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

* "There's enough substance here for a quick report or to enliven a longer one. . . . An irresistible package."—School Library Journal, starred review

"The stories Krull tells will be enough to whet readers' appetites for more biography and for the writers' actual works."—Booklist

"This compendium of brief biographies of literary luminaries is as much fun as a tete-a-tete with a gossipy friend. Krull knows exactly how to captivate her audience; she goes right for the juicy stuff, adding to historical fact the kind of chatty incidentals and amusing anecdotes that put flesh and blood on dry literary bones. . . .These exuberant thumbnail sketches are ably matched by Hewitt's sophisticated caricatures, which will delight sharp-eyed readers with their many visual references to particulars and oddities about each of the subjects. A must-have for the reference shelf."—Publishers Weekly

"Another colorful, enthralling excursion into our cultural heritage."—Kirkus Reviews