Still writing the pleasures and perils of a creative life
Examines the process of creative writing and storytelling through the author's personal stories and experiences of living a writer's life and offers lessons and insights to aspiring authors.
| Main Author: | Shapiro, Dani. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York : [Berkeley, CA] :
Atlantic Monthly Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West,
Ã2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Examines the process of creative writing and storytelling through the author's personal stories and experiences of living a writer's life and offers lessons and insights to aspiring authors. |
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| Physical Description: |
230 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780802121400 (hardcover) 0802121403 (hardcover) |
| Author Notes: |
Dani Shapiro was born on April 10,1962 in New Jersey. She attended Sarah Lawrence College where she studied under Grace Paley. She began writing fo rthe screen and adapted Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince" for HBO. She has also been a professor of creative writing at Wesleyan University and an instructor at Columbia University. She has since written five novels and 3 memoirs. Her novels include: Playing with Fire, Fugitive Blue, Picturing the Wreck, Family History and Black and White. Her memoirs are Hourglass, Slow Motion, Devotion, and Inheritance. (Bowker Author Biography) |