Featured Interview With Emma Rose Millar
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m a single mum from the Midlands and I work part time as an interpreter. I started writing after coming out of a relationship with a man who is now serving a life sentence for murder. I needed to channel my experiences into something positive and writing has allowed me to do that.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
As a child I loved to write stories and always dreamed of being published, but I lost confidence somewhere along the way. It took a huge personal tragedy for me to start writing again. I was always more interested in writing than reading but then I did an Open University degree in Humanities with Literature and discovered I had a real love of books.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love 19th century literature; that style of writing is a lost art. Some of it is really beautiful. I read mostly historical fiction. I’m in awe of Sarah Waters and Philippa Gregory.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
‘Strains from an Aeolian Harp’ is a dark tale of opium addiction, domestic violence and lesbian love. The story begins with Rose Ashcroft, a patient in a 1930’s lunatic asylum and traces her life back through the 1920s, her dangerous embroilment with a flapper girl and her marriage to Charlie, a man haunted by murky secrets from his past. Ultimately it is a story of courage and strength and of a love between women that transcends brutality and cruelty.
The novel was a finalist in this year’s Chaucer Award for historical fiction.
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