The author who made me want to write historical fiction was Tracy Chevalier’s The Lady and the Unicorn, which is set in a tapestry weaving workshop. Noo, that’s just too hard! The person who got me started trying to write fiction was Ian McEwan whose early short stories in The Cement Garden and The Comfort of Strangers were so surprising and macabre that he hooked me from the start, and I’ve read everything of his since then. Can you tell us about someone who inspired your writing in some way? What it means to you now and if you could say anything to them what would it be?.She lives in East Anglia with her artist husband, and they have two Newspapers, and on BBC radio and television news, before turning her hand toįiction.

Is a former journalist who spent fifteen years on regional and national Unique history inspired her first two novels, and this, her fourth novel.

Operates today, weaving for top-end fashion houses and royal commissions. Years and she grew up in a house next to the mill in Suffolk, which still Liz’s family have been silk weavers for nearly three hundred Last Telegram, The Forgotten Seamstress, The Poppy Factory, The Silk Weaver and Liz Trenow is the author of several historical novels, including The But something is missing.Ī small piece of rare silk discovered in a bundle of scraps at auction triggers a curious sense of familiarity, and prompts her to unpick a past filled with extraordinary secrets and revelations.

She feels herself fortunate, and should be content with what she has. The people she values most are her friend Anna, her recently-found sister Louisa and nephew Peter. The Dressmaker of Draper’s Lane revisits the opulence and extravagance of the London silk trade in the mid-eighteenth century which Liz Trenow wrote about in her previous bestselling novel, The Silk Weaver.Īs a foundling who rose from poverty and now runs her own successful dressmaking business in the heart of society London, Miss Charlotte is a remarkable woman, admired by many. The richest silk hides the deepest secrets. 💫 The Dressmaker of Draper’s Lane by Liz Trenow Today Liz Trenow stops by and takes part in my Inspired By feature.

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