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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.
The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley student newspaper
The New York Times
The Merk Druggernaught, Ethical Chic: The Inside Story of the Companies We Think We Love, Fran Hawthorne
Indiebound independent bookstore
Books-A-Million, (BAM) An independent bookstore chain in the U.S. operating 260 stores in 32 states
Fran’s Author page on Amazon
The authors on Fran’s literary inspiration vacation:
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau’s retreat
Mark Twain
Susy Frelinghuysen and George Morris estate
Henry James
Emily Dickenson
Herman Melville
New York Historical Society
The Space Between Time, Lucinda Sage-Midgorden
Middlemarch, George Eliot
Filaree: A Novel of An American Woman, Marguerite Noble The novel about an Arizona Woman
Barnes & Noble bookstores
The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge, David McCullough
“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist
Story-Power on Patreon
I’m so passionate about stories and what I can learn from them that I created the Story-Power podcast and Patreon communities so I’d have an excuse to talk story. You may have seen my Story-Power posts here. You will find several of my Story-Power guests sharing extra content, about books and their creative projects for my patrons. If you’re passionate about stories too, and want to talk about your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower.
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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.
The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley student newspaper
The New York Times
The Merk Druggernaught, Ethical Chic: The Inside Story of the Companies We Think We Love, Fran Hawthorne
Indiebound independent bookstore
Books-A-Million, (BAM) An independent bookstore chain in the U.S. operating 260 stores in 32 states
Fran’s Author page on Amazon
The authors on Fran’s literary inspiration vacation:
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau’s retreat
Mark Twain
Susy Frelinghuysen and George Morris estate
Henry James
Emily Dickenson
Herman Melville
New York Historical Society
The Space Between Time, Lucinda Sage-Midgorden
Middlemarch, George Eliot
Filaree: A Novel of An American Woman, Marguerite Noble The novel about an Arizona Woman
Barnes & Noble bookstores
The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge, David McCullough
“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist
Story-Power on Patreon
I’m so passionate about stories and what I can learn from them that I created the Story-Power podcast and Patreon communities so I’d have an excuse to talk story. You may have seen my Story-Power posts here. You will find several of my Story-Power guests sharing extra content, about books and their creative projects for my patrons. If you’re passionate about stories too, and want to talk about your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower.
PodMatch
If you are a podcaster, or have a message or fantastic product you want to share with the world, I encourage you to check out PodMatch. I call them a dating service for podcasters. Use the affiliate link and tell them, Lucinda sent you. Then contact me so we can set up a Story-Power chat.