10 Great Books About Books According to Crimereads

"I recently came across the first pages of a crime novel, written when I was 11. It was about an author who steals someone else's plot and is subsequently murdered. At this point in my life I'd never met a writer or written a book. Why was I already so interested in books about books? When I was finally published, I wrote 'Summer School' which follows the fortunes of a group of students on a creative writing course in Tuscany. I adored writing this book, especially the parts where I could become the different writers: the aspiring children's author, the smug lifestyle guru, the businessman who thinks it must be easy to write a best-seller, the horror fan and the retired civil servant turned crime writer. Their tutor tells his students what to avoid in a plot: legacies, marriage proposals, happy endings, a hero on a white horse. With my thirtieth book, I've come right back to the dastardly deeds of writers. Here are ten of my favourite books about books." - crimereads.com