Eris asked Jean Sasson:

What types of books which helps you to research while writing a historical fiction book?

Jean Sasson I've only written one historical fiction book, (ESTER'S CHILD) and I was a student to of history my entire life and a huge point of interest was World War II, along with the formation of the Israeli state, the Jewish people targeted by Hitler, as well as Palestine and its people, so I had a lot of knowledge about the premise of the book prior to writing. However, I did refresh my memory by reading books of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, as well as people from Palestine who lost their homes during the 1948 war with Israel and ended up living in refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan, and other countries in the region. It's good to be totally finally with a subject before attempting writing a historical fiction book. I love that genre and hope to return to it one day.

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