Richard Powers: Each Try Launches Another()
November 20, 2006 Richard Powers is the author of nine novels. His latest, The Echo Maker, won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction. He teaches creative writing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Scott Turow: Fasten Your Seat Belt and Write()
November 27, 2006 We've asked fiction writers from all genres for the essence of noveling: how they write, how they overcome writer's block and their best written sentence. Today's Author: legal thriller Scott Turow
Walter Dean Myers: An Outline Plus Family Advice()
November 28, 2006 We've asked fiction writers from all genres for the essence of noveling: how they write, how they overcome writer's block and their best written sentence. Today's Author: children's author Walter Dean Myers.
Neal Pollack: Looks at Checking Account Balance()
November 27, 2006 We've asked fiction writers from all genres for the essence of noveling: how they write, how they overcome writer's block and their best written sentence. Today's Author: Neal Pollack
Max Apple: Carry Earplugs. Always.()
November 28, 2006 Max Apple is the author of six books, includng I Love Gootie: My Grandmother’s Story, a memoir about his relationship with his Yiddish-speaking grandparents. Apple teaches creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania.
Rita Mae Brown: Too Many Mouths to Feed()
November 28, 2006 We've asked fiction writers from all genres for the essence of noveling: how they write, how they overcome writer's block and their best written sentence. Today's Author: mystery writer Rita Mae Brown
Lewis Buzbee: 'Invention Invents Itself'()
November 27, 2006 Lewis Buzbee is the author of the novel, Fliegelman's Desire, as well as a collection of short stories and a nonfiction book. He has been teaching in the University of San Francisco MFA program since 2000.
Michael Cunningham: Segues Straight From Sleep()
November 27, 2006 Michael Cunningham is the author of five novels and one non-fiction book. His most recent novel, Specimen Days, weaves the lives of three characters with the life of Walt Whitman. Cunningham won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for his 1999 novel The Hours.
Dan Chaon: Meat Is the Reward()
November 28, 2006 We've asked fiction writers from all genres for the essence of noveling: how they write, how they overcome writer's block and their best written sentence. Today's Author: Dan Chaon
Kaui Hart Hemmings: Off to the Writer's Room()
November 27, 2006 Kaui Hart Hemmings's first novel, The Descendants, will be published by Random House in May. Hemmings grew up in Hawaii and now lives in San Francisco.
