Where Writers Write

Where Writers Write – William Faulkner

  • Posted on 25th September 2013
Faulkner House Books, New Orleans William Faulkner wrote his first novel, Soldiers’ Pay, at 624 Pirate’s Alley in the 1920s. Now, the house has been turned into a bookshop bearing his name. (Photographs) Find out more about William Faulkner here
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Where Writers Write – Jesmyn Ward

  • Posted on 9th September 2013
Jesmyn Ward in her bedroom in Pass Christian, Miss."I have a room in my house that will one day be a writing and library space, but right now that room is so disorganised that anyone who sees it must think that I'm developing a hoarding…
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Where Writers Write – Edwidge Danticat

  • Posted on 5th September 2013
Haitian-born, Edwidge Danticat in her Miami work space, with her daughters, Leila (left) and Mira. "I like looking at faces while I work. Not actual faces, but paintings and photographs. I keep a pile of pictures, intriguing faces torn from newspaper or magazine pages, from…
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Where Writers Write – Jonathan Lethem

  • Posted on 3rd September 2013
Jonathan Lethem's study in his summer house in Blue Hill, Me. I’ve written portions of six or seven books in this study, but it doesn’t really belong to me. The alcove in which the desk is set, the field and tree line through the windows,…
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Where Writers Write – Julian Barnes

  • Posted on 1st September 2013
Julian Barnes at his desk in North London. "I have worked in this room for 30 years. It is on the first floor, overlooking the tops of two prunus trees, which flower before they leaf, so that in a lucky year there can be both…
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Where Writers Write – Richard Dawkins

  • Posted on 31st August 2013
Richard Dawkins in his cluttered home office near Oxford University. "Well, I don’t write only here. My untidy habits drive me to follow the slash-and-burn (or Mad Hatter) principle. Work on a virgin table until the mess becomes unbearable, then move on to a clean…
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Where Writers Write – Jhumpa Lahiri

  • Posted on 29th August 2013
This is Jhumpa Lahiri's apartment in Rome. "In spite of the chandelier the room feels quite plain. It’s brightest in the mornings, when I tend to write. The desk belonged to the cardiologist of a former pope. The stones and shells along the windowsill are…
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Where Writers Write – Jodi Picoult

  • Posted on 7th June 2013
Jodi Picoult starts her working day at 07:30.  She says, ‘I go up to my office. It’s just two floors up in my house. I first deal with all my emails. I get about 200 emails every day and I answer all my fan mail…
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Where Writers Write – James Patterson

  • Posted on 4th June 2013
Jame's Patterson's Office at his home in Palm Beach The first room of James Patterson's two-room office where he does most of his writing. He writes on white legal pads in pencil. He doesn't use a computer, but does have an iPad. Source for image Read…
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