Contemporary writers discuss the process of writing, with contributions from Diane Ackerman, Margaret Atwood, Ann Beattie, Geraldine Brooks, Frank Conroy, P. J. O Rourke, Arthur Miller, Amy Tan, Elmore Leonard, William Kennedy, Susan Isaacs, and many others. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
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Jane Smiley is the author of ten works of fiction, including Good Faith; Horse Heaven; A Thousand Acres, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize; and Moo. She lives in northern California.
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