Connecting Past and Present: Lynn Austin on Writing The Lumber Baron’s Wife

Lynn Austin has written many historical fiction novels set across a variety of time periods. The Lumber Baron’s Wife takes readers to the Gilded Age, and what’s unique about the story for Lynn’s books is that there is also a storyline set during the present day.

In the following Q & A, Lynn talks about what inspired her to write this dual-timeline novel, how two of the heroines are connected across time, and what she hopes readers will take away after reading the book.