Sharon Robinson
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Jacqueline Winspear:
I appreciate the historical background of your works. Does your historical research inform the direction you go with Maisie? Or does her growth determine the history you choose?
Jacqueline Winspear
Thank you, Sharon. If I am situating a character in a certain place and time, then there are aspects of that place and time that will dictate how s/he dresses, speaks, acts, responds to events etc. I don't think the growth of any character dictates the history chosen - they are in a certain place and time, and (frankly) they have to get on with it, dealing with the challenges and opportunities presented to them. How they then respond reflects the era too.
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Carole Russell
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Jacqueline Winspear:
Is Maisie based on a real historical person or someone you know? She is so human that your readers are captured by her. Your mystery writing is different in that there is always a murder that forms the nucleus of the novel, but her relationships with Billy, James, Priscilla, etc. are honest, insightful, sincere, and even humorous that you have become my favorite writer!!
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