Historical romance is my comfort reading, and I kept thinking that I’d like it even more if I saw more queer representation, and so (in a fit of hubris that I’d like to claim is totally out of character) I decided to just write some. Mainly, I wanted to write myself into the genre I love. What made you choose to tell queer historical stories? You’ve written historical romances across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. It’s right on the cusp, a liminal space, and that makes it very appealing as a writer. You have the Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum and the seedlings of the gay rights movement germinating in the background, but you still have a deeply conservative culture, and many groups are living with the aftermath of McCarthyism. It’s the end of one era and the beginning of something else. But is a setting audiences are familiar with and enjoy. contemporary in the genre, and maybe also because historical romance is firmly rooted in the 19th century these days. We don’t really see much of the 20th century, in general, in historical romance, presumably because of how we break up historical vs. But you’re so right that we don’t see it at all in historical romance. Maisel,” and “Call the Midwife,” just to name a few.

The long answer is that the period of the late 50s and early 60s is a common setting for television period pieces: “Mad Men,” “The Marvelous Mrs. The short answer is that I’m fascinated by this era. Why did you set The Cabots in that decade? The 1960s is an unusual era in romance, right on the cusp of what is considered historical vs.

And so I wrote a story that was filled with hope and sunshine (and pancakes and convertibles). I wrote Peter Cabot Gets Lost during the first weeks of the pandemic when I absolutely could not focus on the book I was supposed to be drafting and yet couldn’t resign myself to doing nothing, either. With both books, I wanted to write something very low-stakes and gentle with minimal conflict. What was the impetus behind Tommy Cabot Was Here and Peter Cabot Gets Lost ? You published The Cabots during the pandemic. Sebastian’s newest series, The Cabots, is set in the relatively recent - and turbulent - 1960s. Now a prolific author of 14 novels, she is best known for her queer historical romances. Before her writing career took off, Cat Sebastian practiced law and taught high school and college writing.

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