This is Gerald Durrell, the author of the memoir I am reading, My Family and Other Animals. As this photograph suggests, he has lead a very interesting life. Just as we did with Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life, I want you to spend some time finding about your author as a person. Aim for the more scholarly and well-respected sources of information. Use our library's database as a leaping off point, and go from there. The end game involves a paragraph on your writer's significance that includes direct and indirect citation from three sources, and a biography of at least seven sources, due Tuesday at the end of period.

And please include an interview, both positive and negative book reviews, and an oeuvre.