PIPER G. HUGULEY makes her historical fiction debut in June 2022 with the publication of By Her Own Design: a novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register (William Morrow Publishing), who was the Black fashion designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress. She is also the author of Sweet Tea by Hallmark Publishing and the author […]
Hi, Camille! Thanks so much for agreeing to be our March 2022 Author Spotlight. I know you a little bit because for a while we shared the same publisher. But can you tell our readers about yourself generally? Hi! Thank you for having me. I live in coastal Virginia after having lived in San Antonio, San […]
What is Your Research Process? Hello, all! It is my hope that these images will help you picture my process in gathering facts for my novels. In brief, here are my steps: 1) Select the time and place of my novel. 2a) Begin to research the time and place – broadly at first, reading biographies, […]
The material in this post originally appeared in my panel discussion for the 2021 Historical Novel Society Conference, Fact in Fiction: Bringing Long-Lost World to Life. It is my hope that these images will help you picture my process in gathering facts for my novels. In brief, here are my steps: 1) Select the time […]
Lessons from the Trenches: Working through Criticism Accepting and then working through criticism of a manuscript is one of the hardest things we do as writers. I have gotten better at it over the years, but it still smarts—especially when I’ve already revised something many times and think it’s “done.” What you do with criticism, […]
Jodi Daynard is the author of a bestselling historical novel trilogy that began with The Midwife's Revolt and continued with Our Own Country and A More Perfect Union. Her fourth novel, A Transcontinental Affair, is about two women on the first-ever transcontinental railroad excursion in 1871. A writer of fiction, essays, and short stories, her work has appeared in numerous periodicals, including the New York Times Book Review, the Village Voice, the Paris Review, AGNI, and the New England Review. Ms. Daynard has taught writing at Harvard University, MIT, and in the MFA program at Emerson College.
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