Therese Down’s The End of Law “delves deep into an area of Nazi Germany that few speak of and many often do not know much about”. With that enticing premise, I
Greg Taylor’s novel Lusitania R.E.X won the first M.M. Bennetts Award for historical fiction. The award was presented at last June’s Historical Novel Society conference in Denver and I had the
Today I’ve selected authors’ tips on writing historical fiction from around the web. From How to Write Historical Fiction: 7 Tips on Accuracy and Authenticity by Susanna Calkins author of A Murder
Luke Waterson’s debut novel Roebuck, set in 16th century South America, was published this December. He has also written several non-fiction travel related books and many articles for well-known publications
Dear readers – some of you will know of the reader surveys I conduct and I’m delighted to provide information and insights gleaned from the data you and others have
After exchanging emails and Facebook messages with Margaret Porter for a few years, I feel I know her, so I am delighted that she agreed to be on A Writer of History
Kay Bratt is the author of The Palest Ink, a saga of two families during China’s Cultural Revolution. She is also a child advocate and author of the series Tales of the Scavenger’s
Anna Belfrage and I met in Denver at the Historical Novel Society conference. According to Anna, had she been allowed to choose, she’d have become a professional time-traveller. As such a
When I was young my parents had little money to spare so we often went on country drives for our weekend entertainment. My father loved driving and my mother found
Gwendolyn Womack is the author of The Memory Painter which released in April 2015. She was also at the Historical Novel Society conference in Denver this year where I learned
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
