Vanessa Matthews is a poet and author of historical fiction. Her debut poetry collection ‘Melodies of my Other Life’ was published in 2013. The Doctor’s Daughter is her first novel. When
In 2015, I asked readers to list their favourite historical fiction titles for the first time. Being a little more experienced I limited participants to three choices – clearly a
Jenny Quinlan of Historical Editorial and Let Them Read Books was on the panel with me at HNS Denver talking about Historical Fiction Without the Famous. Her focus was the
One of my favourite words is serendipity. Not only do I love the way it rolls off my tongue, but I also love what it means. Carol Bodensteiner, author of
I had the pleasure of being included on a panel at the HNS Denver conference that took place from June 26 to 28, 2015. The panel topic was Recreating the
I used to read a lot of business books when I was in the consulting profession and I still have a lot of them on the shelves around my home. Chris
Some time ago, I listened to a TED talk given by Julian Friedmann on The Mystery of Storytelling. Julian Friedmann represents both book and script writers through the agency he established in 1976, now
The 2015 reader survey ran from April 23 to May 19 and reached 2033 participants from different parts of the world. 2015 Historical Fiction Reader Survey report summarizes results shedding light on preferences and
So … you’ve been asked to review a novel and agreed to do so. The novel in question sounds interesting: a dash of romance, dramatic twists and turns, life and
Deep in survey numbers at the moment so I thought I would share a few early charts to whet your appetites. The full report will be available soon. The question
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
