Striking a balance between artistic imagination and historical accuracy is essential for Costa Book of the Year-winning author Stef Penney, she tells Tina Jackson
Writing and exploration go hand in hand for writer and filmmaker Stef Penney – quite literally, in her new novel, Under a Pole Star. A lead title for its publisher Quercus, the epic historical tale of rival Arctic expeditions marks a return to the bleak historical territory of her game-changing, Costa-winning 2005 debut, A Tenderness of Wolves.