/newsroom/taxonomy/term/19190/all en /newsroom/channels/news/historical-fiction-guarantee-critical-success-or-trap-348315 <p>For 21st century authors, the odds of writing a critical hit are much higher if the novel takes place in the past, not the present or future. Between 2000 and 2020, about three quarters of the novels shortlisted for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award took place in the historical past.</p> Fri, 12 May 2023 18:28:17 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 299933 at /newsroom /newsroom/alexander-manshel Fri, 24 Mar 2023 20:12:32 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 297463 at /newsroom