{"id":14691,"date":"2026-09-08T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/?p=14691"},"modified":"2026-09-16T22:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T22:16:55","slug":"making-the-past-feel-personal-tamera-alexander-on-writing-the-historical-romance-in-these-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/making-the-past-feel-personal-tamera-alexander-on-writing-the-historical-romance-in-these-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Past Feel Personal: Tamera Alexander on Writing the Historical Romance In These Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In These Hills<\/em> is set in Lynchburg, Tennessee, home of Jack Daniel\u2019s Distillery and Miss Mary Bobo\u2019s Boarding House. But it\u2019s also the home of author Tamera Alexander\u2019s ancestors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the story of Josephine isn\u2019t based on the life of a person in Tamera\u2019s family, her familiarity with Lynchburg and her family connections to the area and to Jack Daniel\u2019s Distillery helped this story feel more personal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue reading to see what Tamera was able to weave into the novel and how she\u2019s able to craft historical stories that are based on historical fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>If you like what you read,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/files.tyndale.com\/thpdata\/firstChapters\/978-1-4964-7562-6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">get access to the entire first chapter of\u00a0<em>In These Hills<\/em><\/a>. Or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tyndale.com\/p\/in-these-hills\/9781496475633?utm_source=tameraalexanderpost&amp;utm_medium=inthesehills&amp;utm_campaign=C4F_Blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">find your own copy in softcover, e-book, or audiobook at a retailer near you<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your family has a history in Lynchburg. What did you learn about your heritage while writing this book?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I grew up knowing my family had ties to Lynchburg, but researching and writing <em>In These Hills <\/em>brought those connections into sharper focus and made the past feel more personal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on the lives of my great-great-grandparents, Ballard and Martha Jane Preston, gave me deeper respect for the quiet, often unseen, labor that builds a community. It reminded me that ordinary lives can leave extraordinary legacies. The story also deepened my gratitude for those who came before me\u2014and the responsibility we each carry. As someone says to Josephine in the novel, \u201cWhat we do with our lives matters. Not only for us, but for generations to come.\u201d It has also impressed on me how precious it is to leave something tangible behind. What I wouldn\u2019t give for a journal from my great- or great-great-grandparents. To glimpse their struggles, their joys, and the everyday rhythms of their lives. What a gift that would be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You had the opportunity to write from the locations in your book. Describe this experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since my dad was born near Lynchburg in the Gattis Town\/Lois area, I grew up visiting family there. Walking those same hills again, revisiting the distillery, and spending time in Miss Mary Bobo\u2019s home gave me a sensory richness and a wealth of detail as I crafted the setting for the novel. Having family ties to the area\u2014my great-great-grandfather broke mules for the distillery\u2014made writing this story deeply meaningful. I hope the love I feel for the town and its people found its way onto the page. And to be completely honest, I felt a measure of intimidation writing about Jack Daniel, Miss Mary Bobo, Nearest Green, Susan B. Anthony, Nannie Helen Burroughs, and other real-life figures who appear in the novel. Each is deeply loved and highly esteemed, and I felt a profound responsibility to honor their lives and legacies with care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Historical fiction requires balancing fact with imagination. In this novel, where did you feel the most creative freedom\u2014and where did history require you to stay carefully tethered to the record?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the historical framework is real, I had the most creative freedom in shaping the inner lives of my fictional characters\u2014their motivations, relationships, and spiritual journeys. Fiction allows us to explore the heart behind the history. When writing about real figures like Jack Daniel, Miss Mary Bobo, Nearest Green (and his family), Susan B. Anthony, and Nannie Helen Burroughs, and more, I felt a deep responsibility to remain faithful to the historical record and to the spirit of who they were. I wanted their portrayals to align with what is known of them in history and what is respected about their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You mention in your author bio that you enjoy walking through old cemeteries and antique shops. What attracts you to study and write about history?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Old cemeteries and antique shops are filled with whispers of lives once lived\u2014names, dates, once-treasured objects now covered in dust. <em>Who were the people who owned these things? How did they come to part with them? What were their hopes and dreams? <\/em>History reminds me that while times change, human nature does not. The longings, fears, doubts, desires, and failures we wrestle with today are not new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I wander through cemeteries and when I write about real people long passed, I\u2019m reminded that <em>we are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes <\/em>(James 4:14 NIV). And as David wrote in Psalm 103:15-16 (NLT), <em>Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die. The wind blows, and we are gone\u2014as though we had never been here. <\/em>In studying and writing about history, I\u2019m drawn to the ways God\u2019s hand can be seen across generations\u2014through the good events and the difficult. He is faithful through it all. His presence, his provision, and his redemptive work shine through every era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/11-must-read-historical-novels-set-in-iconic-locations\/?utm_source=tameraalexanderpost&amp;utm_medium=historiclocations&amp;utm_campaign=C4F_Blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/Tamera-Alexander-CTA-historic-locations-1024x390.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/Tamera-Alexander-CTA-historic-locations-1024x390.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/Tamera-Alexander-CTA-historic-locations-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/Tamera-Alexander-CTA-historic-locations-768x293.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/Tamera-Alexander-CTA-historic-locations-1536x585.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/Tamera-Alexander-CTA-historic-locations.png 1640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tyndale.com\/p\/in-these-hills\/9781496475633?utm_source=tameraalexanderpost&amp;utm_medium=inthesehills&amp;utm_campaign=C4F_Blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/978-1-4964-7563-3-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14428\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/978-1-4964-7563-3-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/978-1-4964-7563-3-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/978-1-4964-7563-3-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/978-1-4964-7563-3-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/978-1-4964-7563-3-2-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/04\/978-1-4964-7563-3-2.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tyndale.com\/p\/in-these-hills\/9781496475633?utm_source=tameraalexanderpost&amp;utm_medium=inthesehills&amp;utm_campaign=C4F_Blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In These Hills<\/a><\/em> by Tamera Alexander<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>1905.<\/strong>&nbsp;Josephine Dunham is running for her life. After a women\u2019s suffrage rally in Atlanta turns deadly, she buys a one-way ticket on the first train out and lands in rural Tennessee. There, Dodge Coburn\u2014a rough-edged stranger with undeniable appeal\u2014begrudgingly offers her a ride to Lynchburg, a speck of a town where Josephine hopes to disappear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Battered and desperate, Josephine has little to say when Dodge delivers her to Miss Mary Bobo\u2019s Boarding House. Hoping to work in exchange for room and board, she soon discovers the only job matching her skills is at Jack Daniel&#8217;s Distillery, an irony not lost on a suffragist committed to prohibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dodge is skeptical of Josephine\u2019s claim that she\u2019s on the run from an abusive husband. But between running Jack Daniel\u2019s cattle farm and raising his young niece, he has little time or inclination to press her . . . at first. But when Josephine\u2019s convictions and compassion draw him in, Dodge begins to reconsider the life he\u2019s chasing, while Josephine must face a world far more complicated than the principles she\u2019s held to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Jack Daniel\u2019s Distillery gains national recognition, Josephine\u2019s secrets resurface. In a place where whiskey making takes time but justice is too often hurried, Dodge and Josephine must decide what\u2014and who\u2014they are willing to risk everything for, and whether faith will hold when the cost is high and time is running out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/07\/Alexander_Tamera-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/07\/Alexander_Tamera-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/07\/Alexander_Tamera.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Tamera Alexander<\/strong> is a&nbsp;<em>USA Today<\/em>&nbsp;bestselling novelist and one of today\u2019s most beloved authors of inspirational historical romance and women\u2019s contemporary fiction. While being Gram Tam is her current favorite role, she\u2019ll never turn down a stroll through an old cemetery or browsing through antique shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her works have been awarded numerous industry-leading honors\u2014among them the Christy Award, the RITA Award, the Carol Award, and&nbsp;<em>Library Journal\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;top honors\u2014and have earned the distinction of&nbsp;<em>Publishers Weekly<\/em>&nbsp;starred reviews. In 2020 she was inducted into the Christy Award Hall of Fame which recognizes authors for their legacy and contribution to Christian fiction. Her deeply drawn characters and thought-provoking plots have earned her devoted readers worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tamera and her husband love living in Nashville, Tennessee, and treasure the time spent with their grown children and grandchildren. They live a short distance from the Southern mansions that serve as the backdrop for many of her critically acclaimed novels. 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