Sally Cline: 4 books

A biography about the glamour, romance, and tragedy of “the first American flapper” (F. Scott Fitzgerald). Zelda Fitzgerald was seen as the mythical American Dream Girl of the Roaring Twenties. Her romance with F. Scott Fitzgerald became a symbol of Jazz Age glamour and spectacle. But not...

Dashiell Hammett changed the face of crime fiction. In five novels published over five years as well as a string of stories, he transformed the mystery genre into literature and left us with the figure of the hard-boiled detective, from the Continental Op to Sam Spade—immortalized on film by Humphrey...

Literary Non-Fiction: A Writers' & Artists' Companionis an essential guide to writing in a wide range of genres, from travel writing to feminist polemic and writing on nature, history, death, friendship and sexuality. Part 1 explores the full range of genres and asks the question: what...

Life Writing: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an essential guide to writing biography, autobiography and memoir. PART 1 explores the history and forms of life writing and the challenges and potential pitfalls of the genre. PART 2 includes tips by bestselling writers: Diana Athill,...