Interview with Justine Saracen
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 62
In this episode we talk about:
- The Berlin Airlift and its historic context
- Why Justine started writing about World War II
- Political parallels with current politics
- The hazards of writing non-romance novels in history
- How wartime disruption of social roles creates a useful setting for lesbian fiction
- Justine’s non-WWII novels and the “cross-time” approach to historical fiction
- Using historical fiction to show repeating human patterns
- Favorite research sources: location, location, location
- Justine’s current project: The Sami in Norway in WWII
- Books mentioned
- Berlin Hungers by Justine Saracen (Bold Strokes Books)
- Tyger Tyger Burning Bright by Justine Saracen (Bold Strokes Books)
- The Witch of Stalingrad by Justine Saracen (Bold Strokes Books)
- Beloved Gomorrah by Justine Saracen (Bold Strokes Books)
- Sarah, Son of God by Justine Saracen (Bold Strokes Books)
- The Ibis Prophecy: The 100th Generation by Justine Saracen (Bold Strokes Books)
- Vulture’s Kiss by Justine Saracen (Bold Strokes Books)
- The Mephisto Aria by Justine Saracen (Bold Strokes Books)
- A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous
A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.)
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
- Twitter: @LesbianMotif
- Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
- The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Justine Saracen Online
- Website: Justine Saracen at Bold Strokes Books
- Facebook: Justine Saracen