When I was nine, I learned what it meant to be adopted. My mother was adopted as a toddler and always spoke of the gift of being raised by her parents, my grandparents. Since that fact is totally undisputed, I also remember turning to my mother one day and asking, “But what about our medical … Read more

By Melissa Stewart Take a moment to reflect on these dueling headlines: “Will my grandchildren still love me if I buy them nonfiction?” The Washington PostDecember 12, 2020. “Non-fiction is cool, and our kids know it.” Scientific AmericanDecember 3, 2021. In the first article, columnist Jay Matthews asserts, “The books students read are almost always … Read more

In our Can Writing Be Taught? series, we partner with Catapult to ask their instructors all of our burning questions about the process of learning to write. This month we feature Jason Schwartzman, an essayist, novelist, and author of the memoir Nobody You Know: Strangers and the Stories We Tell. Watch the 4-week online nonfiction … Read more

“Write what you know,” they say. Which at first glance is good advice. But what if you’re writing about murder? What if, like me, your book was about the most depraved killers the world has ever seen? Then, just maybe, you write what you can research. my new novel the echoman, revolves around a serial … Read more