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113I – Imagining a Real Life: An Interview with Jane Kirkpatrick
Jane Kirkpatrick writes historical fiction from a different angle. She researches fascinating real people and then writes what's missing from history -- their personal stories.
Everything She Didn't Say is the latest of Jane's novels. It's about the real and imagined life of Carrie Strahorn, a pioneer woman and journalist of the late 19th century. Jane used Carrie's real memoir, Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage, to create the story of what Carrie might have thought or felt but decided not to voice publicly.
Jane says writing this kind of book is a balance between not betraying the essence of…
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