In a Q&A, the bestselling Canadian author talks about her fascination with the 19th century, why her main character is intersex and how her writing has changed.
With Fayne, Ann-Marie MacDonald’s first novel in eight years, the bestselling Canadian author creates another spellbinding tale with a masterful story arc and more layers than Victorian undergarments.
The precocious Honourable Charlotte Bell of the DC (disputed county) de Fayne, 11, is being raised in seclusion, due to her “condition,” at the family’s expansive estate on the contested border between Scotland and England in the late 19th century. She is being educated by her eccentric father, Lord Henry Bell, the 17th Baron of the DC de Fayne, a bird nerd who encourages her to read through his library, from A to Z.
