
Writing History – Looking back at 2025
I began a series of posts titled ‘Writing History’ not long after the US election in November 2024 – even a few before the election – that brought Donald Trump

I began a series of posts titled ‘Writing History’ not long after the US election in November 2024 – even a few before the election – that brought Donald Trump

Put yourself in the shoes of Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall or Alice Dubois in The Alice Network, or Tom Bilder in The Pillars of the Earth. Through historical fiction,

Steven Leibo, author of the Sino-American Tales spent much of his adult life studying, teaching and writing about Asian Western relations. A few years ago, he began writing a series

In October 2024, I was in a quandary and produced this blog post: At various times this past year I’ve asked myself the question ‘what’s next?‘ I confess to being

2025 was a challenging year for A Writer of History. I stumbled around searching for topics as well as the energy to be creative … other authors made great contributions

Dear Readers … 2025 has been a year of uncertainty for many of us with unexpected changes and growing concern. For me, that uncertainty has spread into my private life

The 2025 winner of the Walter Scott prize for historical fiction is The Land In Winter by Andrew Miller. I was curious to look at the finalists for this prize

Authors are a hardy breed. In order to face the myriad rejections, we have to be. So, when an email came bouncing into my inbox with glowing praise for my

Tim Alberta is an award-winning journalist and a writer for The Atlantic. His book, The Kingdom, The Power and The Glory is an “examination of the divisions that threaten to

Erin Davies is a passionate reader. We’ve been connected through social media for quite a long time and I admire Erin’s passion for reading and for sharing her thoughts about
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