In these pages, readers will find intriguing anecdote and new information about writers to further whet their appetite for deeper exploration. This alphabetical guide offers a brief biography of each writer, a selected bibliography, a sample of their writing, and some comment on the writers and their work.

Author/Compiler, Robin Malan has spent his working life teaching English. He is the compiler of various well-known anthologies of poems, plays and short stories. He is the Chairperson of the South African national section of IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People. In 2001, he was awarded the Molteno Medal for Lifetime Service to Literature.