Christine Wells’ World War II historical fiction
celebrates strong, courageous women with story lines that faithfully reflect
the true lives of real spies and resistance workers.
Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and in today’s binge reading episode Christine talks about the remarkable boom happening at the moment in wartime fiction and her fascination with the heroic women who were sent behind enemy lines.
And we've got three E-book copies of Christine's latest spy thriller The Juliet Code to give away to three lucky readers. A woman spy dropped behind enemy lines. A mission that went critically wrong. Now the war is over but Juliet can't forget the people she left behind . . . ENTER DRAW now. Offer closes May 23.
Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode:
How Christine got her start in romanceHer 'behind enemy lines' fascinationWhy women readers love WWII fictionPopularising buried true life historyThe woman who inspired Bond's MoneypennyChristine's favourite spy series- soon to be on TV
Where to find Christine Wells:
Website: https://christine-wells.com/
Facebook: @ChristineWellsAuthor
Twitter: @ChristineWells0
What
follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for
word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions.
Jenny Wheeler: But now, here’s Christine. Hello there Christine and welcome to the show. It’s great to have you with us.
Christine Wells: Hi Jenny. Thanks so much
for having me.
Jenny Wheeler: We're living in extraordinary times of
pandemic. You're in Australia and I'm in New Zealand and we're both in some
degree of social isolation, so give listeners a picture of where you are and
how social distancing is affecting you.
Christine Wells - popular World War II historic fiction
Christine Wells: I'm in Brisbane and as a writer who is a bit of an introvert, I have to say that I probably am coping with social distancing a lot better than most people. Not a lot has changed from the perspective of work. I do have two children and they're both at home doing their schoolwork via the internet, but I don't call it homeschooling because they're both in high school and very capable of organizing themselves.
Dealing with 'social isolation'
I'd say that I am missing my friends. I think everybody's going to have a big party when all of this is over, but it's something we all have to do and I'm happy to abide by the rules. I don't think that they're as strict as they are in some other places. We can still go out and get coffee as long as it's takeaway and we keep social distancing and so forth. I'm just looking forward to seeing my family again and my friends.
Jenny Wheeler: Australia is doing pretty
well with their bubble and I've heard somebody suggesting – actually today is
ANZAC Day, the day that our two countries celebrate, or honor should be the
better word, war heroes – and I've heard somebody suggest that we should start
an ANZAC bubble, that the first thing we should do is try and get the borders
between Australia and New Zealand open again so that we could each visit each
other. I thought that sounded like a
great idea, to create an ANZAC bubble.
Creating an Anzac Bubble?
Christine Wells: I think that's an amazing
idea because I can see that foreign travel is not going to occur for us for
quite some time. New Zealand has been quite successful with their isolation as
well, so wouldn't that be wonderful and it would stimulate the economy as well.
Jenny Wheeler: That's exactly it because
we're also concerned about letting our tourist industry flourish again. I'd
certainly be very happy to come to Australia and I think Australians would be
happy to come here. So maybe that is something for the future.
Christine Wells: Yes. What
a happy thought.
Jenny Wheeler: You are a trained lawyer
and you were working as a lawyer before you turned to your fiction career. I
