A librarian friend of mine once said that when people approached her, looking to learn about life, she sent them to the YA section.
I knew-intuitively, viscerally-that I wanted to write for young people. When I started writing my first published novel, GILT, it never occurred to me to question why I chose to write historical fiction for teens. You can learn more about Christy English and her books at her website. My characters fall in love in spite of themselves.
The banter between Beatrice and Benedict in the play really opens the door for a lot of verbal sparring in my book. I'm continuing the Shakespeare in Love series with MUCH ADO ABOUT JACK coming out around Valentine's Day. A re-telling Much Ado About Nothing, this third romance was a lot of fun to write. Jane Austen started it all, and now we writers follow in her footsteps. The Regency period lends itself very easily to that. Love and passion are two of the things that make story-telling exciting. The beautiful, buttoned-up clothes that both men and women wear in my books hide a vein of passion, one that romances novels allow me to mine. What about the Regency period in British history fascinates you the most? The beautiful language is only the first. There are so many layers to Shakespeare's storytelling. When I first started, his language was a locked door, and it took me years to really begin to unpack it and find the story hidden within. I have loved Shakespeare since I studied Othello in the 7th grade. What is it about Shakespeare that keeps drawing you back in? Your last novel, HOW TO TAME A WILLFUL WIFE, re-told Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, and LOVE ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT seems to reflect on A Midsummer Night's Dream. And being able to write happy endings doesn't hurt either. That's why I got started writing Regency romances: I'm in love with love. True love is a compelling theme for me, one that deserves its own story. What made you move from writing Historical Fiction to straight romance?Įven in my historical fiction, romance has always been a river running through all of my books. Looking at your first novel THE QUEEN'S PAWN and your latest work, LOVE ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT, the two are as different as night and day.
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