Ariel Lawhon

Lawhon writes historical fiction about women whose records are contested, and that contest is the interesting part of the job rather than a limitation. I Was Anastasia runs two timelines in opposite directions, one forward from the Romanovs and one backward from Anna Anderson, and refuses to tell the reader which is true until the structure forces it. Code Name Hélène follows Nancy Wake, the Australian who ran supply and sabotage for the French resistance under four different names. When We Had Wings, about American nurses trapped in the Philippines in 1942, is written with Kristina McMorris and Susan Meissner, a chapter each in rotation. She lives near Nashville.