The Story Behind Defending Jacob by William Landay

The Story Behind the Book is Literarily Speaking's newest feature. Here we find out either the inspiration behind authors' books or how they got published. Today's guest is William Landay, author of the family drama novel, Defending Jacob.

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I don't know that there is ever a single moment of lightning-bolt inspiration for a novel, at least for a novel of any complexity. Usually the writing process involves the slow, methodical...