WRITING

When Margaret Atwood got tired of long book tours, she developed a pen that would sign books for her long-distance.

The prolific mystery writer took an active part in her husband’s archaeology digs.

The inventor of Magnetic Poetry was thrust into his life's work by one well-timed sneeze.

The author liked to hunt big game. He also liked to eat it.

When an author dies with their work unfinished, do we let it molder in vaults, stash it away in archives, or publish it for all the world to see—even if that’s not what the writer wanted?

Author Kurt Vonnegut hated interviews, but when he did give them, his insights into writing were especially valuable, sage, and practical.

Hungarian brothers László and György Bíró are credited with inventing the pen we still use today.

Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel 'Jane Eyre' was an instant hit—and many of its themes were taken from the author's real life.

Forget “under 30” or even “under 40” lists. Some of the world's most celebrated writers didn’t hit their literary stride until their mid-forties or later.