Beacham, Walton, ed. Popular Fiction in America. Vol. 3. Washington, DC: Beacham Publishing, 1986. This essay contains a brief discussion of the Earthsea Trilogy.

Bittner, James W. Approaches to the Fiction of Ursula K.Le Guin. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1984.

This books analyzes Le Guin's themes and style.

Bucknall, Barbara. Ursula K. Le Guin.

New York: Frederick Ungar, 1981. This is a brief but useful survey of Le Guin's fiction with attention to her biography and major themes. It includes a good bibliography.

Cowart, David, and Thomas Wymer, eds. Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Vol. 8. Detroit: Gale Research, 1981.

Article on Le Guin summarizes her career and discusses her major science fiction.

Estes, Glenn, ed. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 52. Detroit: Gale Research, 1986. This article discusses Le Guin's fiction for young readers, with special attention to The Earthsea Trilogy.

Heller, Terry. "Ursula K. Le Guin." In Critical...