![]() It’s a truly sweet love story, as well of the story of a girl having difficulty coming to terms with a step-father (Napoleon). Hortense is a very appealing character, and her teen years are dramatic, but also very sad. I wasn’t sure I wanted to return to the 18th century - but then I got hooked. I spent quite a bit of time reading YA and re-researching Hortense’s life, imagining what her story might be. The idea of writing YA intrigued (and challenged) me. ![]() Too, many teens are fans of my adult novels. For over a decade I was co-editor of a YA series for reluctant readers. ![]() I’d been long planning to write another (adult) novel about the women in Molière’s life - this I will still do.īut YA? I was interested. It arrived on my agent’s desk in a ribboned box containing chocolates and the proposal. I got the offer some time ago quite out-of-the-blue. The books will be published in Canada as part of Penguin’s Razorbill line and in the U.S. as part of Viking Young Readers. The first - and possibly both - will be about Josephine’s daughter Hortense, taking me back to the Napoleonic era. (It’s already being tweeted on the Twitterverse!) I’m going to be writing two Young Adult novels for Penguin Canada. (Hortense as a teen, at right, with one of her best friends.)
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