" ... Based on interviews, the text includes extracts from novels, short stories and poems, some of which have not been published before. The authors talk about what is important to them as writers, the mechanics of writing, and why they write what they do. They also discuss those inexplicable 'moments of invention' or inspiration that are at the heart of creative writing. The accompanying photographs are, in themselves, moments of invention, capturing writers in their own environments and bringing to life the people behind the writing. ..."--Back cover.