![]() ![]() What made you want to tell Hazel’s story?ĭana Schwartz: I’ve always loved history and it was years ago that I visited Edinburgh for the first time. Paste Magazine: Tell me about where the idea for the Anatomy series came from. Throughout both books, there are murders, romance, various famous figures from history (some of whom have acquired the ability to live forever), and a young woman who refuses to let anyone else write her story.įollowing the release of Immortality: A Love Story, we got the chance to chat with Schwartz about the sequel she didn’t initially plan to write, the real history of female medical students in early 19th century England, what makes a good love triangle, and a whole lot more. Sequel Immortality sees her summoned to London to treat a gravely ill Princess Charlotte of Wales. The first book in the series, titled Anatomy: A Love Story, is set in 1800s Scotland and follows the story of Hazel Sinnet, the daughter of a minor Scottish lord who wants nothing so much as to become a surgeon and who enlists the help of a handsome young resurrection man (essentially, a grave robber) to acquire dead bodies to learn on. A journalist, TV and film writer, and podcast host (NB: if you haven’t listened to Noble Blood, please fix your life), she’s also now a best-selling YA author thanks to her Anatomy Duology, whose second installment, Immortality: A Love Story hit shelves in February. Or, at least, it often seems like she does.
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