Illuminating Fiction: A Collection of Author Interviews with Today's Best Writers of Fiction

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Illuminating Fiction: A Collection of Author Interviews with Today's Best Writers of Fiction
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Sherry Ellis
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
Category/GenreCreative writing and creative writing guides
ISBN/Barcode 9781597090681
Audience
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Publishing Details

Publisher Red Hen Press
Imprint Red Hen Press
Publication Date 1 April 2009
Publication Country United States

Description

Illuminating Fiction contains nineteen interviews with fiction-writing luminaries including Edward P. Jones, Julia Glass, Amy Bloom, Jill McCorkle, Margot Livesy, Ron Carlson and Steve Almond. The interviews contain questions about narrative, voice, character, place, point of view, arc of the story ovel plot, and revision; questions about t

Author Biography

Sherry Ellis is the editor of NOW WRITE! Fiction Writing Exercises From Today's Best Writers and Teachers, which was selected as one of the best writing books of 2006 by "The Writer" magazine. Her book of non-fiction writing exercises is forthcoming. Ellis is the author of a novel in progress called The Goode Books, a book about a biracial family of five women, which is told in their own voices. Her early interviews appeared in "The Kenyon Review", "Glimmer Train", "The Iowa Review", The Writer's Chronicle" and other literary and arts magazines and journals. She is a writing coach who has taught in Concord, Mass.