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“Nathaniel Hawthorn wrote his novel in 1850, over 150 years after the Salem Witch Trials of 1691.”
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“And most notably, it has many gables, triangular sections of an exterior wall, where roof lines meet.”
“That book, an inspiration for my own debut novel Wildwood, was called The House of the Seven Gables.”
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“First built in 1668 for the sea captain John Turner, The House of the Seven Gables was later inhabited by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne.”
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“We see the destructive power of excessive greed, on people and the environment.”
“The greedy Colonel Pyncheon accused a man named Matthew Maule of witchcraft, in order to steal his property.”
“When I set out to write my debut novel Wildwood, a Vermont-set gothic mystery, about a woman who inherits an estate and discovers dark secrets beneath the floors and within the walls, I knew that I wanted my story to be chilling and intriguing, but also have deeper themes, a reason for the haunting beyond the scare.”
“It’s easy to imagine the home standing in those difficult early years in American history, witnessing both hardship and hope.”
“She writes gothic thrillers and her current work in progress is a murder mystery.”
“I think because of this, the darkest parts of history have a way of resurfacing in literature, time and time again.”
“I think these themes and cautions are as pertinent today as they were nearly two-hundred years ago when Hawthorne wrote The House of the Seven Gables .”
“The House of the Seven Gables follows the cursed Pyncheon family.”
“Today, we see fear of the “other” as a tool wielded by those in positions of authority, to divide and control.”