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‘Writing is really hard for me. I’m not being facetious; I’m not a natural writer. Every sentence in this book has been rewritten a hundred times’, says John Krakauer at Santa Fe Literary Festival. Holly Baxter examines what the acclaimed authors at the event have revealed about their writing habits

Holly Baxter reports from the Santa Fe Literary Festival on Margaret Atwood’s refusal to mince her words and Don Winslow’s surprising reason for retirement

At the Santa Fe Literary Festival the bestselling crime writer tells Kevin E G Perry about what mobsters have in common with classical mythology, social media skirmishes and why the left needs to reclaim patriotism

SAN DIEGO — In Don Winslow's crime novels, characters regularly face dangers they should have seen coming. Those who ignore the warning signs often wind up dead.

In the mid-’90s, Don Winslow had already published a handful of novels when he decided to fill the gaps in his literary education by reading through a list of the great books of world literature.

The bestselling novelist on his new book, his return to working-class New England and the ending of the Trump saga

The American crime writer on the inspiration for his new book about warring gangs, his sudden thirst for poetry and why reading Jane Austen wears him out

City on Fire by Don Winslow; A Tidy Ending Joanna Cannon; Say Her Name by Dreda Say Mitchell and Ryan Carter; Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare; and Three Assassins by Kotaro Isaka