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Although critics predict that print may soon meet the same fate as carbon paper or typewriters, published authors remain the rock stars of the media world.

While anyone can see their words in print online nowadays, all you have to do is have a publishing house actually shell out an advance to put your thoughts or opinion to paper (in a cut-throat business that rejects far more than it publishes) and you know you've arrived.

The mass transit of online bloggers and tweeters may come and go, but being a published author understandably remains the solid gold cadillac standard of excellence.

As even kid-lit publishers know, parents aren't about to put their children to bed at night by reading to them from the cold blue light of a laptop. Neither does anyone else expect the adult imagination to take wing .... by curling up with a good computer.

More about authors around the Web:

From the up-and-coming, to the merely famous, to the rich-and-famous, check out our favorite links to authors on the Web.

Bookbrowse - Authors - Hundreds of current popular fiction and non-fiction authors' biographies, related book excerpts and reviews, plus links to official sites.

Author's Calendar - Index of Authors - Extensive alphabetical listing of authors from around the globe, leading to detailed biographies and list of selected works.

Blupete.com: Biographies - A wealth of info on famous authors searchable by category: law, literature, philosophy, poetry, more.

Hall of Famous Authors - A-Z list, from Hans Christian Anderson to W.B. Yeats, leading to extensive related links offering info on each.

American Authors on the Web - Extensive links listed chronologically from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Also see related British & Irish Authors on the Web.

Storytellers: Native American Authors Online - Link lists browseable alphabetically or indexed by tribe.

Children's Authors & Illustrators on the Web - Comprehensive directory of official author sites and fan sites, plus links to related sites of interest.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Links - Official and fan sites to science fiction, fantasy and horror writers in an alphabetical listing.

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