What could possibly happen when four authors of historical fiction sit down together and start talking about the audacious and independent women in their respective novels, the art that defined these women, and why their stories still speak to us now?
Well, an exciting, enticing conversation, that’s what could happen! And that’s exactly what did happen when Nancy (NJ) Mastro, Joan Fernandez, Lisa Groen, and I joined forces recently.
Each of us was drawn to write about a woman that history nearly overlooked. For me, that was Angelica Kauffman, whose story I told in The Vow. History forgot about Angelica for about one hundred years, until she resurfaced in the 1990s.
One of my favorite moments in our conversation occurs when we discover that a character in The Vow also features in Nancy’s Solitary Walker. This is all the more amazing because he is not a well-remembered historical personage. (If you’re curious who that is, you’ll have to watch the video to find out …)
I’m really happy to share this conversation with you now on Substack at:
The Art of Independence.
And, we enjoyed doing this so much that we decided to follow it up with a (free) live Q&A on July 23rd. (If you can’t make that date, register anyway and we’ll send you a recording.) Oh, and registering will also enter you in our 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚!
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