Ask the Author: Nathan Swain
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Nathan Swain
The idea for The Eden Deception originated from a BBC documentary I watched on YouTube around the Spring of 2013. The host was a professor of archaeology at a university in England. She was an expert on various issues concerning the archaeology of the Biblical world. The episodes of the documentary concerned multiple subjects about the Bible - one of them focused on the Garden of Eden. The professor became the inspiration for one of the main characters in The Eden Deception - University of Cambridge Professor of Archaeology and Assyriology Olivia Nazarian.
Nathan Swain
I fortunately haven't experienced writer's block. One reason is because I've only written one book. The other is because I have so little time to write I generally have no loss for ideas when I finally get the opportunity to put pixel to screen.
Nathan Swain
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David Blight. I've started this incredible book. It deserves my time and attention, so I am reading in fits and starts. Each chapter is a window into a fascinating, sometimes disturbing and familiar time and place. Each chapter is immensely thought provoking, drawing on Douglass' life as it was lived and as he himself portrayed it, sometimes differently over time.
Smiley's People by John le Carre. As the title makes clear, this is another of le Carre's novels centered on British spy George Smiley. Le Carre delivers intricate plots and classic thriller pacing, but his writing is sui generis - hard to pin down, quirky, intelligent, always holding something back.
Pagan Regeneration by Harold Willoughby. This is an academic work written about a century ago I believe. This is research for my next Will Eastgate novel. It focuses on the pagan religious practices of the Mediterranean world primarily before the dawn of Christianity. The book can be difficult to penetrate, clouded with academic-speak and archaic writing conventions of the early 20th century. But the information is very interesting.
Smiley's People by John le Carre. As the title makes clear, this is another of le Carre's novels centered on British spy George Smiley. Le Carre delivers intricate plots and classic thriller pacing, but his writing is sui generis - hard to pin down, quirky, intelligent, always holding something back.
Pagan Regeneration by Harold Willoughby. This is an academic work written about a century ago I believe. This is research for my next Will Eastgate novel. It focuses on the pagan religious practices of the Mediterranean world primarily before the dawn of Christianity. The book can be difficult to penetrate, clouded with academic-speak and archaic writing conventions of the early 20th century. But the information is very interesting.
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