I spent almost a year studying Louis Comfort Tiffany and his world, reading books and visiting many exhibits and museums to examine his work. Q: Can you talk about your research process for the novel? I went to a Metropolitan Museum exhibition of the remnants of Laurelton Hall - the mansion and artists colony at the heart of the novel and was fascinated by the idea that the house had burned down and no had ever been able to solve why. Q: What inspired you to write Tiffany Blues? I actually really didn’t – I wanted to be a painter from the time I can remember. Q: When did you know you wanted to become a writer? Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Possession by A. Q: What are some of your favorite novels? with the below Q&A where she talks favorite novels, research process, preview of her next book and more. For more about the novel, check out my review and book club questions. Images of her beloved mother, her hard-hearted stepfather, waterfalls, and murder, and the dank hallways of Canada’s notorious Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women overwhelm Jenny’s thoughts, even as she is inextricably drawn to Oliver, Tiffany’s charismatic grandson. While she continues to try and move forward with her life, Jenny’s past has followed her to Long Island. This novel is set in 1924 and twenty‑four‑year‑old Jenny Bell is one of a dozen artists invited to Louis Comfort Tiffany’s prestigious artists’ colony. Her most recent novel is Tiffany Blues, a well-written historical fiction novel full of romance and mystery.
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