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We all know that history has been written by the victors. Those who recorded history and the texts that survived determine what stories we know and what stories we don’t. Recorded history also determines who is portrayed as the hero and who as the villain. But as writers and readers of historical fiction, we get to look beyond the traditional tales of history to see new historical perspectives. What we think we know versus what actually happened in history is problematic for

Since the US election, I’ve been devastated by the state of America and the effect Trump has had and will continue to have on the world. I’ve imagined potential dystopian futures, from immigrants in cages like in the film Children of Men to complete nuclear annihilation. In April I was lucky enough to take a research trip to Greece. I needed a vacation, and I needed a break from the constant terrible news. I made a point to not really look at Facebook—though I didn’t complet