Supreme Court writer switches genres

By Courteney Stuart |
Published online 2:32pm Tuesday Sep 8th, 2009
and in print issue #0836 dated Thursday Sep 10th, 2009

hotseat-lithwickCharlottesvillian Dahlia Lithwick, Slate.com's Supreme Court chronicler, is using her nearly month-long paid sabbatical to try her hand at an entirely different genre– chick lit. Can she finish her entire first novel by October 1– just three weeks away? Chapters– and Lithwick's ongoing frame of mind– will be posted daily at Slate.

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2 comments

wondering September 8th, 2009 | 6:10pm

Winston, I've never noticed that. Can you provide an example or two?

Winston September 8th, 2009 | 5:07pm

Shouldn't be too hard; most of what she writes already is fiction.