Juliet Ashton, a thirty-year-old author, writes to her publisher expressing her desire to stop covering the aftermath of WWII, but Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams invites neighbors to write to Juliet with their stories, which puts her off at first but eventually helps her find inspiration for her next book, and her life.

The author describes how, for nearly two years, she successfully executed a remarkable forgery caper in which she used her talent as a researcher and celebrity biographer to forge more than three hundred letters by literary notables.

Offers detailed maps and visual representations of the physical spaces of such literary works as "The Odyssey," "Robinson Crusoe," "The life of Frederick Douglas," "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "The Library of Babel," and "Watership Down."

Excerpts from criticism of the works of today's novelists, poets, playwrights, and other creative writers.

Excerpts from criticism of the works of today's novelists, poets, playwrights, and other creative writers.

Excerpts from criticism of the works of today's novelists, poets, playwrights, and other creative writers.

Excerpts from criticism of the works of today's novelists, poets, playwrights, and other creative writers.

Excerpts from criticism of the works of today's novelists, poets, playwrights, and other creative writers.