
It has been an incredible experience spending time exploring her brilliant mind, and ultimately sharing her story.Ģ) Did you have to go to Paris to find details for your book? Many years later, I had not forgotten Camille, and knew I wanted to delve more into her life. After the film, I became rather obsessed with sculpture in general. Their tragic love story gripped me and I swooned at the beauty they created both together and separately. with stars Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu playing the roles of Camille and Rodin. The film, simply called Camille Claudel, was multiple award-winning in Europe and the U.S. I fell in love with Camille while in my French film class in college. She is a member of the Historical Novel Society and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association.ġ) What was the starting point of your interest for Camille Claudel? Heather is also a freelance editor and contributor to award-winning writing sites and. BECOMING JOSEPHINE follows the life and times of Josephine Bonaparte set to the backdrop of the French Revolution, and RODIN’S LOVER chronicles the passionate and tragic story of Camille Claudel, sculptor, collaborator, and lover to the famed Auguste Rodin.

Heather Webb writes historical novels for Penguin and HarperCollins, which have been translated to three languages and have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan magazine, France magazine, and Reuters News Book Talk.
