Do you feel inspired (or on the contrary, uninspired) by the cities and states you live in? Does your writing mood depend on the weather/climate or does it not matter at all?
Rivers a writer can follow down to the same sea
Between the Book & the World
New York Times bestselling author of THE PARIS WIFE, CIRCLING THE SUN, LOVE AND RUIN, WHEN THE STARS GO DARK, and my forthcoming novel SKYLARK coming January 6th, 2026
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Bodies of Water
On Loons, Lakes, Oceans, and One Very Old Feeling of Being Held
California, Again
Earlier this year, after a series of events in Southern and Northern California, I did something I rarely let myself do.
How do you find the voice for your characters? Did you know the voices for the different characters in Skylark before you started writing or did you discover them through the process of writing?
There is always alchemy involved
Before and After
On renovation, upheaval, and the long middle
SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS
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The City That Keeps Meeting Me Halfway
Reflections on the 15th Anniversary of The Paris Wife
EXCLUSIVE: Read Chapter 1 of SKYLARK
Dear Reader, Happy Holidays from me to you.
A Geography of Belonging
The plane banks over the Na Pali Coast, and I lean closer to the oval window, until I’m all but pressing my face to the glass.
Letting the Mind Swim
“I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.” —Virginia Woolf