Ask the Author: Jeannette Hensby
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Jeannette Hensby
Hi there. I'm so pleased that you found the book fascinating. The way that Ian Spencer's and William Wallace's lives were ruined was terrible, and my heart broke for Wallace when I read about his ordeal in his own words. Thank you for taking the time to write. I really appreciate it. God Bless you too, and keep you safe and well in these troubling times. Jeannette.
Jeannette Hensby
My most recent published book is called "Edwin, Adelaide and George". It tells the story of Adelaide Bartlett. The case has fascinated and puzzled people for more than a hundred years. It has puzzled me ever since I read about the case in the 1970s. When I found the full transcript of her 6 day trial at the Old Bailey online, I read it very carefully, and I feel that the answers to the mystery are hidden there within the evidence, so I wrote the book and put forward my theory. I would love feedback from people about whether they agree with my theory, or have different ideas of their own.
Jeannette Hensby
It is true crime that has always interested me as a reader. I am not interested in blood and gore, but the psychology, and the characters fascinate me. I particularly like cases where there is a mystery about what happened, or where there is a possible miscarriage of justice. Now, as a writer, they are the cases that I want to investigate and write about.
Jeannette Hensby
I am currently researching another true crime; the horrific murder of two little girls in Rotherham in 1912. As anyone who has read my first book "The Rotherham Trunk Murder" knows, I had a very personal connection to the murder in that book. I don't have the same personal connection to the murder of 10 year old Amy Collinson, and 7 year old Frances Nicholson, but the murder took place just a hundred yards or so from where I lived in the 1980s and 1990s, so I am hoping to be able to write this book in the same sort of "first hand" style as the Trunk murder book, as I have had very positive feedback about that. The book, when it is finished will be called "The Abdy Farm Murders".
Jeannette Hensby
I answered this question in some detail when I was interviewed by writer and editor, Martyn Beardsley for his blog. It went on the blog yesterday. If you are interested in reading it, the link is https.//ramblingsofawriter.wordpress.com/
His blog is worth a read anyway - some very interesting posts on there.
His blog is worth a read anyway - some very interesting posts on there.
Jeannette Hensby
The best moment was holding my first book in my hand for the first time. If you are inclined to be a writer, it is a similar thing to being an avid reader; you can just lose yourself in what you are writing.
Jeannette Hensby
If you get a real block, you just have to leave it and do something else. This happened to me when I started working on a project about the murder of two little girls in Rotherham. I just couldn't get on with how to approach it so I left it, and wrote "Edwin, Adelaide and George" and another book that I have not yet published ("The South Croydon Poisonings) instead. Martyn Beardsley, a writer and editor that I have been in touch with, gave me a piece of advice which was like shining a light in the dark, so the project is now back on. Martyn interviewed me for his blog. It was published yesterday, and if you are interested to read it, the link is https.//ramblingsofawriter.wordpress.com/
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