L.M. Nathan Author Visit – A review by our Year 10 Librarians

The other week our Year 8 and Year 9 students were visited by the wonderful author L.M Nathan. We were introduced to her new book called ‘The Virtue Season’ and how she was inspired to write it. The moral of the story is that you should not let others define you. The protagonist in the story is a strong-headed girl called Manon, who is determined to change the dystopian kingdom she lives in, while keeping her dangerous secret hidden.

The author expressed to us that the protagonist Manon is reflected on the personality of herself. Manon portrays a confident exterior, yet inside she is very timid and reserved abour herself.

She illustrated to us that even though it is terrifying to share your work, you should. However, you should pick your critics wisely.

L.M. Nathan was inspired by the flood that took place near her home in Clithero. She wanted to achieve something that was bigger than herself and will outlast her.

Her favourite part of writing her book was working with the editor on the 2nd and 3rd drafts. However, she didn’t like or enjoy the entire writing process. Sometimes, she had to force herself to write, but the struggle was worth it in the end.

L.M Nathan is an ex-English teacher who has always enjoyed and loved writing. Nathan got into writing through song lyrics as she was fascinated by how song writers put songs together. She also took a novel writing course which helped her to produce her first novel which took her 10 years to write. Nathan has also gained lots of new friends over the course of writing her first novel who are fellow authors just like her.

“Character is plot and plot is character” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

By Lily T, Hannah S, Ana C

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