ABSTRACT
My projected biofiction series, Shakespeare’s Sisters, comprises six interrelated historical novels that convey the stories of early modern women authors from their own perspectives. As epitomized by the first of these, Imperfect Alchemist, the series offers imaginative engagements with an array of early modern figures, with women writers at the center of the narrative. This essay explores how biofiction can differ from biography in imagining and making visible both individual convictions and strategies of authorship that worked to challenge and transform popular assumptions about gender in another era. My essay considers how authors of biofiction can explore challenges and expectations facing early modern women that resonate with modern audiences.
