Home Office Design: DC Writers’ Rooms Photos of family, works by great authors, a homemade quilt—Washington writers talk about the spaces and objects that inspire them to create.

In July, they purchased a prewar unit in the shadow of the George Washington Bridge, and Ms. Raboteau, 33, the author of “The Professor’s Daughter,” decided that Mr. LaValle, 38, whose most ...

For Max Borenstein, penning Season 1 of “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” wasn’t his ideal writing situation. While he used his home office in Venice and spent most of his days ...

All these items are tax-deductible as home office expenses, including the 200 square feet of the writer’s house, since that room is used for business purposes.