Continuing to write within the world of the Seven Sisters is both a privilege and a slightly terrifying responsibility. After all, these characters belong entirely to my mother, and I am always conscious of the extraordinary relationship readers have built with them over the years. After penning Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt , I naturally assumed it was the end of my own journey with the series (certainly in terms of full novels). But Lucinda Riley’s brilliant characters continued …
Category: Historical Fiction
HOW THE GHOSTS OF ROME CAME TO ME Very soon into the writing of my last novel, My Father’s House , I realised that the book would be one of …
Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romantic tale of young lovers on the lam in 1890s Montana. He shares a few words …
In writing Sisters under the Rising Sun , I have tried to capture the true story of over 500 women and children through the eyes of two main characters. In …
Most of the story of my new novel, An Invitation To The Kennedys , takes place over the course of a week, in the summer of 1938, at the country …
I’m often asked where I get the ideas for my books, and the answer is different every time. The Last Lifeboat began with a nugget of history I discovered back …
Sheila O’ Flanagan, briefly tells us about her first historical novel, The Woman On The Bridge. The story of a young woman caught up in Ireland’s fight for freedom. The …
Books tend to form slowly for me. Usually there’s a novel or two in various states of progress, and particularly early on, and then again between drafts, I’ll bounce between …
My new novel, The Witches of Vardø is inspired by the true events of a series of witch trials on the arctic island of Vardø in Northern Norway in 1662, …
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