Fiona Valpy's guest appearances

Fiona Valpy

Writer's Routine

The Best in Mystery, Romance and Historicals

Literary Escapes with Becki

Rhys Bowen

Madeline Martin

Jan Moran

Joanna Shupe

Susan C.

Lee Goldberg

Anne Hillerman

Steve Hockensmith

John Bishop

Anna Lee

Lily Graham

Mark Ellis

Nadia Hashimi

Lindsey Kelk

Gay Hendricks

OwlTail

Fiona Valpy is a historical fiction author who has sold millions of books, her work has been translated into more than 30 languages, and she's always up for a challenge.Her new novel, 'The Cypress Maze', is inspired by the true story of Iris Origo. An English-born woman in Italy, she sheltered refugee children and helped prisoners of war escape during World War II. It's a dual timeline novel, set across 1943 and 2015. We chat about the extensive research that goes into historical fiction, how she keeps track of it all, and why that's led to a filing system overhaul.Fiona writes for different publishers, doing different things, and we chat about the added pressure that heaps on her writing, and why she's always peering into her compost bin to see which ideas are ready to go.You can hear how she balances fictional plot with factual history, and how much her visual style utterly absorbs her while she's writing.Support the show at patreon.com/writersroutine@writerspodwritersroutine.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fiona Valpy is a historical fiction author who has sold millions of books, her work has been translated into more than 30 languages, and she's always up for a challenge.Her new novel, 'The Cypress Maze', is inspired by the true story of Iris Origo. An English-born woman in Italy, she sheltered refugee children and helped prisoners of war escape during World War II. It's a dual timeline novel, set across 1943 and 2015. We chat about the extensive research that goes into historical fiction, how she keeps track of it all, and why that's led to a filing system overhaul.Fiona writes for different publishers, doing different things, and we chat about the added pressure that heaps on her writing, and why she's always peering into her compost bin to see which ideas are ready to go.You can hear how she balances fictional plot with factual history, and how much her visual style utterly absorbs her while she's writing.Support the show at <a href="http://patreon.com/writersroutine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/writersroutine</a>@writerspod<a href="http://writersroutine.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">writersroutine.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Fiona Valpy, author of 'The Cypress Maze' - Historical fiction author chats mixing fact with fiction, challenging yourself, and looking through the compost bin

Join me as I chat with Fiona Valpy about her historical fiction novel, The Storyteller of Casablanca. How it was inspired, how she did her research during the pandemic, and more. CLICK HERE to check out the SHOW NOTES for this episode! Thanks so much for listening to my podcast! If you'd like to support me, there are a few ways that would be helpful: 1. Leave a review on iTunes 2. Share this episode on social media 3.  Buy me a coffee!

Join me as I chat with Fiona Valpy about her historical fiction novel, The Storyteller of Casablanca. How it was inspired, how she did her research during the pandemic, and more. <a href="https://literaryescapes.fun/ep-41-author-interview-fiona-valpy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CLICK HERE to check out the SHOW NOTES for this episode!</a> Thanks so much for listening to my podcast! If you'd like to support me, there are a few ways that would be helpful: 1. Leave a review on iTunes 2. Share this episode on social media <a href="../../literaryescapes%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">3.  Buy me a coffee!</a>

{Author Interview} Fiona Valpy and her historical fiction novels

FionaValpy’s French romances are like a glass of wine in French sunshine – a perfect summer –and pandemic escape. But she writes more than romance. Fiona's best-selling World War II fiction tells stories of remarkable women, generations apart, who use adversity to their advantage and find resilience deep within.Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in Binge Reading this week Fiona shows why her books are the antidote for dark times, and we offer the French Escape Giveaway...    three Ebook copies of her chateau romance The French For Always are going to three lucky readers. An escapist read with the taste of summer on every page…  it’s just what we need in difficult times….  Enter the draw through the Joys of Binge Reading website or the Binge Reading Facebook page.  Offer closes May 9, so enter now.Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode:How moving to France launched a careerThe secret lives of Fiona's neighborsThe Nazis in Paris and their legacyInterweaving romance and historyFiona's thing about Austen booksMoving on from social distancingWhere to find Fiona Valpy: Website: https://www.fionavalpy.com/Facebook: @fionavalpybooksTwitter: @fionavalpyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fionavalpy/Whatfollows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word forword but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions.Jenny Wheeler: Hello there Fiona, and welcome to the show.  It's great to have you with us. Fiona Valpy: Hi Jenny.  Can I just say fromone binge reader to another, it's great to be here. Author Fiona Valpy - escapist French romance and World War II dramaJenny Wheeler: That's wonderful. You're in Scotland and I'm in New Zealand. It's atime of pandemic, so give out our listeners a picture of where are you sittingand how has social distancing been affecting you?Lovely spot for introvert writerFiona Valpy: Well, I'm in the conservatory of my house, which is on the edge of a little village in Perthshire in Scotland. And I'm the last house in the village, so I get the benefit of having the community nearby. But I’m also looking out onto my garden, which is full of spring flowers at the moment, such a joy. Then beyond that there's some fields and trees and hills and I've got the River Tay just down below as well, which I can't see because it's down in a deep valley, but it's always lovely knowing the river’s there. I'm lucky where I am. I've got the sense of not being too trapped and too claustrophobic here.  I'm also really lucky with the small community that's around because they're so supportive and we've all got together, and we do shopping for people who are in quarantine.  If anyone needs anything, we will scurry around virtually, electronically, and try and sort that. The spirit of community rises . .There was a lovely story the other day ofan elderly lady in a care home.  It washer birthday and the community group all put their heads together by a computerand managed to come up with a bagpiper who went and stood outside her windowand played “Happy Birthday” to her. That gives you the kind of idea of thespirit of community that I'm in. Jenny Wheeler: That sounds just gorgeous. Fiona Valpy: It is, it's lovely.  From thatpoint of view, I'm lucky. I also think that with social distancing, being awriter, we're quite antisocial people anyway. The nature of our day job, if you like, is being quite isolated and workingon our own and having that space to really focus on our writing. In fact the lockdownthat we're in here at the moment has possibly been quite a good thing from mypoint of view and I think my publisher would think it's a very good thingbecause I no longer have any excuses for not hitting my deadlines.The French For Love - Book #1 in the "French For" romance series by Fiona ValpyHow did Fiona get writing fiction?Jenny Wheeler: That’s right.

Fiona Valpy’s French romances are like a glass of wine in French sunshine – a perfect summer – and pandemic escape. But she writes more than romance. Fiona's best-selling World War II fiction tells stories of remarkable women, generations apart, who use adversity to their advantage and find resilience deep within. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in Binge Reading this week Fiona shows why her books are the antidote for dark times, and we offer the French Escape Giveaway... three Ebook copies of her chateau romance The French For Always are going to three lucky readers. An escapist read with the taste of summer on every page…  it’s just what we need in difficult times….  Enter the draw through the Joys of Binge Reading website or the Binge Reading Facebook page.  Offer closes May 9, so enter now. Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: How moving to France launched a careerThe secret lives of Fiona's neighborsThe Nazis in Paris and their legacyInterweaving romance and historyFiona's thing about Austen booksMoving on from social distancing Where to find Fiona Valpy:  Website: <a href="https://www.fionavalpy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fionavalpy.com/</a> Facebook: @fionavalpybooks Twitter: @fionavalpy Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fionavalpy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/fionavalpy/</a> What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions. Jenny Wheeler: Hello there Fiona, and welcome to the show.  It's great to have you with us. Fiona Valpy: Hi Jenny.  Can I just say from one binge reader to another, it's great to be here. Author Fiona Valpy - escapist French romance and World War II drama Jenny Wheeler: That's wonderful. You're in Scotland and I'm in New Zealand. It's a time of pandemic, so give out our listeners a picture of where are you sitting and how has social distancing been affecting you? Lovely spot for introvert writer Fiona Valpy: Well, I'm in the conservatory of my house, which is on the edge of a little village in Perthshire in Scotland. And I'm the last house in the village, so I get the benefit of having the community nearby. But I’m also looking out onto my garden, which is full of spring flowers at the moment, such a joy. Then beyond that there's some fields and trees and hills and I've got the River Tay just down below as well, which I can't see because it's down in a deep valley, but it's always lovely knowing the river’s there. I'm lucky where I am. I've got the sense of not being too trapped and too claustrophobic here.  I'm also really lucky with the small community that's around because they're so supportive and we've all got together, and we do shopping for people who are in quarantine.  If anyone needs anything, we will scurry around virtually, electronically, and try and sort that. The spirit of community rises . . There was a lovely story the other day of an elderly lady in a care home.  It was her birthday and the community group all put their heads together by a computer and managed to come up with a bagpiper who went and stood outside her window and played “Happy Birthday” to her. That gives you the kind of idea of the spirit of community that I'm in. Jenny Wheeler: That sounds just gorgeous. Fiona Valpy: It is, it's lovely.  From that point of view, I'm lucky. I also think that with social distancing, being a writer, we're quite antisocial people anyway.  The nature of our day job, if you like, is being quite isolated and working on our own and having that space to really focus on our writing. In fact the lockdown that we're in here at the moment has possibly been quite a good thing from my point of view and I think my publisher would think it's a very good thing because I no longer have any excuses for not hitting my deadlines. The French For Love - Book #1 in the "French For" romance series by Fiona Valpy How did Fiona get writing fiction? Jenny Wheeler: That’s right.

Fiona Valpy – French for Always