"Story Behind the Book: Volume 5" collects over 40 essays about writing and editing fiction by some of the finest contemporary authors. These essays reveal vibrant and tumultuous relationship between the author and its work, and candidly explore the process of putting the story together. Includes essays by Sarah Pinborough, J.M. Sidorova, Rod Rees, Dara Horn, Lesley McDowell, David Rain, Kim Lakin Smith, Charlaine Harris, Brian Freeman, Claude Lalumiere, Charlie Lovett, Paul Witcover, Ariel Djanikian, Christopher Brookmyre, Simon Ings, Simon Morden, Michael Gruber, Ian McDonald, J. Sydney Jones, Jaime Lee Moyer, Paul Kane, Stephen Volk, David Moody, Matthew Quinn Martin, Paula Brackston, Phil Rickman, Rebecca Alexander, Jaine Fenn, Francis Knight, Steven Brust and Skyler White, David Hair, Ian Sales, Gareth L. Powell, Justin Richards, Freda Warrington, Nicholas Kaufmann, P.B. Kane, Tom Lloyd, Stan Nicholls, David Drake, Shirin Dubbin, Christopher L. Bennett and Daniel Rabuzzi.