She says that historical fiction writers approach the past through known facts and ruins, but their knowledge is still limited. Sometimes all you have to rely on is what other people have written ...
The six contenders for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction have been revealed. Authors from England, Ireland, Trinidad, Canada and Malaysia are on the shortlist for the £25,000 award ...
We writers do our best ... What do you see as the role of literature, particularly historical fiction, in responding to present-day issues? Quite interestingly and surprisingly, Bengal Hound ...