Diana Mathur, Author

The haunting wartime art of Kārlis Smīltens—created after his experiences on the Eastern Front—became the spark for my WWII Latvia historical mystery, Parade of the Dead.

Any novelist writing about a foreign culture is wise to have a manuscript reviewed by a cultural sensitivity reader. My upcoming historical mystery is set in 1941 Riga during some of the Holocaust’s most horrific atrocities. I’m fortunate to have regular feedback from Jewish writers in my critique group. But I needed a Latvian’s opinions. So I asked Lisa Edmondson to serve as a cultural sensitivity reader for my manuscript. She caught major misunderstanding as well as nuance,