“I’m taking ownership of the direction of my writing career and I think it’s working well. “I’ve made the decision to write what I’m interested in and also what I believe my readers are interested in,” Bilyeau says. With this year’s DREAMLAND, Bilyeau switches things up again, this time with a heart-stopping tale of corruption, class, and dangerous obsession, set in 1911’s Coney Island, aka America’s playground.
Readers may have expected Bilyeau to return to her Joanna Stafford series at some point, but last year, with her launch of The Blue-a gripping tale that explores how far people will go to steal, or protect, something of value-Bilyeau pivoted away from the Tudors and crafted a novel that not only resonates with previous fans, but has earned her much-deserved acclaim from critics and readers alike.
Her first novel, The Crown, became a #1 bestseller on Amazon and launched a brilliant trilogy that continued to garner fans even while Bilyeau took a bit of a novel writing hiatus. Nancy Bilyeau had always wanted to write a historical novel set in New York City-but she’d already started carving out a niche for herself in the Tudor era. The ensuing events take Genevieve deep into England’s emerging industrial heartlands, where not only does she learn about porcelain, but also about the art of industrial espionage.Bilyeau “Happy” to Take Ownership of Her Career But in particular, she must learn the secrets of the color blue.
When Genevieve meets the charming Sir Gabriel Courtenay, he offers her an opportunity she can’t refuse: If she learns the secrets of porcelain, he will send her to Venice. Kings do battle with knights and knaves for possession of the finest pieces and the secrets of their manufacture.įor Genevieve Planché, an English-born descendant of Huguenot refugees, porcelain holds far less allure she wants to be an artist, a painter of international repute, but nobody takes the idea of a female artist seriously in London. In 18th century London, porcelain is the most seductive of commodities fortunes are made and lost upon it.
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