What They Said About Luisa
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Erika Rummel- A sweeping historical novel set during the Spanish Inquisition, centring on the real life of Luisa Abrega, a freed slave who became the first woman of mixed race to marry a white man in 16th century Spain and was tried by the Inquisition for bigamy
- The glimpses of Luisa's story emerge from the narratives of witnesses, including a mayor, her husband, an Abbess, an aristocratic mistress, and more
- Author is a retired history professor, specializing in Medieval period/Spanish Inquisition, who has published 40 books, fiction and non-fiction, most recently The Loneliness of the Time Traveller (Toronto: Inanna 2022) and Evita and Me (Denver: DX Varos 2022)
- Author is the recipient of a fellowship at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, guest professorships in Utah and Arizona, fellowships in Germany, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Renaissance Society of America
- Her previous fiction has won Best Historical Novel award of the Colorado Independent Publishers for The Inquisitor’s Niece
- Author is an Associate at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at UCLA
- Author residence: Santa Monica (Jan to April) and Toronto (May to December)
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