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Susan Minot talks about spending seven years to tell a disturbing story, why writers should pursue a 'disturbing feeling' in their work, and why there's no significant difference between writing a novel or short story.
Historical fiction is flourishing, and its advantages are many. For readers, it combines the familiar with the unknown, as novelists imagine the motivations and thoughts of historical figures. For writers, it provides grounding. Certain characters are already known and even defined. Better yet, the real world produces the most improbable characters. What fiction writer would dare create a character so complex and powerful as Abraham Lincoln? Yet historical fiction comes in many flavors. Here, for starters, are eight:
A Circle of Wives: A Novel
By Alice LaPlante
When a respected surgeon is murdered, the real mystery is: Why was he married to three women at once?
Brooks: The Biography of Brooks Robinson
By Doug Wilson
This biography of the Baltimore Orioles third baseman doesn’t offer enough new information.
Meet one of the renowned writers participating in the Independent's annual Books Alive! conference.
