Snippets help craft a new novel …
Lies Told In Silence was my second novel – a story with connecting characters from Unravelled – novel #1. Later, I wrote Paris In Ruins which imagined the early lives
March 10, 2026
Lies Told In Silence was my second novel – a story with connecting characters from Unravelled – novel #1. Later, I wrote Paris In Ruins which imagined the early lives
Carol M. Cram is the author of several award-winning novels inspired by art and history, including The Muse of Fire, The Towers of Tuscany, and A Woman of Note, and host of The Art
Some of the most compelling novels I’ve read feature the lives of real historical figures: Paula McLain’s The Paris Wife, Margaret George’s Elizabeth I (or any novel by Margaret George!),
One attribute readers of historical fiction always mention is its ability to create an immersive experience – the notion of being transported in time and place. And what does that
Last July, while lamenting my inability to find absorbing books to read, I read through a number of ‘best historical fiction’ lists for 2025 and assembled a TBR list for
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
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
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
