This 3-CD set is like an informal writing clinic, as you listen to these writers talk on NPR's Fresh Air about their lives, experiences and, of course, their writing. While you are listening, Terry Gross draws out from these great writers the answers to your questions, just as the query begins to form in your own head.

The writers interviewed include:

• Stephen King
• Maurice Sendak
• Richard Price
• Philip Roth
• James Baldwin
• Norman Mailer
• Allen Ginsberg
• Joyce Johnson
• John Updike
• David Rakoff
• Fran Lebowitz
• David Sedaris
• Billy Collins

This 3-CD set includes over 3 hours of fascinating interviews with some of the best authors of our time.