Her dazzling, jocular novel “The Pretender” recounts the journey of one John Collan, from his anonymous boyhood in a rural village to a claim, as Edward Plantagenet, on the English monarchy.

What happens when the foundations of your identity are taken away? After her science fiction debut (“Tell Me an Ending”), Jo Harkin pivots to historical fiction to chronicle the poignant ...

John's real name is Edward, Earl of Warwick, and he is to be king. "The Pretender" is a new novel from Jo Harkin, and it is drawn from history. Jo Harkin joins us from Berkshire in the U.K. Thanks ...