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A Power Unbound by Freya Marske5/9/2023 I really hope that we can sustain the momentum.Īs a queer historical romance writer yourself, do you find that over the years, this genre has become more diverse and more accessible to other marginalized readers and creators, such as the LGBTQ+ community and people of color? Some of it was a necessary correction to the markets’ over-saturation of whiteness and straightness and it’s a direction that I’m very glad to see the genre go in. I think that some of that was opportunism. Bridgerton gave a lot of people the excuse to do something about it, to say: aha, a new market! If you like this multicultural television show, then maybe you’ll enjoy these multicultural romance books as well. There had been a push for making the historical romance space more inclusive for and by people of color. The first Bridgerton book was published in 2000, but I think that when people saw an adaptation that was fun, nimble, young, and less restrained, it brought up a new conversational space in the romance community. A lot of people found something that they loved in the Bridgerton series. I think that they’re definitely connected. Do you think that their popularity is a byproduct of the success of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series? Over the past couple of years, there seems to have been a resurgence in the historical romance genre, especially with books focusing on Britain’s Regency period, from 1811 to 1820. Foreign Policy & International Relations.
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