A Dictionary of Writers and their Works

Know about the book -

A Dictionary of Writers and their Works is written by Christopher Riches and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 019251850X (ISBN 10) and 9780192518507 (ISBN 13).

Over 3,200 entries An essential guide to authors and their works that focuses on the general canon of British literature from the fifteenth century to the present. There is also some coverage of non-fiction such as biographies, memoirs, and science, as well as inclusion of major American and Commonwealth writers. This online-exclusive new edition adds 60,000 new words, including over 50 new entries dealing with authors who have risen to prominence in the last five years, as well as fully updating the entries that currently exist. Each entry provides details of a writer's nationality and birth/death dates, followed by a listing of their titles arranged chronologically by date of publication.