Mentors, Muses & Monsters
30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives
By Elizabeth Benedict
(Free Press, Hardcover, 9781439108611, 288pp.)
Publication Date: October 27, 2009
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Description
A collection of essays by 30 of today's most important writers--including Jonathan Safran Foer, Jane Smiley, Anita Shreve, ZZ Packer, and Joyce Carol Oates--details the people, events, or books that have influenced their writing.











