You gotta love the headline of this piece on an Elmore Leonard reading in Palm Beach, Florida. Dude, if there were any secrets, wouldn’t they be out by now? The PB Post writer continues waxing about said secrets well into the article.
[Elmore Leonard] lifted the veil several times in his talk, making unbelievable literary success sound unbelievably simple. It involves setting up chapters as scenes, and letting the characters talk. Leonard said he simply tries to be invisible.
So now you know the secret. What are you waiting for? Go and write.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.