By Ann Napolitano I’ve always been fascinated by historical fiction. I marveled at the guts of Michael Cunningham, setting out to re-imagine the grand Virginia Woolf in The Hours. I crept nervously into The Master by Colm Toibin, because Henry James is one of my favorite writers and I was afraid Toibin would …
via Daring to Own an Icon: Writing Historical Fiction.
Brave article about writing a historical fiction book based upon a real life person who lived during very recent history. Historical fiction is challenging enough but I applaud those writers who tackle real life people and write novels about them.
DH Hanni 