Historical Mysteries … a follow up
A few days ago, David Cairns, author of The Case of the Hydegild Sacrifice, posted some great advice on the topic of historical mysteries. Here’s a round up of other
January 29, 2026
A few days ago, David Cairns, author of The Case of the Hydegild Sacrifice, posted some great advice on the topic of historical mysteries. Here’s a round up of other
Author David Cairns celebrates the fourth instalment of his Findo Gask and Erroll Rait Mystery series: The Case of the Hydegild Sacrifice. His stories are “meticulously researched and mixed with thrilling fiction
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
Susan Storer Clark, author of An Uncharted World, reflects on the research and writing challenges she faced when writing about the 16th century slave trade and a Yoruba woman named
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 historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
