Bruce Macbain

About me

Bruce Macbain holds degrees in Classics and Ancient History and was formerly an Assistant Professor of Classics at Boston University. He decided to stop writing scholarly articles (which almost no one read) and turn his expertise to fiction—a much more congenial medium. Roman Games (Poisoned Pen Press, 2010) is his first published novel. A sequel, The Bull Slayer, is due to appear in March, 2013. He is also a regular contributor of reviews to Historical Novels review.

Recent tweets

79 days ago

It was a long gestation but I’ve finally delivered another Pliny mystery, The Bull Slayer ( sequel to Roman Games). Give it a look.

283 days ago

I'm immersing myself in the Icelandic sagas, preparing to write a Viking novel. It's great stuff and the new Penguin editions are wonderful.

286 days ago

Just waiting for Curiosity to blunder across ancient Martian tombs.Ray Bradbury can't have been wrong!

287 days ago

Just added myself to the http://t.co/Et9rlUjG twitter directory under: #boston_ma_usa #ancienthistory #historicalmysteries

289 days ago

# Iceland. Thinking of climbing Mt Hekla? It's tough. I made it half way (but I'm an old man).

 
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