Peculiar practices of prominent writers

From James Joyce and Agatha Christie to Edgar Allen Poe, a new book looks at the odd rituals of some of literature’s most notable scribes. So who do you think did it in the tub?

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Minds out of the gutter, people—we’re talking writing habits here.

Celia Blue Johnson’s new book, “Odd Type Writers,” explores the “obsessive habits and quirky techniques of great authors.”

Blue recently highlighted a few writers and their habits for the Huffington Post.

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