The Companion to Nabokov

The Companion to Nabokov provides a concise introduction to the creative world of one of the twentieth century's most important writers. Fourteen individual essays cover such topics as Nabokov's storytelling techniques, his achievements as a short story writer, his evolution as a novelist, his relationship to the literary currents of his day, his world-view, and his lasting artistic legacy, particularly through Lolita, his most famous and controversial work.

The Provost by John Galt

John Galt (2 May 1779 – 11 April 1839) was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commenter. Because he was the first novelist to deal with issues of the industrial revolution, he has been called the first political novelist in the English language.

How to Be a Bestselling Novelist

How to Be a Bestselling Novelist? Celebrity authors, including Tom Clancy and Jilly Cooper, talk candidly about how they started writing and how their careers developed, expressing their views on failure, success and the publishing industry. A must for aspiring authors, this entertaining book provides valuable and fascinating insights into how some of the world's most successful writers made it to where they are today.

Starred Review. Bestseller Simmons (The Terror) brilliantly imagines a terrifying sequence of events as the inspiration for Dickens's last, uncompleted novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, in this unsettling and complex thriller. In the course of narrowly escaping death in an 1865 train wreck and trying to rescue fellow passengers, Dickens encounters a ghoulish figure named Drood, who had apparently been traveling in a coffin. Dickens pursues the elusive Drood, an effort that leads the pair to a nightmarish world beneath London's streets. 

The Successful Novelist reveals the truth about writing, providing the perspective authors need to write successful fiction that sells.