num_pages: 95
description: Drawing on a series of interviews with McCarthy, as well as a collection of the author's letters and papers, this biography provides new insights into the life and innovative work of one of America's premier female authors. 20,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and Her World
titlecomplete: Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and Her World
genres: Biography, American, Nonfiction, Female Authors, History
ratings_count: 41
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography/Autobiography
publisher: Clarkson Potter