Ariel Lawhon on Writing History: The Blurred Lines Between Fact and Fiction
We asked Ariel to tell us about the truth lying just beneath the surface of her novel, and what a truth it is!(READ MORE)
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Historical Fiction
How to Bring the Moors to Life, by Laila Lalami
In her latest novel, The Moor’s Account, Laila Lalami channels the voice of the first black explorer of America, a Moroccan slave named Mustafa al-Zamori, who was called Estebanico.(READ MORE)
Historical Friction, Or: Writing the Past with Skin in the Game
Andrew Lewis Conn, author of O, Africa!, joins us to discuss historical fiction, Jonathan Franzen, and the bruising endeavor known as the humanity business. (READ MORE)
From Zombies to History: A Q&A with Max Brooks
As Max Brooks’ new novel, The Harlem Hellfighters, lands in stores, we caught up with the author to talk zombies, history, and more.(READ MORE)
April Smith on History and Fiction
'Fiction offers freedom from time and form (you create your own) as well as the exciting chance to create a unique voice with which to tell the story.' (READ MORE)
Gold Star Motherhood: April Smith on the Touching Story Behind ‘A Star for Mrs. Blake’
In this illuminating conversation with April Smith, author of the historical fiction A Star for Mrs. Blake, Smith carries us into the past in a post-WWI society, as we join Cora Blake and other "Gold Star Mothers" who were funded by the government to visit their lost children in the battlefields of France. (READ MORE)
