Writer in the Library: 41 Writers Reveal How They Use Libraries to Develop Their Skill, Craft & Careers

This non-fiction reference work collects the interviews and submissions of fiction and non-fiction writers who discuss the impact of libraries on their career development. Numerous transcripts, photos, biographies, library quotations, footnotes, a glossary, and an index present the information as a teaching tool for the reader. The contributors cross gender, race, political, philosophical, cultural, subject, and genre lines. Each had something significant to share about the importance of the library to the writer.

Writer in the Library has been added to many fine collections such as Ames Public Library, Chicago Public Library, Drake University, Grand View University, Illinois State Library, Los Angeles Public Library, University of Chicago, Iowa State University, Loras College, Allen Public Library, University of Iowa, University of Nevada, University of Northern Iowa Library, West Des Moines Public Library, Winterset Public Library, Woodward Public Library, Xavier University of Louisiana, etc.