Bauer, Joan. Website: www.joanbauer.com.

Bauer's personal website provides an autobiography, articles, e-mail address (jbbauer@pipeline.com), and sites still under construction.

——. Personal correspondence with the author via e-mail (jbbauer@pipeline.com).

Quotes from the correspondence are included in the biography portion of this critique.

——. "Humor, Seriously." ALA Book Links (July 1997): 9-12. Bauer discusses the topic of humor and how she uses it in her writing with examples of humor from her books which illustrate her mastery of the genre.

——. "Sticks: Between the Lines." ALAN Review (winter 1996). Bauer shares background information about her book, Sticks, and in so doing, tells about her own love of the game of pool and other information about herself.

Review of Rules of the Road. Booklist (February 1, 1998). The reviewer provides a synopsis of the book and a warm endorsement, then compares the...