Welcoming Leslie Simmons, author of Red Clay, Running Waters, to the blog today. Her post eloquently reminds us that historical fiction is an important tool to illuminate issues of the
I love hearing from readers who are also authors – and Patricia Bernstein is one such person. Her new novel A Noble Cunning: The Countess and the Tower released on
Author Gina Buonaguro and I had a great time talking about Women in History at The History Quill conference in February 2022 (see here and here for details). Gina’s work
Back in July, I posted 9 topics to pursue over the coming months. One of them is to consider how historical fiction illuminates the issues of today. As it turns
How does historical fiction illuminate the issues of today? I’ve just chosen four novels from my book shelves: Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks, Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig, The
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
