Ellen Alpsten, author of 'The Tsarina's Daughter' - Blending fact with fiction, what to research next, and writing extravagantly
Writer's Routine
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What's on Top of Your Desk?
I grew up in the african highlands, and kena was a place that attracted, in former times, very many british families of er, you know, high birth. And when they left, they actually sold off a lot of their beautiful furniture. So i believe my father acquired it one of these house sales, amongst many other beautiful antiques, and offered it to me as a very, very beautiful wedding present. I've got fantastic photos of bovl exactualy, a father, a picture of my father when he went hunting in northern africa, and he e bumped into a group of samboral ladies. Other than that, there is my diploma
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