Busy Women on Writing Books

This is the 13th instalment in a new interview series on writing, profiling women writers who’ve written and published books while also working, parenting, volunteering, caring for family, attending school, and ALL OF THE THINGS.

This week, I'm pleased to introduce Canadian author Michelle Butler Hallett. Michelle is the author of This Marlowe, a book I just devoured in one weekend.

I know how amazing you are, but please let everyone else know a bit about yourself and the books you’ve written thus far. Own it and brag a bit for us!

I write hybrid fiction. I try to understand what a story needs, and I’ll use whatever tropes and practices I must. This can make my work hard to classify.

The genres and practices I mash up most often are literary fiction, historical and alt-historical fiction, espionage fiction, and speculative fiction. (Yes, I consider North American literary fiction, living in and often reacting to the long shadow of...