by Stephanie Dray | Oct 10, 2017 | American Revolution, Eliza, For Readers, Heroines, My Dear Hamilton, My Works
My co-author Laura Kamoie and I had the pleasure of visiting this historic site early in our research process to get a feel for the place in which Eliza Schuyler Hamilton grew up and where she spent her early marriage. Where her family lived. And the place that was to...
by Stephanie Dray | Feb 7, 2017 | American Revolution, Eliza, For Readers, Research
I’ll be putting quotes here from one Founding Father about the other. These particular ones are written after Hamilton’s untimely death in 1804 at the hands of Vice President Aaron Burr. On Hamilton’s Honor and Integrity “Of Mr. Hamilton I...
by Stephanie Dray | Nov 16, 2016 | America's First Daughter, American Revolution, Deleted Scenes, For Readers
We deleted scenes from AMERICA’S FIRST DAUGHTER for a variety of reasons – sometimes they didn’t move the story along, sometimes they were repetitve of other scenes, sometimes they were too tangential to Patsy’s personal experiences, and sometimes the goal of...
by Stephanie Dray | Jun 28, 2016 | American Revolution, Entertainment, For Readers, Historical Fiction Genre
It’s been a great week for season finales of my favorite shows, and since everyone had so much fun with my spoilerific thoughts on Game of Thrones, I thought I’d do it again with TURN. So, without further ado. Here be Spoilers. Ah, Nathan Hale. Sorry you...
by Stephanie Dray | Jun 3, 2016 | America's First Daughter, American Revolution, Martha Jefferson Randolph, My Works, News, RevolutionEssays
Cross-posted from DrayKamoie.com Thomas Jefferson was the voice of the American Revolution, the author of the Declaration of Independence, the founder of the University of Virginia, and the third president of the United States. But he was also a man famously ruled as...
by Stephanie Dray | Mar 15, 2016 | America's First Daughter, American Revolution, Historical Fiction Genre, Interviews, My Works
We talk historical accuracy, the choices of historians vs. historical fiction authors, all those letters Jefferson wrote, and the graveyard…
