In 1956 Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, wrote an essay on how to write a successful book, in which he argued that: “There is only one recipe for a bestseller, and it is a very simple one.” ...

It’s hard for parents to help kids with homework without doing it for them.It can be especially difficult to work out where to start when your child is preparing a speech for school.

So, why write a biography of him, and how might one go about it if one did? The answer to the first question might be money. That was certainly Stephen Greenblatt’s motivation in writing a ...