![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I think it takes the reader deep into both timelines in my crime novel (modern-day London & London 1666), while simultaneously connecting them.Īnd by Fire is excerpted from a longer phrase, “and by fire, resurgam,” from a taunting note written by my modern-day murderous arsonist on the back of a unusually placed necktie. In the case of And by Fire, however, the title is mine and I am rather proud of it. And I am also very open to input from my agent and editor when titling my books. So, I get stressed around titles because they matter. That’s not a new discovery for me, because, although this is my first foray into crime writing, I’ve been a published historical novelist (Sophie Perinot) for over a decade. My Q&A with the author: How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? Hawtrey splits her time between Washington DC, where she lives with her husband, and York, UK, where she enjoys living in history, lingering over teas, and knocking around in pubs. Evie Hawtrey is a Yank by birth but a sister-in-spirit to her fierce and feminist London detective, DI Nigella Barker. ![]()
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