Original History: Novels about little-known people or events surrounding popular history.
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Welcome to my author’s website. I write “original history”: novels based on little-known people or events surrounding popular history. It’s my hope that, when you read one of my books, you will not only enjoy an interesting story, but have the opportunity to experience a different way of life.
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I want to feel what it’s like to be a painter, a pirate, an explorer, an outlaw; I hope you’ll come on the journey.
A. E. Chandler
Author Bio
A. E. Chandler holds a Master of Arts with Merit from the University of Nottingham, where she wrote her dissertation on the social history behind Robin Hood. While earning a BA in Ancient and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary, she also took courses in publishing and creative writing. Living in England, and travelling in Europe, Asia, and Africa have also contributed to her stories and characters - she has been chased by a camel rider through the Sahara Desert, skated down a volcano in Sicily, and gotten unintentionally locked inside of a medieval prison in France. Chandler has had short stories, poetry, and articles published, in addition to a book of collected non-fiction entitled Into the World, the humourous Questionable Quizzes, and the bestselling novel The Scarlet Forest: A Tale of Robin Hood. Currently, she lives in Calgary, where she teaches, volunteers with the Glenbow Museum’s military collection, and writes historical fiction as well as contemporary fiction concerning history.
A few past published works:
The Worldview From My Chair zine, 2023.
“Rusted Bones,” Broken Pencil, 2021.
“Translations,” Queen's Quarterly, 2020.
Questionable Quizzes series, 2020.
The Scarlet Forest: A Tale of Robin Hood, Thistledown Press, 2017.
“Woman in White,” Illumen, 2016.
“The Facts of the Galileo Story,” Covalence, 2015.
Into the World: 62 Devotions to Edify & Inspire, 2013.
“An Exercise in Writer’s Block,” Jabberwocky, 2012.
“Forest as Cathedral,” The Country Connection, 2009.
“Travel Log,” filling Station, 2009.
“A Face in the Dark” and “Flower,” Other, 2009.
Sometimes a Life excerpt, Little Hints, 2008.
“The Beauty of Operant Conditioning,” What If? Magazine, 2006.
“Noel,” Illinois Times, 2002.
