Historical

Fiona Goggin, author of The Silver Bones of Frances Winter

Fiona Goggin: 'You never know what weird piece of information will spark a brilliant idea'

In this interview Fiona Goggin, author of the debut Victorian gothic novel The Silver Bones of Frances Winter, shares her advice for developing an authentic historical narrative. 'I did so much research for this book and probably only around 5% of it made it into the final version.

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