Imogen Robertson, critically acclaimed author, talks you through the highs and lows of writing historical fiction, offering top research tips and acknowledging the pitfalls to be avoided.

About the session: History offers us a myriad inspiring stories, and a wealth fascinating characters to spark the imagination, and historical fiction remains a favourite of readers and critics alike as demonstrated by the blockbuster careers of writers as varied as Hilary Mantel and Bernard Cornwall, Sarah Waters and Wilbur Smith.

But how do writers create these lost worlds and make them real for their readers? How as writers do we find inspiration, colour and voice in the archives? How do you manage your research alongside your writing? What are the particular pleasures and challenges of historical writing?

About Imogen:
Imogen Robertson was a TV Director before becoming a full-time writer in 2008. Her Westerman and Crowther novels have been shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger three times, and her standalone novel, The Paris Winter, was a People Magazine Editor's choice in the United States. She co-wrote King of Kings (2020) with the legendary Wilbur Smith, and her most recent novel, Liberation, published as Imogen Kealey, and co-written with screenwriter Darby Kealey has sold to more than twenty-five countries world-wide.

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