Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction In Anna Symon’s Lightly Fictionalized ‘Mrs. Wilson’
The real story behind "Mrs. Wilson" is almost too strange to be true — which helped writer Anna Symon blur the lines between film genres.
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Show Notes
*Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Three of *Mrs. Wilson.
The story of Alison Wilson’s relationship with British spy novelist and actual spy, Alexander Wilson, almost seems too wild for reality and too bizarre for the author’s own fiction. But the history, beautifully brought to life by Wilson’s granddaughter, Ruth Wilson, was real. It’s a genre-busting journey where series writer Anna Symon always sought to highlight the power of family joy in this rather dark true tale.