LOving the Books of Sarah Dunant
I'm a prolific reader of crime and historical fiction. Not surprisingly perhaps, my favourite genre is historical mystery. I'm often asked by readers for recommendations so I occasionally use this blog to recommend books I've enjoyed.
Today I'm featuring just one of my favourite historical fiction writers: Sarah Dunant, whom I met at the Glasgow Historical Novel Society Conference in 2018. (See photo below).
Sarah is that rare thing - an award-winning, best-selling author who can seamlessly jump from one genre to another, taking her fans with her. She's also a brilliant keynote speaker for conferences and dazzles and inspires from the podium in equal measure.
Today I'm featuring just one of my favourite historical fiction writers: Sarah Dunant, whom I met at the Glasgow Historical Novel Society Conference in 2018. (See photo below).
Sarah is that rare thing - an award-winning, best-selling author who can seamlessly jump from one genre to another, taking her fans with her. She's also a brilliant keynote speaker for conferences and dazzles and inspires from the podium in equal measure.
Meeting Sarah Dunant at Glasgow HNS 2018
Sarah first hit the literary scene in the 1990s with a a trilogy of crime thrillers featuring feisty, British female private eye, Hannah Wolfe. In 1994 she won a CWA silver dagger for 'Fatlands'. All her thrillers are very enjoyable and have avoided becoming 'dated' by spotlighting issues like surrogacy, cosmetic surgery, animal rights, and violence to women which are still pertinent today. The first of these thrillers is 'Birth Marks'.
In 2000, on an extended visit to Florence Sarah's old passion for history was reignited, and she started to research the impact of the Renaissance on the city in the 1490s. The result was the best-selling 'The Birth of Venus', the first of a trilogy of novels about women’s lives in the Italian Renaissance. I am steadily reading through these novels and thoroughly recommend them to lovers of historical fiction.
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