Lucy Campion by Susanna Calkins

Lucy Campion sits down for a question-and-answer session with dru’s book musings so that we, the readers, can get to know her better. Are you ready? Here’s Lucy! What is your full name?Lucy Campion. I don’t think I have a middle name. If I do, my mother never...

A Word With Susanna Calkins

Why do you write the genre that you write? I love to write historical fiction because I have always been intrigued by fascinating things about the past, especially the social and cultural details of everyday life. I’ve always been interested in big questions of...

Day In The Life ~ Gina Ricci by Susanna Calkins

Occupation: Cigarette seller and cocktail waitress at the Third Door, a Chicago Speakeasy Hey, there! Welcome! Glad you found your way to the Third Door! Follow me—I saw a table on the other end of the dance floor. First-timers, right? I can always tell (even though...

The Testimony of Lucy Campion by Susanna Calkins

[Testimony recorded by at the Court of Assizes, Spring Session 1667. Lucy Campion, Witness] Judge Hale: State your name and occupation for the record. Witness: My name is Lucy Campion and I was born in the year of our Lord, 1647. When I was fifteen, my mother sent me...