AUTHOR INTERVIEW: D.N. GILES: "The Sharp Edge of the Knife"

An author's intimacy to a subject or story adds an extra dimension to a novel. Their passion can drive your research and writing, but does it blur your objectivity or muddle your ability to balance emotion and fact? Sometimes you just don't know until you get into it.But most of us will find fascinating stories that beg to be told buried in our family history. "Counting the Cost" by Liz Adair, a finalist in the 2010 Whitney competition, is a perfect example of a rich, tender story based on a ...