Linda Peterson

Linda Peterson (Ph.D., Brown University), General Editor, is a professor of English at Yale University and has published widely on nonfiction prose, notably women’s autobiography and Victorian narrative. She has been co-director of the Bass Writing Program at Yale since 1979 and has served as president of the Council of Writing Program Administrators.

Books by Linda Peterson

  1. Book CoverInstructor's Guide: for The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction, Thirteenth Edition and Shorter Thirteenth Edition


    This guide for instructors contains advice on planning a course, sample syllabi, suggested in-class activities, notes for new teachers, writing program administrators, teachers of developmental writing and notes, overviews, suggestions, prompts, and a teaching “hook” for each reading.More

  2. Book CoverThe Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction

    Twelfth Edition

    Read by millions of students since it was first published in 1965, The Norton Reader is the bestselling collection of its kind.More

  3. Book CoverThe Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction

    Thirteenth Edition

    The classic among essay readers.More