HISTORICAL+FICTION

**__HISTORICAL FICTION__**
What is Historical Fiction? Historical Fiction stories are stories which take place in a particular time period in the past. Often, the basic setting is real but the characters are fiction. [|Reference] = AUTHORS = __George Alfred Henty__ G.A. Henty is best known for his novels on historical adventure that he wrote in the 19th century. He was born on December 8th in Trumpington, England, and grew up to marry Elizabeth Finucane in 1859. They had four children. Henty began to be interested in reading during his childhood when he spent days in bed due to illnesses. During these times, he'd gained a wide range of interest in different kinds of books. When he grew up, he had a great interest in writing about Historical Fiction. Over the course of his life, Henty wrote 122 Historical Fiction works, consisting of novels and short stories, two of which were war stories from first hand. [|find out more] In 1880, Henty wrote a tale of the Peninsular War called //The Young Buglers//. It's about two orphan boys who experienced the war first hand. The two boys are Tom and Peter Scudamore. To read the story, click on this link.[|source]

__Kenneth Roberts__ Roberts was born in 1885. He began his career working for a journalist and then a novelist. Born in Maine, he specialized in Regional Historical Fiction. In 1908, he graduated from Cornell University where he wrote the lyrics of two Cornell fight songs. He wrote his first book in 1922. It was called, Sun Hunting.[|source] __Mika Waltari__ Mika Waltari was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1908. He lost his father when he was only five years old. While studying as a young kid, he became interested in poetry and stories. Soon after, he began writing and got his first book published in 1925. Hi got married in 1931 and had a daughter who also became a writer.

__ILLUSTRATORS__
**Jamel Aki** ** b ** Akib produces striking illustrations that fuse concept and atmosphere. He works in chalk pastels and can produce artwork digitally as well as conventionally.[|source] Godwin was born in 1889 in Washington D.C. He began his career as an apprentice for //The Washington Star//. One of the books that he illustrated was //Tales from Shakespeare// in 1924.[|source] Wood was born in London in 1878. He was born to a family to which watercolor painting had been in his family for two generations. He illustrated the book, //The Invaders, in 1901.//[|source]
 * Frank Godwin **
 * Lawson Wood **