How Emilia Hart Wrote Her Debut Novel While Working As A Lawyer
The New York Times bestselling author shares her journey to publishing her acclaimed historical novel, Weyward
Thank you for your patience as I’ve worked on my book proposal over the last month. I’m in the home stretch and plan to be back to my regular schedule here starting next week—which means that in addition to interviews, I’ll be back to writing more essays and providing updates on moving to Italy. Stay tuned!
This week, I spoke with Australian author Emilia Hart about the writing life. The (now) former lawyer published her debut historical novel, Weyward, to acclaim and commercial success.
Emilia Hart’s novel came to my attention through
who offered this description of Weyward:I’ve been thinking a lot about language lately – who gets to choose it, who gets to use it and who they get to use it against. Witch is a case in point as the women of Weyward make clear. Meet Kate, fleeing a traumatic relationship in contemporary Cumbria; Violet refusing to be a “proper young lady” in 1942; and Altha, on trial for witchcraft in 1619. They live in three very different times, but their lives are in…