On the Road Again
This fall, I’ll be hitting the road again to speak at libraries to promote my lovely leading lady, Louise (pictured here) in A FALSE DAWN, my first novel.
I’ll be speaking about FRONTIER FEMINISTS, three real-life women of the 1700s who inspired me to write a novel. While I talk about how these women helped me to define the character who eventually became Louise, I’ll also discuss how they broke rules and barriers and rose above harsh circumstances to live full and unconstrained lives.
I’ll also make a claim that not everyone will agree with: that American women in the 1700s were not ALWAYS powerless and frustrated, depending on the cultures in which they found themselves. French-American and Native American women, for example, had a lot more opportunities for independent action than white women who settled in the British colonies.
If you’d like to hear more, look for my tour schedule on this site, in September. Hope to see you in person!
About The Author
Jeff Heller
I'm a historical novelist who focuses on Colonial America, particularly the French-Canadians who settled North America in the 1600s and 1700s. My first novel, A FALSE DAWN, features Louise, a young wife and mother who must search for her son and her husband when the English invade their home in French-held Montreal and torch the city.