Yes, this really is my desk. And the website of Lauren Kessler, writer, narrative journalist and author of eleven books of literary nonfiction.

Here’s the latest news:

My latest book, Free: Two years, six lives and the long journey home, is here! Read an interview

Watch this episode of “Both Sides of the Bars” about the challenges of reentry with me and Sterling Cunio.

An interview about A Grip of Time: When prison is your life with the inimitable Nancy Pearl of “Book Lust” fame.

Curious about A Grip of Time: When Prison is your life? Read reviews and an excerpt here. And BUY it!

Read my weekly essay-style post at laurenchronicles.com.

Audio versions of A Grip of Time, Raising the Barre and Counterclockwise (all narrated by my alter-ego Hollis McCarthy) are available.

And check out my book, The Write Path: Essays on the Art of Writing and the Joys of Reading.

People magazine chose Raising the Barre as a best new book, calling it “eloquent, funny and…inspiring.”

Watch this episode of Raising the Barre on Public TV’s Between the Lines

I am (unexpectedly) honored…inducted into University of Washington Hall of Fame.