Writers Routine - A Look Inside an Author's Working Day

This week it's with ellen alpston, who was raised in kenya and studied in paris. She published her first novel, sarina in 20 20, which was long listed for the author's club best first novel award. And she's back with a second the sarina's daughter, which is based on catherine the first of russia's daughter, elizabeth. We talk about research and blending fiction and fact. Where does she turn to learn about eighteenth century russia? How does she know what to research next? Also, how does she blend the fact and the fiction and do it in a brilliant, really poetic way? You can hear how much she