Tucson Festival of Books

Workshop: Writing the Hard Stuff


Nicole Walker, author of "Writing the Hard Stuff," will discuss how to turn difficult and personal histories into compelling and meaningful stories. Drawing from her experience teaching students, Walker offers methods to write the hard stuff effectively.


Panelist
Nicole Walker

Nicole Walker teaches creative writing at Northern Arizona University and is the author of numerous books on topics ranging from the modern food industry to climate change. Most recently she is the author of "How to Plant a Billion Trees," a memoir about her survival of sexual abuse....

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Book:
Writing the Hard Stuff
Turning Difficult Subjects Into Meaningful Prose
Nicole Walker
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Bloomsbury Academic
November 2025
ISBN 9781350518650
176 pages
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