TWENTY YEARS AGO, Nathan Dylan Goodwin sat in Hastings Library, skimming through WWII newspapers for references to his grandmother’s family. But it was the town itself, famous as the namesake of the Battle of Hastings in 1066, that captured his attention.
In World War II, Hastings was once again a frontline, regularly bombed by German forces and subject to rationing and evacuations. From Goodwin’s fascination about)—and a passion for storytelling. Goodwin wrote three more non-fiction titles, then secured a master’s degree in creative writing.
