Author Spotlight, Episode 14 - Lauren Belfer

This episode of Author Spotlight is sponsored by D.G. Schulman, author of the novel Anna’s Promise - A journey of rebellion and transformation threatens the bonds of love and family.

In the final episode of our Author Spotlight series, founder and editor of History Through Fiction, Colin Mustful, chats with Lauren Belfer, author of the novel Ashton Hall. During the interview, Belfer talks about how we go about rediscovering the past, using authentic historical details to create and maintain trust with her readers, and the challenges and importance of writing a neurodivergent character. Don’t miss it! 

About the Author

Lauren Belfer was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up in Buffalo, where she attended the Buffalo Seminary. At Swarthmore College, she majored in Medieval Studies. After graduating, she worked as a file clerk at an art gallery, a paralegal, an assistant photo editor at a newspaper, a fact checker at magazines, and as a researcher and associate producer on documentary films. She has an MFA from Columbia University. Belfer’s debut novel, City of Light, was a New York Times bestseller, as well as a New York Times Notable Book, a Library Journal Best Book, and a Main Selection of the Book of the Month Club. City of Light was a bestseller in Great Britain and has been translated into six languages. Her newest novel, Ashton Hall, tells the story of an American woman and her son who unearth the buried secrets and past lives of an English manor house.

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