Last week I published the 2013 Favourite Historical Fiction Authors list which drew over 5000 people to the blog and resulted in more than 1000 Facebook shares. An awesome result!
Drum roll … here’s the 2013 list of favourite historical fiction authors. Of 2440 survey participants, 2075 people responded with one, two or three favourite authors. And a total of
The 2013 historical fiction survey ran from October 16 to November 11 and reached 2440 participants from different parts of the world. From the World of Historical Fiction is the initial
In May I had the pleasure of interviewing Edward Rutherfurd during the launch of his latest novel, PARIS. In preparation, not only did I read PARIS, but I also trolled
Today’s blog tour stop is with Helen Hollick, author of historical fiction and historical adventure. The topic is My Year of Reading Top Historical Fiction Authors. Helen Hollick is one
You probably won’t know her as Eleanor Hibbert, instead you’ll know her as Philippa Carr, Victoria Holt or Jean Plaidy or one of the other pseudonyms she used, including her
A few months ago, I developed a concept of ten essential ingredients for favourite historical fiction. Time to test another top author against those ingredients. To do so, I’ve chosen Dissolution
I am delighted to have Jacqueline Winspear, author of the very popular Maisie Dobbs mystery series, appear on A Writer of History. You will see that she is passionate about
In his book Hit Lit: Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century’s Biggest Bestsellers, James W. Hall sets out twelve ingredients that drive bestsellers to the top of the charts.
After conducting the historical fiction survey and discovering a bunch of favourite authors, I decided that I should read as many of them as possible – not all their work
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
