History class was a forty-minute squirm from which I would emerge unscathed by insight. Down the hall in English Lit, though, there were stories to be had, and it was stories I craved. Nancy Horan Read Quote
I’m married to Kevin, a photographer whose career has put him on the campaign trail with presidential candidates and sent him on assignment to far-flung places for long periods of time. It was sometimes rough when our children were small, and I was beginning to write in earnest. Nancy Horan Read Quote
I guess I’m drawn to artists and literary people and want to learn about them. Nancy Horan Read Quote
One of the great lessons I learned about historical fiction from writing ‘Loving Frank’ is that you don’t try to disguise what people did; my approach was to try to understand the characters and why they did what they did. Nancy Horan Read Quote
Loving Frank’ is about a forbidden love affair between two people who lived a hundred years ago – Frank Lloyd Wright and his married client, Mamah Borthwick Cheney. The affair set off a colossal newspaper scandal when the lovers ran off to Europe together. Nancy Horan Read Quote
I always use primary sources, in addition to reading biographies and other materials. Nancy Horan Read Quote
If someone had told me in high school that one day I’d write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes. Nancy Horan Read Quote
So this was the big secret historians keep to themselves: historical research is wildly seductive and fun. There’s a thrill in the process of digging, then piecing together details like a puzzle. Nancy Horan Read Quote
