Fran Hawthorne, a New Yorker, is a retired journalist with 8 non-fiction books and articles to her credit. She's won awards for her nonfiction writing, however, what she wanted ever since she was four years old, was to be a novelist. She has fulfilled that dream with two novels published so far, The Heirs and her latest which was published in November 2022, I Meant to Tell You. You can find out more about Fran and discover all her work on her website, hawthornewriter.com Also, look for her on Instagram @hawthornewriter. Send her a message, she's always happy to talk to anyone interested in her books.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Author

Story-Power Ep. 83, The Novel in the Journalist's Drawer with Fran Hawthorne

Agatha Christie, Author

Red Sparrow, Jason Matthews, Also in the series, Palace of Treason, The Kremlin's Candidate

The Sixth Sense (1999)

James Joyce, Author, Finnegan's Wake

William Shakespeare, Playwright

The Heirs, Fran Hawthorne's first novel

The Lost Shtetl, Max Gross

Gratitude, Delphine de Vigan

Sage Woman Chronicles, Lucinda's blog @Sagewoman.life. Go here for more extensive show notes.