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Writing Historical Fiction: A Writers' and Artists' Companion
Writing Historical Fiction: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an invaluable companion for a writer working in this challenging and popular literary genre, whether your period is Ancient Rome or World War II.
PART 1 includes reflections on the genre and provides a short history of historical fiction. PART 2 contains guest contributions from Margaret Atwood, Ian Beck, Madison Smartt Bell, Ronan Bennett, Vanora Bennett, Tracy Chevalier, Lindsay Clarke, Elizabeth Cook, Anne Doughty, Sarah Dunant, Michel Faber, Margaret George, Philippa Gregory, Katharine McMahon, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Hilary Mantel, Alan Massie, Ian Mortimer, Kate Mosse, Charles Palliser, Orhan Pamuk, Edward Rutherfurd, Manda Scott, Adam Thorpe, Stella Tillyard, Rose Tremain, Alison Weir and Louisa Young. PART 3 offers practical exercises and advice on such topics as research, plots and characters, mastering authentic but accessible dialogue and navigating the world of agents and publishers.Book Details
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Publish Date: Jan 30th, 2014
- Pages: 344
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.80in - 5.10in - 1.00in - 0.75lb
- EAN: 9781780937854
- Categories: • Writing - General• General
About the Author
Brayfield, Celia: - Celia Brayfield is a multi-award-winning novelist, journalist and critic. She is the author of 9 novels ranging from modern social fiction to international bestsellers including Wild Weekend (2004) and Sunset (1999). She also teaches Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. Born in North London, Celia was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and briefly studied French language and literature at Grenoble University. She has one daughter and lives in Dorset.
Angier, Carole: - Carole Angier is the author of Jean Rhys: Life & Work (shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize) and The Double Bond: A Life of Primo Levi. She was educated at the universities of McGill, Oxford and Cambridge. She taught academic and life writing for many years and has edited several books of refugee writing. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Sprott, Duncan: - Duncan Sprott is a writer and journalist. His novels include 1784 and Our Lady of the Potatoes.
Cline, Sally: - Sally Cline, award-winning biographer, short story writer and winner of the BBC short story contest, is the author of ten books, including ground-breaking biographies of Radclyffe Hall, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Advisory Fellow for the Royal Literary Fund and a judge and mentor for the Arts Council Escalator scheme. She has an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Anglia Ruskin University, where she is Writer in Residence and a mentor on the MA in Creative Writing.
Praise for this book
"A treasure trove of elegant and inspiring thoughts about historical fiction, cut with hard-nosed practical advice. A must for all writers and lovers of the field." --Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles
"Celia Brayfield and Duncan Sprott have put together a guide to writing historical fiction that is both friendly and instructive, welcoming readers and writers to the genre ... the insight into how successful authors work and the advice they give to anyone wishing to write historical fiction should prove to be a positive preface for many future novelists." --Sarah Powell, Reference Reviews, Vol. 29.1