Plot is one of the 7 elements of historical fiction. In the original post outlining these seven elements, I wrote: … the plot has to make sense for the time
Beyond writing historical fiction, Jennifer Robson and I share Toronto as our home town and I was delighted to meet her in person two months ago. Goodnight From London, Jennifer’s latest
Formerly a journalist, Fiona Veitch Smith now writes novels, theatre plays, and screenplays. Her mystery series, Poppy Denby Investigates, is set in the 1920s. Fiona has recently written Pilate’s Daughter, a tale of star-crossed
Simon Parke has written many books, both fiction and non-fiction. In The Soldier, the Gaoler, the Spy and her Lover – how’s that for a title? – he brings a true historical account to
Mary Fillmore is the author of An Address in Amsterdam, a novel set during WWII. She is neither Dutch nor Jewish and yet has written a story about the Holocaust
For the past year, I’ve been using the theme Inside Historical Fiction to explore what makes historical fiction unique – any many authors have obliged by answering a series of questions. Today, Melissa Lenhardt
In December, Nicole Evelina responded to my open request for thoughts on the topic ‘inside historical fiction’. After a few email exchanges, I invited her to bring her ideas together
Therese Down’s The End of Law “delves deep into an area of Nazi Germany that few speak of and many often do not know much about”. With that enticing premise, I
Greg Taylor’s novel Lusitania R.E.X won the first M.M. Bennetts Award for historical fiction. The award was presented at last June’s Historical Novel Society conference in Denver and I had the
Dana Chamblee Carpenter teaches creative writing at a university in Nashville, TN. Her short fiction has appeared in The Arkansas Review, Jersey Devil Press, and Maypop and her debut novel, Bohemian Gospel,
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