Red Room Where the Writers Are

In my post, “I Could Write a Great Novel If Only I Had a Story to Tell,” I neglected my own favorite kind of plot trigger: secrets.

You’ve probably met a few writer types who say they don’t own a TV.Maybe you're even one of them.

I'm supposed to be writing my book on Quincy Jones. I have transcripts from four visits with the great musician to pore through, to mark up and put into potential chapters.

Please help me celebrate the publication of my new novel, NO ONE YOU KNOW, tonight at Books Inc. Opera Plaza.

 601 Van Ness, San Francisco

When I started writing NO ONE YOU KNOW, I knew that I wanted to write a book about storytelling, about the blurred line between fact and fiction, about

It’s generally understood that when you receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, it means that you don