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The selection of the top 100 authors is based solely on paperback unit sales figures provided by our distributor members. Thanks to a special arrangement with Gale Cengage Learning, publisher of the BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTER (TM), the biographies of our top 100 authors are available here. Please choose from the categories below:

Grades 9-12 Top 100 Authors

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  • Anderson, Laurie Halse

    Angelou, Maya

    Bradbury, Ray

    Cabot, Meg

    Cisneros, Sandra

    Dickens, Charles

    Draper, Sharon

    Duncan, Lois

    Fitzgerald, F. Scott

    Flake, Sharon

    Frank, Anne

    Gantos, Jack

    Golding, William

    Hansberry, Lorraine

    Hesse, Karen

    Hinton, S.E.

    Lee, Harper

    London, Jack

    Miller, Arthur

    Myers, Walter Dean

    O'Dell, Scott

    Orwell, George

    Paolini, Christopher

    Philbrick, Rodman

    Raskin, Ellen

    Salinger, J.D.

    Speare, Elizabeth George

    Steinbeck, John

    Stevenson, Robert Louis

    Taylor, Mildred

    Twain, Mark

    Westerfeld, Scott

    Wiesel, Elie


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