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In this cogent, accessible biography, Andy Stafford offers a new picture of the man and his work, one that helps…

Ever wonder what makes fantastic writers so effective? This book will show you how legendary authors — from Virginia Woolf to Stephen King — honed their masterpieces. “These 12 essays are like 12 perfect university lectures on the craft of writing fiction” (Library Journal starred review).

“Bracingly vivid… ferociously honest” (Los Angeles Times): A New York Times bestselling author explores self-image and health as she relives her journey of pain and discovery. This “luminous” memoir (The New York Times Book Review) has over 38,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

“Searching, funny, warm” (O, The Oprah Magazine): When Betsy returned home to care for her sick mother, she found their tense relationship unexpectedly repaired with the help of the local bridge club. A “beautifully written, bittersweet story of ladies of a certain age and era” (Publishers Weekly).

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author! Lev Nussimbaum’s life was stranger than fiction: Using pen names, he became a popular author in Nazi Germany — despite his secret Jewish heritage. This “thrilling, novelistic, and rich” biography (Entertainment Weekly) is “a page-turner of epic proportion” (Booklist).

A New York Times bestseller: Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees, and her daughter, Ann, spent two years traveling together in Greece, Turkey, and France. In this “thoughtful, honest, and uplifting” memoir (Los Angeles Times), they reflect on the lessons they learned during their journey.

A modern classic and New York Times bestseller from a beloved poet and memoirist: Maya Angelou paints a “simultaneously touching and comic” portrait (The New York Times) of her time growing up, experiencing prejudice and trauma and learning about love and kindness.

With nearly 1,100 five-star Goodreads ratings: Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley both defied tradition and influenced literary and feminist history. Their lives are “explored with remarkable insight… in this exhilarating dual biography” (Publishers Weekly).

From one of the world’s most beloved writers and “New York Times” bestselling author of “One Summer,” a vivid, nostalgic,…

The celebrated, Nobel Prize–winning author of East of Eden recounts his cross-country quest to rediscover America in this #1 New York Times bestseller. “Pure delight, a pungent potpourri of places and people” (The New York Times Book Review).