David Jaher on E. L. Doctorow and the Best Kind of Mentors
David Jaher discusses the importance of literary mentors, their influence and the relationship that exists between mentor and mentee.(READ MORE)
Writer's Craft
Salman Rushdie on Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Influence
For Biographile’s Under the Influence series,we turned to Rushdie's writings on the nature of influence in the life of a writer.(READ MORE)
Mad as a Hatter: 13 Weirdly Wise Words from the Works of Lewis Carroll
Usher in Mad Hatter Day on October 6 with these kooky quotes from across Lewis Carroll's works.(READ MORE)
Watch: The Book to Which Harry Turtledove Owes It All
Our peers at AuthorCuts learned in a quick minute about the one book to which Harry Turtledove owes, well, everything.(READ MORE)
Tamara Ellis Smith on the Sense and Struggle of Longing
For Under the Influence, Tamara Ellis Smith ponders longing and how it can overtake us until we set it aside.(READ MORE)
How the Corleones Came Creeping In, by Brian Panowich
When asked about what influenced him, Brian Panowich talks about the inadvertent inspiration behind his debut novel, Bull Mountain.(READ MORE)
Azar Nafisi on the Mother of All Storytelling
Azar Nafisi explains how One Thousand and One Nights perfectly represents to her the power of imagination.(READ MORE)
A Life of Writing: Exploring the Literary Lineage of J.M. Coetzee
In J.M. Coetzee and the Life of Writing, David Atwell inspects Coetzee’s archives, comparing Coetzee’s personal history and his preferred literary themes(READ MORE)
Margaret Atwood on the Minimalist Morals of Beatrix Potter
The first prose books I was exposed to that had plots were the works of Beatrix Potter. My mother would read them aloud to us kids, doing all the voices. She was a brilliant reader-aloud. Some feel th(READ MORE)
Under the Influence: 35+ Authors Share Their Inspiration
In our latest month-long series, we ask writers including Margaret Atwood, Tess Gerritsen, and Otto Penzler to share their literary inspiration.(READ MORE)