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When I started writing The House at Riverton I had very little expectation of publication. I’d already had a couple of manuscripts rejected, I’d recently had a baby, and I felt ...
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With each book I learn more about writing in general and more about myself as a writer. With The Forgotten Garden I learned to trust my own instincts, which can sometimes ...
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The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden both leap between the present and past, with much of the story happening in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, in the lead-up ...
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The Secret Garden was one of my favourite books when I was a little girl. Along with stories like The Faraway Tree and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, it's ...
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I read voraciously as a child and the more I write the more I realize that an essential part of my character (and certainly my inner writer) was formed in those ...
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Not a lot, I’m afraid—I’m superstitious about speaking too much about my people when their stories are still unfolding!—but here’s a little tiny taste: The Distant Hours is set in 1940 ...