In 1997 Mark Salzman, bestselling author Iron and Silk and Lying Awake, paid a reluctant visit to a writing class at L.A.’s Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup fo

Mark Salzman never thought he would be teaching writing at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for kids in LA, but their writing changed his mind. Underneath their

"How often do you begin reading a book that makes you—immediately, urgently, desperately—want to read more books?” (Booklist). Nick Hornby has managed to