Author Bob Martin shares his methods for structuring his stories as he writes and how it helps him keep track of multiple story lines. He also offers his approach to intersecting those story lines and how he became "un-stuck" in bringing his book's...

Novelist and journalist Laura Dave shares her perspective on the pressures placed on women these days and how her books tap into the decisions women are required to make as they balance competing priorities. Even if you don't write for women you'll want...

Award-winning author Paul Yoon describes how he came to write his novel Run Me to Earth , a beautiful, aching novel following three kids orphaned in 1960s Laos—and how their destinies are entwined across decades, anointed by Hernan Diaz as “one of those...

Novelist and journalist Laura Dave shares her perspective on the pressures placed on women these days and how her books tap into the decisions women are required to make as they balance competing priorities. Even if you don't write for women you'll want...

Debut novelist Susie Yang describes how she came to write her critically acclaimed –and Today Show “Read With Jenna” Book Club Pick– novel, White Ivy . White Ivy follows a young woman, Ivy Lin, and how her crush on a privileged former classmate becomes...

Author Peggy Kelsey shares how her book came to be and why it was so important to her to tell the story and experiences of a group of Afghanistan women. It's a great reminder about no matter how different we all are, we all share the human experience...

Author Peggy Kelsey shares how her book came to be and why it was so important to her to tell the story and experiences of a group of Afghanistan women. It's a great reminder about no matter how different we all are, we all share the human experience...

Sometimes being able to relate to children requires adults to revisit their own childhood, putting themselves in a child-like mindset. For children's co-authors Felicia Low-Jimenez and Adan Jimenez (A.J. Low), relating to children comes easy because...

Chuck Quinzio, cameraman and author, discusses his writing process and inspiration for crafting his nonfiction book. While working in a new industry, he collected stories and detailed the adventures he came across and the people he met. He says he...

Chuck Quinzio, cameraman and author, discusses his writing process and inspiration for crafting his nonfiction book. While working in a new industry, he collected stories and detailed the adventures he came across and the people he met. He says he...