A Pride of Poppies interview series – Ellie Musgrove

Art by Kath Woolen

My fourth interviewee is ‘new to me’ author Ellie Musgrove. Welcome, Ellie, and thanks for answering my questions.

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What inspired you to write your story for the anthology?

When I saw the call for submissions, it caught my interest. What was it like for LGBTQIA people in the First World War?

Two particular stories leapt out at me – the story of people like my own great-great-grandfather, who spent time in a British internment camp for having a German father, and the possib...