H M Hulme
Writer of Historical Fiction
Hello, my name’s Hannah and I’m a writer of historical fiction set in and around the Great War of 1914-1918. I write the stories I’d like to read myself; the stories of people who slipped through the gaps in history - women who weren’t posh, soldiers who didn’t write poetry, the uneducated, the marginalised; ordinary people living in extraordinary and terrible times.
I’ve finished two novels and I’m planning a third. I’m actively seeking representation by a literary agent.
Women’s Canteen at Phoenix Works, Bradford, 1918 Flora Lion © IWM (Art.IWM ART 4434). Outside Charing Cross Station, July 1916. Casualities from the Battle of the Somme arriving in London, 1916 J Hodgson Lobley © IWM (Art.IWM ART 2759). All non-photographic mages on this website from the Imperial War Museum Collection and used under non-commercial licence.
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About
Reading is escape but writing goes one better. It’s freedom; freedom to fine tune that escape, to live vicariously - and so I write what I’d like to read.
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Why WW1?
A world we might sadly recognise today; racist, imperialist, paternalistic, prejudiced – yet energetic and compassionate, romantic and irreverent.
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My stories
Living with secrets and broken dreams are the themes of Best Beloved - whilst White Lady tells the story of a suffragette forced to undertake a deadly wartime mission.
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On Rhossili Down
This was one of the first short stories I wrote - and still a favourite. It was long-listed for the Historical Writers Association Short Story Award.