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Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do Condition:Well Read and with a complicated relationshipTwenty of America's bestselling authors share tricks, tips, and secrets of the successful writing life. Anyone who's ever sat down to write a novel or even a story knows how exhilarating and heartbreaking writing can be. So what makes writers stick with it? In Why We Write, twenty well known authors candidly share what keeps them going and what they love mostand leastabout their vocation. Contributing authors include Isabel Allende, David Baldacci,