Table of Contents: From Breakfast With Anita Diamant to Dessert With James Patterson - a Generous Helping of Recipes, Writings and Insights From Today's Bestselling Authors by Judy Gelman; Vicki Levy Krupp

Author:Judy Gelman; Vicki Levy Krupp
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: food:cookbooks
ISBN: 9781440504037
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 2010-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

Kathleen Kent

Deborah Feingold

SELECTED WOEKS

The Wolves of Andover (2010)

The Heretic's Daughter (2008)

Inspiration I grew up hearing stories about Martha Carrier, my grandmother from nine generations back on my mother's side who was hanged as a witch in Salem in 1692. I was always fascinated by the events leading up to the witch trials, but also with the many family tales about the Carrier family's life in seventeenth century New England. I was certain that someday I would weave history and family legend together into a work of fiction, one that that now exists in The Heretic's Daughter.

Readers Should Know Wherever possible, I tried to use actual names, dates, and places to bring authenticity to my work. The Wolves of Andover, the prequel to The Heretic's Daughter, is the story of Martha's husband Thomas Carrier who, according to family legend, lived to 109, stood seven feet tall, and was one of the executioners of King Charles I of England. As with the first novel, I used both fictitious and true-to-life characters to develop a story of intrigue, one that includes spies, assassins, heroes, and villains.

Readers Frequently Ask The over-arching theme of The Heretic's Daughter is about the Salem witch trials. However, the heart of the book is a coming-of-age story about a daughter learning to appreciate the strength of her difficult mother who unflinchingly defends her innocence through the growing witch hysteria. Many people have asked if the character of Martha was modeled after anyone in particular in my family. With a great deal of pride, I answer that she is a composite character, built from the words and deeds of the ferocious Carrier women I have known.

Authors That Have Influenced My Writing My favorite books as a young adult were by Charles Dickens. His characters, richly drawn from his own experiences in the back alleys and poor-houses of London, always seemed to reverberate with a profound sense of both the sublime and the ridiculous. And, despite having to sleep with the light on, I often read the works of Edgar Allan Poe for his atmospheric descriptions of the supernatural and the darker side of the human experience.

FLORENCE CARRIER'S COWBOY CAKE

Makes 12–16 servings

The Heretic's Daughter is my first novel. The story is based on family legends passed down through nine generations and on the historical events of the Salem witch trials. I first heard of my ancestor Martha Carrier from my maternal grandmother. She always insisted that there were no such things as witches, only ferocious women. She would have known, as she was a dead shot with a rifle and rode wild horses on the farm where she grew up. The strong women in my family not only influenced the kind of stories I've chosen to write, but gave me the courage to write them in the first place.

I have always been struck by the remarkable courage and fortitude of the Colonial women of New England; how they endured the many physical challenges of day-to-day life while still managing to care for and feed their large families in the most Spartan of conditions.

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