From Memoir to Historical Fiction: How real people can prompt stories

Duration: 60 minutes

In this session, Nova Weetman will share how she has used real people and events when writing books for young adults and middle-grade readers. Focusing on her YA book Everything Is Changed, which is based on a real event, and two historical middle-grade novels, Outlaw Girls and Elsewhere Girls, Nova will talk about the research involved in using real figures from history and how important it is to get it right. Nova will also touch on the ethics involved in writing about your own life in memoir. Aimed at students in lower–middle secondary.