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A&E biography (Twenty-First Century Books (Firm))Bond, Jenny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.9 BONSummary: "A collection of essays from today's most acclaimed authors--from Cheryl Strayed to Roxane Gay to Jennifer Weiner, Alexander Chee, Nick Hornby, and Jonathan Franzen--on the realities of making a living in the writing world. In the literary world, the debate around writing and commerce often begs us to take sides: either writers should be paid for everything they do or writers should just pay...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 SCRSweet, Melissa
Summary: Caldecott Honor winner Sweet mixes White's personal letters, photos, and family ephermera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary icon. Readers young and old will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist, New Yorker contributor, and children's book author who loved words his whole life. This authorized tribute, a New York Times bestseller, includes an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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Summary: "A biography that follows the lives of Robert McCloskey, creator of Make Way for Ducklings, and sculptor Nancy Schön, whose famous bronze ducks grace Boston Public Garden"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 KUNBorden, Louise.
Summary: Describes the popular children's authors' childhoods and early life together, their travels and marriage in Brazil, and their dramatic escape from World War II-torn Europe on bicycles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB REY BORSummary: "Sixty-five of the world's leading writers open up about the books and authors that have meant the most to them. These wide-ranging interviews are conducted by Pamela Paul, the editor of the The New York Times Book Review, featuring personalities as varied as David Sedaris, Hilary Mantel, Michael Chabon, Khaled Hosseini, Anne Lamott, and James Patterson. These questions and answers admit us...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 800 BYMurakami, Haruki
Summary: "A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author's own novels. Haruki Murakami's myriad fans will be delighted by this unique look into the mind of a master storyteller. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 895.63 MURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 895.64 MURCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B MURAKAMI MURPaulsen, Gary
Summary: The three-time Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet shares the story of his turbulent childhood, his escape into military service and the life-changing impact of an encouraging librarian who handed him his first book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PAUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PAUSexton, Colleen A.
Summary: Presents a biography of celebrated author, J.K. Rowling, and chronicles her life, personal and professional challenges and achievements, and how she rose from poverty to eventually set records in the publishing industry with her Harry Potter series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2008
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ROWLING SexGantos, Jack.
Summary: The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2002
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 813.54 GANPinkney, Andrea Davis
Summary: "A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day. The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats's obvious talent, his father worried that Ezra's dream of being an artist was an unrealistic one. But Ezra was determined. By high...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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Summary: A collection of essays on life as a writer urges aspirants to the craft to take chances, learn self-acceptance, and make a daily commitment to writing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1990
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Summary: The author shares his insights into the craft of writing and offers a humorous perspective on his own experience as a writer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 KINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 813.54 KINBukowski, Charles
Summary: "Charles Bukowski's stories, poems, and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. In this collection of correspondence--letters to publishers, editors, friends, and fellow writers--the writer shares his insights on the art of creation." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 BUKChee, Alexander
Summary: "From the author of The Queen of the Night, an essay collection exploring how we form our identities in life, in politics, and in art" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 CHEWolf, Naomi.
Summary: Bestselling author Naomi Wolf was brought up to believe that happiness is something that can be taught--and learned. In this book, she shares the enduring wisdom of her father, a poet and teacher who believes that every person is an artist in their own unique way, and that personal creativity is the secret of happiness. Leonard Wolf is a true eccentric: a tall, craggy, good-looking man in his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 WOLSanders, Scott R. (Scott Russell)
Summary: Writing from the Center is about one very fine writer's quest for a meaningful and moral life. The center he seeks and describes is geographical, emotional, artistic, and spiritual - and it is rooted in place. The geography is midwestern, the impulses are universal. Where and how do we find meaning? Where does a writer find inspiration? How can personal, artistic, family, and community needs be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Indiana University Press 1995
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Summary: "Short autobiography about author's processes of researching, interviewing, and writing his books"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019