, Marion Zimmer -- Brooks, Terry -- Brown, Dan -- Brown, Sandra -- Bujold, Lois McMaster -- Burke, James Lee -- Butler, Octavia E. -- Campbell, Bebe Moore -- Card, Orson Scott -- Cherryh, C.J. -- Clancy, Tom -- Clark, Mary Higgins -- Clarke, Arthur C. -- Collins, Jackie -- Cornwell, Bernard -- Cornwell, Patricia -- Coulter, Catherine -- Crais, Robert -- Crichton, Michael -- Cussler, Clive -- Dailey, Janet -- Delany, Samuel R. -- Delinsky, Barbara -- de Lint, Charles -- Deveraux, Jude -- Due, Tananarive -- Estleman, Loren D. -- Evanovich, Janet -- Follett, Ken -- Forsyth, Frederick -- Francis, Dick -- Gabaldon, Diana -- Garwood, Julie -- Grafton, Sue -- Griffin, W.E.B. -- Grisham, John -- Hiaasen, Carl -- Hibbert, Eleanor -- Hillerman, Tony -- Jakes, John -- James, P.D. -- Jance, J.A. -- Jenkins, Jerry B. and Tim LaHaye -- Jordan, Robert -- Karon, Jan -- Kellerman, Faye -- Kelton, Elmer -- King, Stephen -- Kitt, Sandra -- Koontz, Dean -- Krentz, Jayne Ann -- L'Amour, Louis -- le Carré, John -- Le Guin, Ursula K. -- Leonard, Elmore -- Ludlum, Robert -- McBain, Ed -- McCaffrey, Ann -- McCullough, Colleen -- McMillan, Terry -- McMurtry, Larry -- Michener, James A. -- Mosley, Walter -- Naylor, Gloria -- O'Brian, Patrick -- Oke, Janette -- Palmer, Diana -- Paretsky, Sara -- Parker, Robert B. -- Patterson, James -- Penman, Sharon Kay -- Perry, Anne -- Peters, Elizabeth -- Phillips, Susan Elizabeth -- Pratchett, Terry -- Putney, Mary Jo -- Ray, Francis -- Rendell, Ruth -- Rice, Anne -- Roberts, Nora -- Robinson, Peter -- Saul, John -- Siddons, Anne Rivers -- Steel, Danielle -- Straub, Peter -- Thoene, Bodie and Brock Thoene -- Tolkien, J.R.R. -- Turow, Scott -- Woods, Stuart.