Dani Shapiro, novelist and memoirist, shares her position on her still private life just as her latest book Still Writing: The Pleasures and Perils of a Creative Life comes to stores -- and just as Biographile's Lessons Learned month wraps up.(READ MORE)
L. Marie Adeline, the author of S.E.C.R.E.T. Shared, shares the secret to a good story and the origin of her confidence as a writer. (READ MORE)
Margaret Klaw, author of Keeping It Civil: The Case of the Pre-nup and the Porsche and Other True Accounts from the Files of a Family Lawyer, shares the lesson about decision making that she learned through her career – and her writing.(READ MORE)
The author of the novel A Study in Sherlock turned to Sherlock Holmes as a character in her latest book – and learned a lesson about re-creating fictional figures.(READ MORE)
Luke Barr, author of Provence, 1970, speaks to the intimate nature of letters and the importance of internalizing your source material. (READ MORE)
In Shahan Mufti's new memoir The Faithful Scribe, he contrasts his own personal experiences in Pakistan with those of his recent and ancient relatives. Through the process of writing and putting words to thoughts, he's learned how much truer life becomes. "In the translation that occurs between the mind,...(READ MORE)
Sean B. Carroll, author of Brave Genius, shares the maxim that defines his writing, as well as the lives of his subjects, Jacques Monod and Albert Camus.(READ MORE)
Alison Wolf, the author of The XX Factor, shares her thoughts on how even the smallest changes can impact the greater social landscape, and how those changes alter values and expectations.(READ MORE)
Brian Jay Jones, author of the brand-new and first-ever bio of the man behind Muppets, Jim Henson: The Biography, shares the essential lesson he learned from his subject during Biographile's Lessons Learned month.(READ MORE)
Bob Forrest, author of Running with Monsters, recalls his experience preparing to write his memoir and shares how he learned to cope with all of the unanswered questions. (READ MORE)
