The Pelican Pointe Women’s Association Wednesday Night Book Club sent me Q&A questions for their book club discussion. I enjoyed the questions and answering so much that I thought to share on my blog:
1) From Marsha: How was Kondazian introduced to Charley? Did all the events really happen or did you embellish them for the story?
Hi Marsha, when I was a young woman I used to read Cosmopolitan magazine 🙂 and in one issue there was actually a great article on Wild Woman of the Old West. One of the characters they wrote about was Charley Parkhurst. The idea of a woman living her life as a man, with all of those macho stagecoach drivers she hung out with, fascinated me. I wondered how in the world did she carry off her disguise for twenty years and was not discovered? I couldn’t imagine being so isolated from people to keep such a secret. As the years went by, I used to think about Charley and thought what a wonderful book it might make.