I have had many teachers over the years, but I must mention the late Paul Quarrington, whose mentorship through the Humber School for Writers in 2007 continues to guide my work. I wish I could hand him a copy of this novel. More, I wish I could read the novels he had yet to write.
Thanks to the Ottawa writing community, especially the members of the East Block Irregulars, and to the members of Codex, especially the participants in the Codex Novel Contest.
I thank Claude Lalumière and Alexandra Renwick for opening their home to writers as a place to work, to chat and, occasionally, to receive exciting email.
The list of books and articles that informed this book is long. Here are a few I found invaluable: Bruges, Cradle of Capitalism, 1280–1390 by James M. Murray. Of Reynaert the Fox: Text and Facing Translation of the Middle Dutch Beast Epic, edited by André Bouwman and Bart Besamusca. Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinberg. A Plague of Insurrection: Popular Politics and Peasant Revolt in Flanders, 1323–1328 by William H. TeBrake. Medieval Handgonnes by Sean McLachlan.
Finally, I acknowledge the visual artists whose work inspired mine: in particular, Pieter Bruegel, whose painting Dulle Griet is the foundation for my story.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kate Heartfield is a former newspaper editor and columnist in Ottawa, Canada. She is the author of several dozen short stories, the novella The Course of True Love, published by Abaddon Books, and the interactive-fiction project The Road to Canterbury, published by Choice of Games. Her time-travel novellas, Alice Payne Arrives and Alice Payne Rides, will be published by Tor.com Publishing in late 2018 and 2019. Armed in Her Fashion is her first novel. Her website is heartfieldfiction.com and she tweets at @kateheartfield.
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