Biography

Autobiographical books for leisure reading.

Allende, Isabel. (Author) Paula
Angelou, Maya.  (Author) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Carter, Jimmy (President of the U.S.A.) Christmas in the Plains: Memories
Cleary, Beverly (Children's author) A Girl from Yamhill
Crutcher, Chris. (YA author)  King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-advised Autobiography
Dahl, Roald. (Children's author) Boy
Frank, Anne   (Holocaust victim) Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Gantos, Jack. (Children's author) Hole in my Life
Karr, Mary (Poet) The Liar's Club
Lowry, Lois. (Children's author) Looking Back: A Book of Memories by Lois Lowry
MacDonald, Michael Patrick (Child of Southie) All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
McBride, James. (Writer & Musician) The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother
McCourt, Frank. (Teacher) Angela's Ashes
Myers, Walter Dean (YA author) Bad Boy
Rodriguez, Luis J. (Ex gang member) Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
Paulsen, Gary. (YA author) Guts: The True Stries behind Hatcheet and the Brian Books
Pelzer, Dave. (Abused child) A Child Called "It"
Santiago, Esmeralda (Write) When I was Puerto Rican<
Stine, R.L. (Author of Goosebumps) It Came from Ohio: My Life as a Writer
Wiesel, Elie. (Holocaust survivor) Night
X, Malcolm. (Civil rights activist) The Autobiography of Macolm X