Sophie Schiller and I share a passion for the stories and history of WWI. Sophie is on the blog today with some intriguing background about German spies and their intention
Laila Ibrahim, author of Golden Poppies and Yellow Crocus, is known for writing stories about love’s ability to transcend human-made systems of oppression and in her recently published SCARLET CARNATION she writes a novel about
Suzanne Feldman and I connected during an animated discussion of the World Wars at this year’s historical novel society conference. With Suzanne’s new novel set during WWI and my three
Reading Jeffrey K. Walker’s CV I discovered many surprises. I knew he’d been in the military and is a lawyer, but he’s also had top secret security clearance, was a
My grandmother’s second wedding was in October of 1977 when she was seventy-five. Unfortunately, my husband and I were students living in Vancouver at the time with insufficient funds to afford
As a lawyer, David O. Stewart argued before juries, judges, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, he writes history and historical novels, looking for the people behind
Today marks 100 years since the end of WWI. What a horrifying and devastating war. Tragically, the terms of the armistice led to economic distress and resentment in Germany, which
Darrell Duthie and I connected over WWI fiction – his and mine both involving the heroic deeds of the often overlooked Canadian soldiers serving in that war. Darrell offers insights
Rebecca Rosenberg is the author of The Secret Life of Mrs. London which releases January 30, 2018. I met Rebecca through a Facebook group of Lake Union authors. Both being
April 9, 2017 is the 100th anniversary of the battle for Vimy Ridge, a battle where thousands of Canadian soldiers distinguishing themselves by taking this important ridge from the Germans.
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