Susan Jaques
Author Interview - Susan Jaques
Author I draw inspiration from: Catherine Merridale (Red Fortress: History and Illusion in the Kremlin)
Author Interview with Susan Jaques | author she draws inspiration from
Favorite place to read a book: by a fire, with my dog Remy
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Ross Poldark (dashing plus he'd figure out a way to escape)
Author Interview with Susan Jaques | book character she'd want to be stuck in an elevator with
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: have always been writing
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: i prefer hardback and paperback; ebooks when traveling
The last book I read: Francis I: The Maker of Modern France by Leonie Frieda
Author Interview with Susan Jaques | the last book she read
Pen & paper or computer: computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Harriet M. Welsch (Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh)
Author Interview with Susan Jaques | book character she'd be best friends with
If I wasn’t an author, I’d be a: museum curator
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1780-1790 (portraits by Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun)
Place I’d most like to travel: Patagonia
Favorite artists: Rembrandt & Vincent van Gogh
Number one on my bucket list: seeing Hamilton
Author Interview with Susan Jaques - "Empress Catherine before the Mirror" by Vigilius Erikson
Author Interview with Susan Jaques - Portrait of Empress Catherine's granddaughters by Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun
Note from the author: Catherine did not like the informality of the double portrait and made Vigee redo it! In regards to fashion, she designed her own military dresses after the uniforms of the various Russian regiments, combining European and Russian styles.
