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If you asked a child what an author is (assuming this child can speak and has a decent vocabulary), she'd likely tell you that an author is someone who writes books. If you then asked her what a poet is, she'd probably respond that a poet is someone who writes poems, silly. As people who try hard to be sensible and intelligent, we would be compelled to agree with her.

Why, then, do modern critics, philosophers and educators argue so vehemently that authorship is something altogether different? Why the perceived need to attribute creation to something other than the creator? Ah, the child might say (if she were particularly bright and especially sensible), that question answers itself.

As the Author of all things, God demands recognition. Man, on the other hand, always trying harder than before to dissociate himself from the ultimate Judge of the universe, will even deny his own ability to create if it means that God can't, either. Of course, this flawed logic simply means those who hold it are far less sensible and intelligent than they believe themselves to be, not that God doesn't maintain Authorship of the world and everything in it.

Without authors, Exodus Books wouldn't exist. We depend on selling the work of writers, including educators, historians, theologians, philosophers, poets, mathematicians and novelists (especially poets). Reading their own works is a good way to know what these men and women believe, but reading about them as people can be just as helpful, especially for the work of interpreting sometimes abstruse statements. We hope these biographies help.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

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	101 Hymn Stories The Inspiring True Stories Behind 101 Favorite Hymns by Kenneth Osbeck from Kregel Publications for 6th-12th grade in History of Hymns (Location: XCH-HYMN) $16.99
	101 Hymn Stories The Inspiring True Stories Behind 101 Favorite Hymns by Kenneth Osbeck 40th Anniversary from Kregel Publications for 6th-12th grade in History of Hymns (Location: XCH-HYMN) $18.99
	101 Hymn Stories - audio book on CD The Inspiring True Stories Behind 101 Favorite Hymns by Kenneth Osbeck, read by Wayne Shepherd from Oasis Audio for 6th-12th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $15.00 (1 in stock)
	101 More Hymn Stories by Kenneth Osbeck from Kregel Publications for 6th-12th grade in History of Hymns (Location: XCH-HYMN) $18.99
	Abraham Lincoln, the Writer A Treasury of His Greatest Speeches and Letters by Harold Holzer from Boyds Mill Press for 6th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Adventures of Herge Creator of Tintin by Michael Farr from Last Gasp for 4th-10th grade in Adventures of Tintin (Location: COM-TIN) $29.95
	Alpine Path by Lucy M. Montgomery 1^st edition from Fitzhenry & Whiteside for 7th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Anne Bradstreet Christian Encounters by D. B. Kellogg from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 7th-Adult in Christian Encounters (Location: BIO-CE)
	Anne Bradstreet Passionate Femininity Christian Renegades Series by Doug Wilson 3^rd edition from Canon Press Biography for in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.95
	Anne Bradstreet Pilgrim and Poet by Faith Cook from Evangelical Press for 6th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary A Photographic Remembrance by Ruud van der Rol & Rian Verhoeven from Puffin Books for 7th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	At Home with Beatrix Potter by Susan Denyer from Harry N. Abrams, Inc. for 6th-9th grade in Peter Rabbit & Friends (Location: FIC-PETER)
	Autobiography by Booker T. Washington Up from Slavery Sons of Liberty Series from A Beka Books for 7th-10th grade in A Beka Book Report books (Location: REA-ABK)
	Ben Franklin Inventing America Sterling Point Books by Thomas Fleming from Sterling Publishing Co. for 5th-9th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Beyond Stateliest Marble The Passionate Femininity of Anne Bradstreet Leaders in Action Series by Doug Wilson from Cumberland House Biography for in Leaders in Action (Location: BIO-LIA) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Biography of Benjamin Franklin An American Genius Sons of Liberty Series by William M. Thayer from A Beka Books for 5th-9th grade in A Beka Book Report books (Location: REA-ABK)
	Blue Remembered Hills A Recollection by Rosemary Sutcliff from Farrar, Straus and Giroux for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Blue Remembered Hills A Recollection by Rosemary Sutcliff from William Morrow & Company for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Brownings: Letters and Poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning from International Collectors Library for 9th-12th grade in Poetry (Location: POET-GEN)
	C. S. Lewis: Images of His World by Douglas Gilbert & Clyde S. Kilby from Eerdmans Biography for 9th-Adult in The Inklings (Location: LIR-INK)
	C. S. Lewis: The Man Behind Narnia by Beatrice Gormley from Eerdmans Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.00
	Carl Sandburg A Biography by Milton Meltzer from Twenty-first Century Books for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Cheer the Lonesome Traveller The Life of W.E.B. Du Bois: by Leslie Alexander Lacy, illustrated by James Barkley from Dial Press for 9th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Common Sense 101 Lessons from G. K. Chesterton by Dale Ahlquist from Ignatius Press for 9th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $18.95
	Conversations With C.S. Lewis Imaginative Discussions About Life, Christianity and God by Robert Velarde from InterVarsity Press for 9th-Adult in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI)
	Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank from Bantam Books Biography for 7th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.99
	Edith Wharton 1862-1937 by Olivia Coolidge from Charles Scribner's Sons Biography for 8th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Edwardian Lady The Story of Edith Holden by Ina Taylor from Holt, Rinehart and Winston for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.00 (1 in stock)
	Eugene O'Neill by Olivia Coolidge from Charles Scribner's Sons Biography for 8th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Fyodor Dostoevsky Christian Encounters Series by Peter Leithart from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 9th-Adult in Christian Encounters (Location: BIO-CE)
	George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by George Manville Fenn from Salem Ridge Press for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	George Bernard Shaw by Olivia Coolidge from Houghton Mifflin Biography for 8th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Gift of Music Great Composers and Their Influence by Jane Stuart Smith & Betty Carlson 3^rd edition from Crossway Books for 6th-12th grade in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS) $19.19
	Great Christian Hymn Writers by Jane Stuart Smith & Betty Carlson from Crossway Books for 7th-12th grade in History of Hymns (Location: XCH-HYMN)
	Green Gables Letters from L. M. Montgomery to Ephraim Weber, 1905-1909 by Lucy Maud Montgomery from Borealis for 7th-12th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Harriet Beecher Stowe by Suzanne M. Coil from Franklin Watts for 7th-12th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Helen Keller: The Story of My Life Signet Classics by Helen Keller Reprint from Signet Classics Autobiography for 7th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $5.95
	Helen Keller: The Story of My Life by Helen Keller from Dover Publications Autobiography for 7th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $1.50 (4 in stock)
	Helen Keller: The Story of My Life Signet Classics by Helen Keller from Living Book Press Autobiography for 7th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $15.99
	J. R. R. Tolkien A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter from Houghton Mifflin Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99
	James Fenimore Cooper by Isabel Proudfit from Julian Messner for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	James Fenimore Cooper by Donald A. Ringe from Twayne Publishers for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	James Fenimore Cooper, the American Scott by George Dekker from Routledge for 8th-Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Jane Austen Christian Encounters by Peter Leithart from Thomas Nelson Publishers Biography for 8th-Adult in Christian Encounters (Location: BIO-CE) $12.00
	John Bunyan Tinker of Bedford by William Deal from Christian Liberty Press Biography for 6th-9th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $11.75 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography by William Anderson from HarperTrophy for 4th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $9.99
	Letters to Children by C. S. Lewis from Charles Scribner's Sons Autobiographical Letters for 3rd-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $16.00
	Life & Times of Dante by Maria Luisa Rizzatti from Curtis Publishing Co. for 8th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Lord of the Elves and Eldils Fantasy and Philosophy in C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien by Richard L. Purtill 2^nd edition from Ignatius Press for 9th grade-Adult in Lord of the Rings (Location: LIR-LOTR)
	Lost Garden A Memoir by the Author of Dragonwings by Laurence Yep from Simon and Schuster Autobiography for 6th-9th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	More Love to Thee The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by Elizabeth Prentiss, George Lewis Prentiss, Preface by Elisabeth Elliot from Calvary Press for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	My Heart Lies South The Story of My Mexican Marriage by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño from Bethlehem Books Biography for 8th-12th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $14.95
	Narnia and Beyond A Guide to the Fiction of C. S. Lewis by Thomas Howard from Ignatius Press Biography for 9th grade-Adult in Exploring Narnia (Location: LIR-NAR) $15.95
	Noah Webster Sowers Series by David Collins from Mott Media Biography for 7th-9th grade in Sowers Biographies (Location: BIO-SOW)
	Not a Tame Lion The Spiritual Legacy of C. S. Lewis Leaders in Action Series by Terry Glaspey from Cumberland House Biography for 9th-Adult in Leaders in Action (Location: BIO-LIA)
	Not a Tame Lion The Spiritual Legacy of C. S. Lewis Leaders in Action Series by Terry Glaspey from Cumberland House Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.96
	Our Mountain Hermitage by Anne Roller Issler from Stanford University Press for 8th-Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Piece of the Mountain Story of Blaise Pascal by Joyce McPherson from Greenleaf Press Biography for 5th-9th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.00 (3 in stock)
	Presenting Miss Jane Austen by May Lamberton Becker from Bethlehem Books Biography for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Real Jane Austen A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne 1^st edition from HarperTrophy for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $29.99
	Self-Portrait: Trina Schart Hyman from Harper & Row for 4th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Shakespeare of London by Marchette Chute 1^st edition from E.P. Dutton & Co. for 6th-12th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Story of Benjamin Franklin Grosset & Dunlap Signature #5 by Enid LaMonte Meadowcroft, illustrated by Edward A. Wilson from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Dan Beard Founder of America's Boy Scouts Grosset & Dunlap Signature #43 by Robert N. Webb, illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Helen Keller Grosset & Dunlap Signature #45 by Lorena A. Hickok, illustrated by Jo Polseno from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Marco Polo Grosset & Dunlap Signature #22 by Olive Price, illustrated by Frederico Castellon from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Robert Louis Stevenson Grosset & Dunlap Signature #42 by Joan Howard, illustrated by Jo Polseno from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Theodore Roosevelt Grosset & Dunlap Signature #14 by Winthrop Neilson, illustrated by Edward A. Wilson from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Surprised by Joy The Shape of My Early Life by C. S. Lewis from Harcourt Autobiography for 9th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $6.50 (1 in stock)
	Surprised by Joy The Shape of My Early Life by C. S. Lewis Reissue from HarperOne Autobiography for 9th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $16.99
	Surprised by Joy The Shape of My Early Life by C. S. Lewis from Harcourt Autobiography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Tale of Beatrix Potter by Margaret Lane Revised from Penguin Classics for 8th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Then Darkness Fled The Liberating Wisdom of Booker T. Washington Leaders in Action Series by Stephen Mansfield from Cumberland House Biography for 9th-Adult in Leaders in Action (Location: BIO-LIA) $16.95
	Three Lives of Joseph Conrad by Olivia Coolidge from Houghton Mifflin Biography for 7th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Tom Paine, Freedom's Apostle by Leo Gurko, illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. for 6th-10th grade 1958 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Trust Thyself A Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson for the Young Reader by James Playsted Wood from Unknown Publisher for 7th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Up From Slavery An Autobiography Copper Lodge Library by Booker T. Washington, annotated by Stephanie B. Meter from Classical Conversations Autobiography for 9th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $11.95
	Will Shakespeare and the Globe Theater World Landmark #21 by Anne Terry White, illustrated by C. Walter Hodges from Random House for 5th-9th grade in World Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAN)
	Winston Churchill The Courageous Adventurer, The Rebellious Politician, The Inspiring War Leader World Landmark #56 by Quentin Reynolds from Random House for 5th-9th grade in World Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAN)
	Wisdom and Innocence A Life of G. K. Chesterton by Joseph Pearce from Ignatius Press Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Young Mark Twain and the Mississippi Landmark #113 by Harnett T. Kane from Random House for 5th-9th grade in Vintage & Collectible (Location: VIN-COL)
	Young Walter Scott by Elizabeth Janet Gray, jacket and end papers illustrated by Kate Seredy from Viking Press for 9th-Adult 1936 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)

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