From a Wall Street Journal review by Meghan Cox Gurdon of the book by Dan Wakefield titled “Kurt Vonnegut: The Making of a Writer”:

You are leafing through The Wall Street Journal and you notice the name Kurt Vonnegut in a book review. You remember liking something of his. Maybe it was a novel: “Breakfast of Champions” or “Cat’s Cradle.” Maybe it was one of his short stories: “Harrison Bergeron” or “Report on the Barnhouse Effect.” The connection is enough to make you start reading. You learn that Vonnegut’s friend Dan Wakefield has written a book called “Kurt Vonnegut: The Making of a Writer.”