The Places That Made Me a Writer: From a French Village to the Pages of Call of the Blackbird
Nancy Polk Hall reflects on how growing up in France and England — and returning to Europe as an adult — shaped her storytelling and brought history alive on the page.
The Letters We Keep: What My Grandmother’s Weekly Correspondence Taught Me About Memory
An essay on weekly letter-writing, family archives, and the framed letter by my dressing table — how handwritten mail shaped the way I write fiction.
Three Ways I’ve Learned to Tell the Same Story –And Why Each One Matters
Historical fiction author Nancy Polk Hall explores how the same story transforms across formats — a novel, a spoken word, and the intimate Letters from Caroline series.
When a Book Ends but the Characters Don’t — On Missing the People You Lived With While Writing a Book
What happens when a book is finished and the characters you’ve lived with for years go quiet? Nancy Polk Hall reflects on the friends she finds in her fiction.