Stephanie Thornton’s latest book, And They Called It Camelot – a fictionalized account of Jackie Kennedy Onassis’s life – was being vaunted as the Book Club Pick of the Year from the day it was launched, a great starting point for any author.br /

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Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today Stephanie talks about the challenges in writing an intimate portrait of the former First Lady’s life, nearly 60 years after the shocking events in Dallas.br /

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We’ve got a special Fourth of July Giveaway - three eBook copies of And They Called It Camelot going to three lucky readers. Enter the draw on our website, The Joys of Binge Reading.com or on the Facebook Binge Reading page. Offer closes July 4.br /

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Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode:br /

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Why the most famous First Lady could be overlookedThe pull of forgotten womenThe notorious White House daughterThe woman who ruled MongoliaThe writers she admires mostWhat she'd do differently second time aroundbr /

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Where to find Stephanie Thornton: br /

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Website: https://www.stephaniethorntonauthor.com/https://www.stephaniethorntonauthor.com/br /

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Facebook: @AuthorStephanieThorntonbr /

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Twitter: @StephMThorntonbr /

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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6526628.Stephanie_Thorntonbr /

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniemariethornton/br /

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What follows is a near as transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions.br /

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Introducing Stephanie Thorntonbr /

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Jenny Wheeler: But now here’s Stephanie. Hello there, Stephanie and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.br /

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Stephanie Thornton: Thank you so much for having me.  I'm excited to chat about Jackie Kennedy and all things book related.br /

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Jenny Wheeler: That's wonderful.  I just love to say that you're in Alaska and this is the first podcast interview I've done to Alaska, so that strikes me as being something special as well.br /

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Stephanie Marie Thornton - authorbr /

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Stephanie Thornton: And this is the first interview I've done in New Zealand or anywhere in that part of the world, so a first for me as well.br /

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Jenny Wheeler: Historic fiction is your chosen niche and you've got a winner on your hands with your latest book And They Called It Camelot.  It's a fictionalized account of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s life and a best-selling author, Kate Quinn, has already called it “The Book Club Pick of the Year”.  Wasn't that a great way to get started?br /

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Stephanie Thornton: Yes. Kate Quinn is an author friend of mine, so I was quite tickled that she enjoyed Jackie Kennedy's story as much as I did writing it.br /

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Jenny Wheeler:  Readers have strong views about the Kennedys even this far past their time in office, and the research that you had to do to get this book together was monumental.  Both things made it a very big project, didn't they? What made you decide to tackle it?br /

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Stephanie Thornton:  Jacqueline Kennedy was a bit of a departure for me because I'm a history teacher by day, I teach high school students, and then I write about these women from history.  Typically I've written about forgotten women in history. Jackie Kennedy is by no means forgotten, but I think that once I started being interested in her story as a potential novel to write, I found that there's a lot of her story that has already started to be forgotten.br /

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Jackie's Forgotten Legacybr /

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