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J.A. Nelson

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Historical Fiction, Adventure Fiction, Medieval Fiction

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Geraldine Brooks, Ken Follett, Mark Twain, Tracy Chavalier, Dava Sobel

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A Man of Honor, or Horatios Confessions is my debut novel rated 4.4 out of 5 stars by IndieReader Reviews. I took the pen name J. A. Nelson. My given name is Jennifer (Jen) Nelson. I am the founder of Quill Point Press. I live with my husband and pets in Northern Virginia.

I grew-up in Culver City, a suburb of Los Angeles, California during the pre-digital era. My childhood home stood within a few city blocks distance of MGM Studios, Culver Studios, DesiLu Studios, and the dusty, straw-smelling fields where Tarzan movies had been filmed. As a kid walking and bicycling through the neighborhood, and sometimes detoured by camera crews while en route to school, it seemed to me that story-making was everywherean element of my natural habitat A Man of Honor, or Horatio’s Confessions is my debut novel rated 4.4 out of 5 stars by IndieReader Reviews. I took the pen name J. A. Nelson. My given name is Jennifer (Jen) Nelson. I am the founder of Quill Point Press. I live with my husband and pets in Northern Virginia.

I grew-up in Culver City, a suburb of Los Angeles, California during the pre-digital era. My childhood home stood within a few city blocks’ distance of MGM Studios, Culver Studios, DesiLu Studios, and the dusty, straw-smelling fields where Tarzan movies had been filmed. As a kid walking and bicycling through the neighborhood, and sometimes detoured by camera crews while en route to school, it seemed to me that story-making was everywhere—an element of my natural habitat and normal among all resident species.

As a kid I read adventure stories and American classics and then the writing bug "bit" me. I imagined that one day I would write a big story that was complex in its meaning and was fun.

I love stories that connect history, literature, and original documents. That love started as a student at Culver City High School and only grew when I went to Occidental College and majored in American Studies. I moved from California to Washington, DC where I earned my M.A. in American Civilization by reading original texts and studying social history at The George Washington University. Then I began my professional career at the National Archives of the United States. Suffice it to say, historical documents and the stories they inspire are, and always will be, "my jam."

Story ideas come to mind for me most often when I travel to historic sites or museums, anywhere in the world. Towns, churches and temples, fields and monuments, museums, libraries and archives, taverns and palaces, and, most importantly, the people who live and work there--all fan the flames of imagination.

I hope that if your experiences and interests are brewing a story that you want to tell, that you’ll find a nook in your own “bungalow,” take up your pen, quill, or other writing device of choice, and let the tale take command. ...more

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J.A. Nelson liked Nicole's review of A Man of Honor, or Horatio's Confessions: "You don't often get to know what happens after a story is completed. This book, however, takes you on a journey of what happened after the end of Hamlet. For Shakespeare fans, you will be pleased with this book. It's been a while since I read Haml..." Read more of this review »
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J.A. Nelson liked Katherine Parsons's review of A Man of Honor, or Horatio's Confessions: "I was intrigued when I first saw that A Man of Honor was an attempt to develop the narrative of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' past its end. It's an ambitious task, and one I wouldn't envy any author - I confess I had presumed it, to a large extent, must..." Read more of this review »
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J.A. Nelson liked Jessica's review of A Man of Honor, or Horatio's Confessions: "When reading 'Hamlet' in high school and then watching the varied movie adaptations of the play, I honestly did often find myself wondering about the aftermath of all that fighting, poisoning, and treachery. And so this opening scene had me immedi..." Read more of this review »
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