The practice is known in some parts as “Prousting”. Marcel spent 14 years writing In Search of Lost Time, in bed. He suffered from asthma and allergies and transformed his bedroom by lining the walls ...

Actress and playwright Mae West once famously said, “I do all my writing in bed; everybody knows I do my best to work from there.” While her phrasing’s a little saucy, she did indeed write some of her ...