Good bye Hilary Mantel, and all of the books you might have written
I was shocked to hear last night that Hilary Mantel had died, aged 70. I had read and adored Mantel's…
I like big books and I can not lie
There has been a lot of chatter about big books since the release of Hilary Mantel’s hugely anticipated and physically…
Do historical fiction writers have an obligation to the truth?
The rules of writing historical fiction are notoriously murky. Just how factual does the story need to be if it…
