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    • About this page
      I often get asked questions about my novels, about writing, about process. Here are the questions I'm most frequently asked.

       

      Interviews on-line
      Q&A at The Inkwell Review

      Wendy Dunn's interview for The History Bookshop blog

      Interview with Susan Flanders

      Interview with C.W. Gortner

      January Magazine interview

       



      [Photo at top ©James Brylowski]

       

     

 

Q & A

These are the questions I’m most often asked. (Click to see my answers.)

How much is fact and how much is fiction?

Are you ever criticized by historians?  

Who is your favorite character: Josephine or Louise? 

How do you work? Do you work on computer or do you write long-hand? In the morning or at night?

What interested you about Louise de la Vallière?

What’s next?

Questions about Mistress of the Sun:

About the novel

About Louise de la Vallière

About Diablo and Bone Magic

About the research

Questions about reading, writing … 

About writing

About my research method

About historical fiction

About Josephine B.

 

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