Authors have their names, and they have titles of their works. Biographies are normally after their deaths, so along comes journals/blogs that give a day by insight into their writing methods, their way of thinking and how they live.
Heres a few I read to start it off, all Sf based of course.
http://www.davidbarrkirtley.com/blog/
http://bryanhitchcock.blogspot.com/
http://www.tuginternet.com/jeremy/
http://www.jasonsanford.com/jason/
http://lindakaysilva.livejournal.com/
http://lionore.livejournal.com/
http://mabfan.livejournal.com/
http://the-flea-king.livejournal.com/
Heres a few I read to start it off, all Sf based of course.
http://www.davidbarrkirtley.com/blog/
http://bryanhitchcock.blogspot.com/
http://www.tuginternet.com/jeremy/
http://www.jasonsanford.com/jason/
http://lindakaysilva.livejournal.com/
http://lionore.livejournal.com/
http://mabfan.livejournal.com/
http://the-flea-king.livejournal.com/