I am constantly researching major contemporary figures and finding their historical counterparts to create interesting angles for articles in Egopendium. All ideas welcome.
I am a history grad and my first book, 'The Archer Prism', was a fictionalised autobiography of a famous (in his time) Elizabethan writer and inventor, John Harington. He looks back at his life through the modern lens of the bestselling novelist and controversial British peer, Jeffrey Archer.
My current novel-in-progress moves away from historical fiction and into the modern crime genre. It relies less on research and more on character creation (rather than recreation). It's a different challenge which I may or may not be up to.
My reading tastes are best described as catholic.