Novelists Unwind Talks with Carrie Turansky and Rachel Fordham

This month’s guests

Award-winning author Carrie Turansky, intrigued by a Facebook post, discovered the British Home Children Advocacy and Research Association Facebook group. Her interest in the stories she found there inspired her to write No Ocean Too Wide. From 1869 to 1939, approximately 100,00 orphaned and impoverished children were sent to Canada where the boys worked on farms and the girls worked as domestics. In our interview, we talk about Carrie’s research and the facts behind the fiction.

Rachel Fordham is “a bookworm turned storyteller” who loves delving into historical research. The heroine of her latest romance, Yours Truly, Thomas, is a clerk in the Washington DC dead letter office near the end of the nineteenth century. In our interview, Rachel and I talk about her favorite character from her debut novel, a delightful woman who runs a boarding house and doesn’t listen to anyone (not even Rachel!). She also shares how the wisdom she wove into The Hope of Azure Springs blessed her during a most difficult time.

The next Novelists Unwind Giveaway will be announced on Saturday, September 7, 2019 at http://www.novelistsunwind.com. Be sure to enter for your chance to win a print edition of an amazing inspirational novel.

Meet Johnnie Johnnie Alexander creates characters you want to meet and imagines stories you won’t forget. Her award-winning debut novel, Where Treasure Hides, made the CBA bestseller list. She writes contemporaries, historicals, and cozy mysteries, serves on the executive boards of Serious Writer, Inc. and the Mid-South Christian Writers Conference, co-hosts an online show called Writers Chat, and interviews inspirational authors for Novelists Unwind. She also teaches at writers conferences and for Serious Writer Academy. Connect with her at www.johnnie-alexander.com and other social media sites via https://linktr.ee/johnniealexndr.