Q. Where can I find biographical information on specific authors?

Use Discovery to find biographical material for a particular author: https://hofstra.on.worldcat.org/advancedsearch.

Input the author's name (last name first name) into the search box.

Do a SUBJECT SEARCH by opening up the first "search index box" and selecting SUBJECT. 

Additional resources include:

Dictionary of Literary Biography: http://ezproxy.hofstra.edu/login?url=https://go.galegroup.com/ps/dispAdvSearch.do?prodId=DLBC&userGroupName=nysl_li_hofs

Literature Resource Center: http://ezproxy.hofstra.edu/login?url=https://go.galegroup.com/ps/dispAdvSearch.do?prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=nysl_li_hofs