{"product_id":"on-teaching-and-writing-fiction-9780142001479","title":"On Teaching and Writing Fiction","description":"Wallace Stegner founded the acclaimed Stanford Writing Program-a program whose alumni include such literary luminaries as Larry McMurtry, Robert Stone, and Raymond Carver. Here Lynn Stegner brings together eight of Stegner's previously uncollected essays-including four never-before-published pieces -on writing fiction and teaching creative writing. In this unique collection he addresses every aspect of fiction writing-from the writer's vision to his or her audience, from the use of symbolism to swear words, from the mystery of the creative process to the recognizable truth it seeks finally to reveal. His insights will benefit anyone interested in writing fiction or exploring ideas about fiction's role in the broader culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWallace Stegner\u003c\/b\u003e (1909-1993) was the author of, among other novels, \u003ci\u003e All the Little Live Things\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of a Commonwealth Club Gold Medal), \u003ci\u003eAngle of Repose\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator Bird\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the National Book Award). His nonfiction includes\u003ci\u003e The Sound of Mountain Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West\u003c\/i\u003e. Three of his short stories won O. Henry Prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003efor his lifetime literary achievements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynn Stegner\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eUndertow, Fata Morgana, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePipers at the Gates of Dawn.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409714090258,"sku":"9780142001479","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ca3b63aa-f2c9-4275-b630-0c4fda10701f.jpg?v=1729292704","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-teaching-and-writing-fiction-9780142001479","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}