from xml.dom import minidom

doc = minidom.Document()
doc.appendChild(doc.createComment("This is a simple xml."))
booklist = doc.createElement("booklist")
doc.appendChild(booklist)

def addBook(newbook):
book = doc.createElement("book")
book.setAttribute("id", newbook["id"])

title = doc.createElement("title")
title.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(newbook["title"]))
book.appendChild(title)

author = doc.createElement("author")
name = doc.createElement("name")
firstname = doc.createElement("firstname")
firstname.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(newbook["firstname"]))
lastname = doc.createElement("lastname")
lastname.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(newbook["lastname"]))
name.appendChild(firstname)
name.appendChild(lastname)
author.appendChild(name)
book.appendChild(author)

pubdate = doc.createElement("pubdate")
pubdate.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(newbook["pubdate"]))
book.appendChild(pubdate)

booklist.appendChild(book)

addBook({"id":"1001","title":"An apple","firstname":"Peter","lastname":"Zhang","pubdate":"2016-1-12"})
addBook({"id":"1002","title":"Love","firstname":"Mike","lastname":"Li","pubdate":"2016-1-10"})
addBook({"id":"1003","title":"Steve.Jobs","firstname":"Tom","lastname":"Wang","pubdate":"2015-1-19"})
addBook({"id":"1004","title":"Harry Potter","firstname":"Peter","lastname":"Cheng","pubdate":"2011-11-11"})

f = file("book.xml","w")
doc.writexml(f)
f.close()