num_pages: 111
description: A best-selling, Pulizer Prize-winning author looks at her craft and, in a series of illuminating metaphors and anecdotes, paints a picture of a demanding, unpredictable, and sometimes absurd existence
language: English
title: The Writing Life
titlecomplete: The Writing Life
genres: Crafts, Biography, Essays, Writing, Books About Books, Reference, Nonfiction, Art, Memoir, Audiobook
ratings_count: 16721
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Ambassador Book Award
category: American Arts & Letters
publisher: HarperCollins