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The Darling Strumpet is a finalist for the Romance Writers of
America's RITA award for Best First Book!
www.rwa.org/cs/2012_rita_
and_gh_finalists#RBFB
May 4-6, 2012
Gillian will be at the Gold Rush Writers' Conference, presenting workshops on
writing historical fiction and on reading your writing aloud.
www.goldrushwriters.com
Gillian will be organizing the Saturday Night Sex Scenes readings at the Historical
Novel Society Conference in London in September 2012. Among the highlights:
blockbuster historical novelists Bernard Cornwell and Diana Gabaldon will join her
in reading a scene from The Darling Strumpet.
historicalnovelsociety.org/
conference.htm
Nell's No. 1!
The Darling Strumpet was named Number 1 of the Ten Best
Historical Novels of 2011 by Kayla Posney of the Pittsburgh
Historical Fiction Examiner!
www.examiner.com/historical-fiction-in-pittsburgh/
the-10-best-historical-fiction-novels-of-2011
July 25-28, 2012
Gillian will be presenting a workshop at the Romance Writers of America
conference in
Anaheim, California: "Give Your Writing the Reading It Deserves".
www.rwa.org/cs/
conferences_and_events
A new book!!
Gillian is at work on her third book, tentatively titled My
Lady Bess, based
on the life of Bess of Hardwick, 1527-1608, the formidable four-
times widowed Tudor
dynast who began life in genteel poverty and ended as the richest
and most powerful woman
in England after Queen Elizabeth; built Chatsworth House and
Hardwick Hall; and is the
forebear of numerous noble lines including the Dukedoms of
Devonshire, Norfolk,
Somerset, and Newcastle, the Earls of Lincoln, Portsmouth, Kellie,
and Pembroke, the Baron
Waterpark, and the current royal family of Britain. Like Darling
Strumpet and September
Queen, it will be published by Berkley Publishing Group.
Blog Tour for September Queen
I'm thrilled to be working again with so many of the wonderful bloggers who
promoted The Darling Strumpet. For the complete tour schedule, have a look at my
blog:
theroyalmiracle.blogspot.com
september-queen-blog-tour-
dates.html
In the runup to the November 1 publication of The September
Queen, I've been blogging about each day's events in Charles's
six-week odyssey in trying to escape from England after the
Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651. theroyalmiracle.blogspot.com
Gillian's books are now available on Past Times Books, a
website devoted to historical
fiction in ebook format. Please visit and see the wonderful selection
of books!
pasttimesbooks.com
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"Bagwell may be one of the newer writers in the historical fiction genre, but she
is
one of the most talented!"
- Pittsburgh Historical Fiction Examiner
"Don't you just love it when you find a new favourite author!!!!"
- Jaffa Reads Too book blog
I've posted several videos on Nell Gwynn's London, sites associated
with Nell's life and/or scenes from The Darling Strumpet.
See them on YouTube
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Historical Novel Society conference, the Nell-Rochester scene from The Darling
Strumpet with Diana Gabaldon reading the narration.
See it on YouTube
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-:- Biography -:-
Gillian Bagwell grew up in Berkeley, California, and began her
professional life as an actress, studying at the University of
California Berkeley and the Drama Studio London at Berkeley before
relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television.
She moved into directing and producing theatre, founding The
Pasadena Shakespeare Company, where she served as artistic
director for nine years, producing thirty-seven critically acclaimed
productions.
She united her life-long love of books, British history, and theatre in
writing her first novel, The Darling Strumpet,
based on the life of Nell Gwynn. Her second novel, The
September Queen, is the first fictional account of the
perilous and romantic odyssey of Jane Lane, an ordinary English girl
who risked her life to help the young Charles II escape after the
disastrous Battle of Worcester in 1651 by disguising him as her
servant. Gillian recently returned to Berkeley and is at work on her
third novel, about the formidable four-times widowed Tudor dynast
Bess of Hardwick.
-:- Interviews -:-
Historical Fiction Examiner
historicalfictionexaminer.com
Unusual Historicals
unusualhistoricals.com
Interview on Inside bay Area
insidebayarea.com/
Interview with Richard Sutton, fellow
author at Pastimes
Saille Tales
Interview on Number One Novels
numberonenovels.blogspot.com
Live Chat on Passages to the Past
passagestothepast.com
Q&A on Misadventures of Moppet
misadventuresofmoppet.wordpress.com
Interview with Kayla Posney of
Pittsburgh Historical Fiction
Examiner
www.examiner.com
Interview with Carl Kozlowski
in Pasadena Weekly
pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/
detail/darling_debut/9626/
Unusual Historicals interview
unusualhistoricals.blogspot.com/2011/01/
guest-author-gillian-bagwell.html
Peeking Between the Pages interview
peekingbetweenthepages.com/?s=bagwell
Seductive Musings interview
seductivemusings.blogspot.com/2011/01/
guest-author-giveaway-gillian-bagwell.html
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-:- Articles & Other Writings -:-
Doggett's Coat and Badge,
the Oldest Race in the World
Christmas Recipes from
Tudor and Stuart
England
The Next Best Thing to Being
There - Recreating a Journey
"The Royal Oak"
Riding Pillion
Portait Miniatures
Priest Holes
Seventeenth Century Memorabilia
When You Can't Get There from Here
"The Royal Oak"
The Royal Miracle
Gillian's list on Time Out's
101 Things To Do in London
The History of Gingerbread
Frost Fairs on the River Thames
Twelfth Night Traditions
on The Darling Strumpet
How Life Can Change a Writing Space
Gillian's articles on the months from May 1660 to January 1661, to
commemorate the 350th anniversary of the Restoration of Charles
II, the reopening of the playhouses that had been closed for
eighteen years under Cromwell, and the first appearance of an
actress on the English stage:
May 1660: Hoydens and Firebrands
June 1660: Reading the Past
July 1660: Historical Tapestry
Aug. 1660: Passages To The Past
Sept. 1660: History Hoydens
Oct. 1660: Historical Fiction Connection
Nov. 1660: Historically Obsessed
Dec. 1660: Nell Gwynn Blog
Jan. 1661: Historical Tapestry
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-:- Performance Coaching -:-
Lose your nerves, give your material the performance it deserves,
and enjoy the process!
Coaching for author readings, acting auditions, public speaking,
etc. Gillian is a classically
trained actress with many years of experience as an actress,
director, and producer.
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