What historical fiction means to me: a groundling's perspective
'The best historical fiction authors walk a tightrope: while their writing must illuminate the past through an illusion of authenticity, it must also make emotional and psychological connections with contemporary readers. Finding and keeping that balance is no mean feat.' Recently, I've been compiling and editing a number of Interviews for the Historical Novel Society of Australasia and I couldn't help but have a go at answering some of the questions myself. I was asked to in