Renaissance
A Study of Violence: Maggie O’Farrell’s The Marriage Portrait
WRITTEN BY LUCINDA BYATT Hilary Mantel’s death had just been announced when I heard Maggie O’Farrell talking about her as an ...Read Article
Renaissance Florence: Alyssa Palombo and Donna Russo Morin on Unconventional Florentine Women
Two new historical novels, Alyssa Palombo’s The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence: A Story of Botticelli (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2017) and Donna ...Read Article
New Voices: Kate Howard, Ellen Prentiss Campbell, Anna Mazzola & Alix Rickloff
Dark secrets, deadly deeds and beauty are tightly interlaced in the novels of debut novelists Kate Howard, Ellen Prentiss Campbell, Anna Mazzola and ...Read Article
New Voices: Joy Callaway, David Dyer, Martha Hall Kelly & Stephanie Storey
Debut novelists Joy Callaway, David Dyer, Martha Hall Kelly and Stephanie Storey aspire to create a legacy for the future from past events. ...Read Article
New Voices: John Henry Clay, Margaret Skea, Donna Thorland & Alana White
John Henry Clay, Margaret Skea, Donna Thorland and Alana White explain the inspiration for their novels. Donna Thorland’s novel The Turncoat (Penguin, ...Read Article
A Masterclass in Character: Theresa Breslin’s Spy for the Queen of Scots
Author of numerous award-winning books for children and young adults, including the historical novels The Nostradamus Prophecy, Remembrance, The Medici Seal, and Prisoner ...Read Article
New Voices: Moonyeen Blakey, James Hawking, Regina O’Melveny & Jean Zimmerman
Debut novelists Moonyeen Blakey, James Hawking, Regina O’Melveny and Jean Zimmerman provide insight into the inspiration for their novels. Fascination with a ...Read Article
A Chronicler of People’s Stories
An interview with Gabrielle Kimm Gabrielle Kimm is passionate about her writing, her latest book and her characters. In fact, you might imagine ...Read Article