J.C. Corry’s first childhood memory was peering through rose-tinted stained glass in a Battersea church in London, England, colouring a passion for historical fiction emboldened by his father’s hole-ridden Normandy helmet that sits above his writing desk. An army brat, he lived in ten homes by the age of ten in Canada, England and Australia, studied literature (where his love for Chaucer began) and film, produced television documentaries about artists, and now leads a thriving corporate communications career in Vancouver, BC, where his two grown sons literally look down upon him. He is a member of the Historical Novel Society, the Writer’s Union of Canada and the Federation of BC Writers, and his novel The Storyteller’s War: Geoffrey Chaucer Reluctant Spy is published by Black Rose Writing. See jccorry.com to learn more about this and other novels in The Storyteller series.
Historical fiction, and the importance of on-location research for creating a sense of verisimilitude in writing historical fiction.
Taking well-known historical facts and turning those into a memorable story.
