Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought)

Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought) presents irresistible, gossip-filled mini-biographies of twenty of history's greatest writers — including Shakespeare, Cervantes, the Brontës, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, and E.B. White — revealing not their masterworks but the wonderfully weird and human details of their daily lives: what they ate, who they quarreled with, how they procrastinated, and what the neighbors really thought. Kathleen Krull's punchy, witty text is paired with Kathryn Hewitt's sophisticated, caricature-style portraits of each writer.

This book is a delightful and unusual choice for students because it makes literary biography genuinely fun, brings famous writers to life as real human beings rather than monuments, and sparks curiosity to read the writers' actual works.

Publishing Details

Author : Kathleen Krull

Illustrator : Kathryn Hewitt

Author Nationality : United States

Physical Details

Type of Book: Picture

Cover: Softcover

Pages: 96

Size: 10.2 x 7.9 inches

Year Published: 2014

Instructional Details

Reading Grade Level: 4th

Genre: Non-Fiction

Sub-Genre: Biography

Theme: Social Studies, Art, Women in History