Joan Thomas is an award-winning Canadian author whose books investigate stories not often talked about in society. Her latest novel, Five Wives, goes deep to the heart of Ecuador in the 1950s with missionary wives who find themselves alone after their husband’s are killed.
Joan talks about her journey and how important it is to be fair to those we write about it, even if they do things we might not agree with.
Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer is an indie author who writes historical fiction that features authentic American Indian characters. Sign up for her newsletter here: https://www.subscribepage.com/sarahelisabethwrites And
The other day, I heard Mark Hurwitz say that “the beginning of the book (exposition is the literary term) is a bit like a social
Paulette Perhach’s writing has been published in theNew York Times,Vox, Elle, The Washington Post, Slate, Cosmopolitan,Glamour, Marie Claire,Yoga Journal, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Hobart,andVice. She’s the