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Recently children’s author Carma Dutra interviewed me and also reviewed my new book, The Locket, Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire at her blog.

Visit her blog called Carma’s Window to read the interview and the review.

You’ll also find a wealth of other resources for children’s writers there.

Here’s a sneak peek at my new book that will be released next month!

Galena, an eleven-year-old Russian-Jewish immigrant, lives in New York City with her family and works at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory with her older sister Anya. The factory pays low wages and has terrible working conditions, making Anya yearn to join a union. Soon a horrible fire guts the factory leaving Galena with painful, horrific memories. Follow author Suzanne Lieurance in this dramatic historical fiction novel, as she describes how Galena uses the support of friends, family, and Jewish traditions to inspire her to fight for workers rights.

Yipee! Looks like the release date for my new book, The Locket: Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, has been moved up to April 1, 2008.

I’ll be using the book as the basis for a new presentation I will make at schools called Bringing the Past to Life: Tips for Writing Historical Fiction.

If you’d like to book me for an author visit at your school, send an email to suzanne@workingwriterscoach.com and I’ll let you know the dates and times I have available this spring.