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Turning Life into Fiction, Robin Hemley's Substack

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Turning Life into Fiction, titled after my craft book, 30 years in print, focuses on various forms of life writing from autobiographical fiction to memoir to autofiction.

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About Robin Hemley

Author of fifteen books of nonfiction and fiction. Former Director of The Nonfiction Writing Program at The University of Iowa, founder of NonfictionNOW conference (Nonfictionow.org), Websites: Oblivion.cafe and Robinhemley.com.

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