Christine Wells

Archive for May, 2020

Clearly, Stephanie Marie Thornton is not afraid of a challenge–I can’t imagine how intimidating it must have been to assume the voice of America’s First Lady, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis in Thornton’s novel AND THEY CALLED IT CAMELOT.

Tracing the history of Jacqueline’s relationship with Jack Kennedy and (to a lesser extent) Aristotle Onassis, through to her later years as … Read more »

Love WWII female spies? Listen to my interview with Jenny Wheeler on The Joys of Binge Reading Podcast.… Read more »

THE WOMAN BEFORE WALLIS is based on the life of Thelma Morgan Furness, the American woman who lost Edward, Prince of Wales, to Wallis Simpson in 1934 and Thelma’s involvement in The Matter of Vanderbilt, a trial which saw Thelmaโ€™s twin sister, Gloria Vanderbilt, sued for custody of her daughter on charges of negligence, unfit parenting and homosexuality. As her … Read more »