Alabama’s Patti Callahan Henry Turns To Historical Fiction In New Work About C.S. Lewis’ Wife
By Alec Harvey
Patti Callahan Henry was having a conversation with fellow best-selling author Ariel Lawhon one day, and Lawhon asked her a question.
“She asked me, ‘What would you write if you could write anything you wanted?’” says Henry, who has written 13 books she classifies as contemporary women’s fiction. “Without thinking about it or having ever thought it one time, I said I would write about Joy Davidman, C.S. Lewis’ wife. She said, ‘If you don’t write it, I will.’”
So Henry wrote, beginning research into her historical novel about Davidman – a poet, essayist, novelist, screenwriter and critic, among other things – about four years ago.
“I wrote it in secret for a long while,” Henry says. “I didn’t let many people know about it.”
Now, the secret’s out. Armed with pre-publication reviews authors dream of, “Becoming Mrs. Lewis” came out last week, and Henry, who lives in Mountain Brook, unveils it to her hometown crowd at an event Monday night at 6:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 3736 Montrose Road in Mountain Brook. Tickets are $35 (including a signed first edition of the book) and $100 (including a private reception) and benefit Sawyerville Episcopal Day Camp in the Black Belt.
Please visit Alabama News Center for the Full Article
Category: ALL POSTS, Partner News Stories