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Ariel Lawhon on the Pirate Queen and Writing the Incredible Women History Forgot
History was written by the victors and the wealthy— but Ariel Lawhon is on a relentless mission to resurrect the women they erased.
From an off-grid childhood reading by kerosene light in New Mexico to teaching herself how to write after leaving home at 16, Ariel shares the unconventional roots of her storytelling and why she views historical fiction not as a genre, but as an unflinching lens on human survival. She dives deep into the fierce, 70-year journey of Irish pirate chieftain Grace O’Malley, reveals the Dublin jewelry-shop breakthrough that sparked the novel's "Maiden…
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