San Diego-based writer Amy Wallen's latest book, "How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies" is a hybrid memoir, writing-craft guide and cookbook, with illustrations by Emil Wilson. The book looks at Wallen's ...

Classic rock music has produced few songs as layered, mysterious, and intertextual as Don McLean’s “American Pie.” The tune took many years to complete. McLean explained why it took so long to write ...

“What are your qualifications?” Beth Howard was asked at her first pie-making job. “I’m from Iowa,” she replied. After an unexpectedly cold trip to Phoenix, author and pie connoisseur Beth Howard ...