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Author Biography:

Maya Angelou, born April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, was raised in segregated rural Arkansas. She is a poet, historian, author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director. She lectures throughout the US and abroad and is Reynolds professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina since 1981. She has published ten best selling books and numerous magazine articles earning her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominations. More...
http://www.empirezine.com/spotlight/maya/maya1.htm (© Empire:Zine)

Other Biographical Resources for Maya Angelou:

• Maya Angelou
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books/author/angelou/ (BBC)
  
• Maya Angelou
  http://aalbc.com/authors/maya.htm (African American Literature Book Club)
  

Interviews with Maya Angelou:

• Interview with BBCi (2002)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books/author/angelou_interview/
  
• Interview with Don Swaim
  Maya Angelou, author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, and The Heart of a Woman, tells how poetry cured her muteness, how she writes in the autobiographical and poetical style, and how she means "we" when she writes "I" in this http://www.tcom.ohiou.edu/books/mayaangelou/index.html (Wired for Books)
  
• Visions: Maya Angelou
  http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/MJ95/kelley.html (Mother Jones

Websites about Maya Angelou:

• Maya Angelou Literature Resources
  http://www.webenglishteacher.com/angelou.html (Web English Teacher)
  
• Angelou Teacher Resource File
  lots of great links to biographical information, critical commentary, and lesson plan
  http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/angelou.htm (Internet School Library Media Center)