Anthony Doerr is the author of four books, The Shell Collector, About Grace, Four Seasons in Rome, and, most recently, Memory Wall.

Doerr’s short fiction has won four O. Henry Prizes and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories, The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories, and The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Fiction.

In this interview, Mr. Doerr talks about writing as a process of trial and error, research as a seed, and failure as part of process of creative discovery.

For more about Mr. Doerr and his work, visit www.anthonydoerr.com