An Untimely Frost

by Ted Morrissey

Overview

In the novel An Untimely Frost, or The Authoress, set in 1830s London, American author Jefferson Wheelwright seeks out the reclusive English novelist Margaret T. Haeley, creator of Dunkelraum's monster and widow of poet Stephen Haeley. The story is inspired by Washington Irving's rumored courtship of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. The book also includes the author's essay "Researching the Rhythms of Voice" and discussion questions.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148124412
Publisher:	Twelve Winters Press
Publication date:	01/05/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	362
File size:	626 KB

About the Author

Ted Morrissey has published the novel Men of Winter and the novelette Figures in Blue, as well as short fiction in nearly twenty national and international journals, including Glimmer Train, Paris Transcontinental and PANK. His essays on writing have appeared in North American Review, Writers Ask and Slush Pile Magazine. A Ph.D. in English studies, he has also published the monograph The Beowulf Poet and His Real Monsters, recipient of the D. Simon Evans Prize for distinguished scholarship. The father of three adult sons, he lives just north of Springfield, Illinois. Visit tedmorrissey.com for further information.

Editorial Reviews

Much to admire and enjoy. With a charming persona driving the prose, Ted Morrissey�s An Untimely Frost gives a T. C. Boyle-esque mix of the historical and the modern. I admire the way he creates a fairly strict historical realism and also a playful surrealist edge�a fine blend of traditional and experimental forms.

author of The House of Order - John Paul Jaramillo

An Untimely Frost, or The Authoress, accomplishes what all great historical fiction does: it transports us to another era in order to help us better understand our own. One does not read this charming novel as much as get transported by it. Ted Morrissey writes with joy, ardor and an uncanny ability to tingle all of the senses with each carefully chosen image and every eloquently rendered turn of phrase.

author of Extraordinary Renditions - Andrew Ervin

Morrissey creates a literary camera obscura: his linguistic lens transports the reader into dark alleys of nineteenth-century London. Filled with twists and thrills, the novel is a treat. It brings back sweet memories of reading Conan Doyle and Wilkie Collins on cold winter nights, a steaming mug of tea and a purring cat in my lap, hours and pages flying by.

author of We, Monsters - Zarina Zabrisky