“You Will Live to See The Laws Reestablished”

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Cordelia Frances Biddle writes fiction and nonfiction. Her most recent novel is They Believed They Were Safe, a dark tale set in a small college town in 1962. Prior fiction: Sins of Commission, The Actress, Without Fear, Deception’s Daughter, and The Conjurer. All take place during the early Victorian era in Philadelphia, and explore women’s issues and the chasm between wealth and poverty. Her first novel, Beneath the Wind, examined colonialism during the Edwardian Age. Listen to Me, a feminist view of ancient sacred scripture will be published in January 2025.

Nonfiction: Biddle, Jackson, And A Nation In Turmoil: The Infamous Bank War (shortlisted for the 2022 Athenaeum Book Award) and Saint Katharine: The Life of Katharine Drexel.

Cordelia has taught creative writing at Drexel University’s Pennoni Honors College since 2008. She received the Pennoni Honors College Award in 2012 and is the recipient of the 2021 Drexel University Adjunct Teaching Excellence Award.

Website: www.CordeliaFrancesBiddle.net

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