Piper Huguley
Author Interview - Piper Huguley
Author of BY HER OWN DESIGN: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register
The incredible untold story of how Ann Lowe, a Black woman and granddaughter of slaves, rose above personal struggles and racial prejudice to design and create one of America's most famous wedding dresses of all time for Jackie Kennedy.
Author Interview - Piper Huguley
Author I draw inspiration from: Zora Neale Hurston, Octavia Butler
Author Interview - Piper Huguley | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book: In bed
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Vyry from Jubilee by Margaret Walker
Author Interview - Piper Huguley | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: When I moved to a new neighborhood at 12 and I began to research my first royalty romance because I was afraid of living in a predominately white neighborhood.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: ebook
The last book I read: Finding Me by Viola Davis
Author Interview - Piper Huguley | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: Computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Anna Murray Douglass in Douglass's Women by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Author Interview - Piper Huguley | Book Character I’d be Best Friends With
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: Professor
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1880's
Place I’d most like to travel: Italy
My signature drink: Gingerale
Favorite artist: Charles "Teenie" Harris
Number one on my bucket list: To appear in the Lectures in the Classroom series on History TV
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Author Bio: Piper G Huguley is the author of the "Home to Milford College" and the Migrations of the Heart," series. She is a multiple time Golden Heart finalist. Piper blogs about the history behind her novels at piperhuguley.com. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and son.
