Interviews with Laurel
A short interview from Marshal Zeringue at Writers Read
Laurel Corona is the author of more than a dozen middle school books and is a professor of English and Humanities at San Diego City College. Her new book is The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice.
Late last month I asked her what she was reading. Her reply:
An interview with Laurel at Author Interviews
Laurel Corona is the author of more than a dozen middle school books and is a professor of English and Humanities at San Diego City College.
Q. What inspired you to write The Four Seasons?
A. I ran across a reference to Vivaldi's work with the female musicians of the Pieta in a textbook I used for a Humanities courses at the community college where I teach. When I did a little research, I realized how rich and complex a subject the Pieta was in and of itself, how magnificent it became when a great composer and his music were added in, and how explosive a result there would be to have the opulent, complicated and gorgeous city of Venice as the foundation for the story.
