Young girl takes on 1890s Seaside, Astoria in historical novel
INSPIRING PLUCK
BY EVE MARX
The genre of historical fi ction is a pop-
ular one and growing all the time. Telling
a story about a particular time and place
and developing characters based on actual
living people requires a talent not just for
writing fi ction but an interest in research
as well.
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There are a handful of authors who
do it really well, including Ken Follett
(“World Without End”); Philippa Greg-
ory (“The Other Boleyn Girl”), E.L. Doc-
torow (“Ragtime”) and Umberto Eco
(“The Name of the Rose”). It is a gift
to be able to do historical fi ction well.
Linda B. Myers, a Port Angeles, Washing-
ton-based author, has the gift.
In a telephone interview from her
home, Myers said the idea for her lat-
est novel, “Fog Coast Runaway,” set in
Seaside and Astoria in the 1890s, started
at a turnout on Highway 101 near Can-
non Beach where she strained to read the
words stamped into a a monument telling
the story of a dog rumored to have been
the lone survivor of an 1890’s shipwreck.
Doing research about that dog, who in
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Author Linda B. Myers, whose
book ‘Fog Coast Runaway’ is set
in Seaside.
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