Monday, February 18, 2008
The Writers' Show
Writers’ Show - 37 - John Vaillant
John Vaillant, a journalist living in Vancouver, wrote the seminal story for "The New Yorker" that led to the writing of The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed, published first by Norton in the U.S. and then, with a different edit, by Knopf Canada. The Golden Spruce won the Governor General's award for English non-fiction in 2005.
Topics: his learning curve at "The New Yorker", the influence of his agent, the development of an article into a book-length manuscript, working with Louise Dennys at Knopf Canada, what he learned about his writing and himself as a writer.
"I feel like most of my life I was dodging my destiny until I started writing."
Music is Tom Waits' "What's He Building" & "Colossal Head," Los Lobos
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