{"product_id":"why-we-write-isbn-9780452298156","title":"Why We Write","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwenty of America's bestselling authors share tricks, tips, and secrets of the successful writing life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnyone who's ever sat down to write a novel or even a story knows how exhilarating and heartbreaking writing can be. So what makes writers stick with it? In \u003ci\u003eWhy We Write\u003c\/i\u003e, twenty well-known authors candidly share what keeps them going and what they love most—and least—about their vocation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributing authors include:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsabel Allende\u003cbr\u003eDavid Baldacci\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Egan\u003cbr\u003eJames Frey\u003cbr\u003eSue Grafton\u003cbr\u003eSara Gruen\u003cbr\u003eKathryn Harrison\u003cbr\u003eGish Jen\u003cbr\u003eSebastian Junger\u003cbr\u003eMary Karr\u003cbr\u003eMichael Lewis\u003cbr\u003eArmistead Maupin\u003cbr\u003eTerry McMillan\u003cbr\u003eRick Moody\u003cbr\u003eWalter Mosley\u003cbr\u003eSusan Orlean\u003cbr\u003eAnn Patchett\u003cbr\u003eJodi Picoult\u003cbr\u003eJane Smiley\u003cbr\u003eMeg Wolitzer“If writing were illegal I’d be in prison. I can’t not write. It’s a compulsion.” —David Baldacci\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“When I’m writing... I’m living in two different dimensions: this life I’m living now…and this completely other world I’m inhabiting that no one else knows about.” —Jennifer Egan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Every story is a seed inside of me that starts to grow and grow, like a tumor, and I have to deal with it sooner or later.” —Isabel Allende\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In the beginning, it was that sense of losing time. Now…I have the sense that I can biff the world a bit. I can exert a force.” —Michael Lewis\u003cb\u003eMeredith Maran\u003c\/b\u003e, a passionate reader and writer of memoirs, is the author of thirteen nonfiction books and the acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eA Theory Of Small Earthquakes\u003c\/i\u003e. Meredith also writes book reviews, essays, and features for newspapers and magazines including \u003ci\u003ePeople, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, Salon.com, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMore\u003c\/i\u003e. A member of the National Book Critics Circle, Meredith lives in a restored historic bungalow in Los Angeles, and on Twitter at @meredithmaran. Her next memoir is about starting over in Los Angeles.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302941348069,"sku":"NP9780452298156","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452298156.jpg?v=1767744284","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/why-we-write-isbn-9780452298156","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}