Jeanne Gehret

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Jeanne Gehret

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I’ve been portraying Susan B. Anthony in costume and researching her family since I wrote her biography in 1994. I became hooked when I discovered her brother Daniel Read Anthony, the subject of my 2017 novel The Truth About Daniel. Although raised a Quaker, he was one of the original Kansas Jayhawkers, possessing a lightning speed trigger finger and an even quicker temper. Chronicling his courtship of an heiress from Martha’s Vineyard has led me to ten cities as well as many delightful side trips to study Victorian customs and the Civil War. I enjoy English Country Dancing every week and one of my favorite scenes happens at a ball.

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Jeanne Gehret When I get stuck it's usually because I can't figure out how to get from point A to point B. For instance, I may need someone to be wounded in the Nav…moreWhen I get stuck it's usually because I can't figure out how to get from point A to point B. For instance, I may need someone to be wounded in the Navy in the Civil War. What were Navy ships doing? What were the hazards? If they were injured when a ship's boiler blew up, how did boilers on steamships work? Once I have the answers, I begin to ask questions of my characters like "What would happen if..." and I am off and writing again. (less)
Jeanne Gehret Always having something interesting to think about! The 19th century setting of my books is just far enough away as to be quite unfamiliar to us. Ever…moreAlways having something interesting to think about! The 19th century setting of my books is just far enough away as to be quite unfamiliar to us. Every day, it seems, I learn about an object, custom, or person who fascinates me, and then, if possible, I work it into my story. Since I'm writing a trilogy, things that don't fit into the current book always have a chance of appearing in a later one. Courting customs of the Victorians were good for many hours of amusement.(less)
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How Not to Write a Historical Novel

An uncertain author surveys books on a library shelf, surrounded by titles representing various research sources and topics for her historical novel.

Here’s something no one tells you about writing a historical novel series: the research never really ends. Neither, apparently, does the writing.

This fall will mark the publication of Songs in the Night, the third and final book in my trilogy that pulls back the curtain on the family of suffragist Susan B. Anthony. That means I’m currently revising with the focused energy of a history nerd wit

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