In this 1985 interview, Irvin Faust tells Don about when he discovered he could write, the start of his career and where he got the idea for his first book, The Steagle, which was turned into a feature film. Faust also discusses his book of short stories, The Year of the Hot Jock: And Other Stories, and his day-time job as a high school counselor. Faust has also written Foreign Devils and Newsreel, and is a winnner of the O. Henry prize.

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For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in RealAudio.