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INTERVIEWED BY J. K. KNAUSS Marilyn Ball Carvin, a California native, holds a B.A. from Mount St. Mary’s College in Brentwood (...Read Article

INTERVIEWED BY KAREN DRURY Bestselling, award-winning author Kathleen Shoop, PhD, writes historical fiction, women’s fiction, and romance. Kathleen also teaches and co-coordinates ...Read Article

Congrats to all HNS members with new books out!  If you’ve written a historical novel or nonfiction work published (or to be ...Read Article

WRITTEN BY JANICE DERR Reimagining the overlooked stories of Nantucket’s maritime history Julie Gerstenblatt obviously has a deep love for Nantucket. Her ...Read Article

WRITTEN BY MYFANWY COOK Feast, Catherine Kurtz’s debut novel (Berkley, 2026), opens in London in 1882. Minha, a young mixed-race woman and the central ...Read Article

WRITTEN BY ELISABETH STORRS Have you ever paused in a museum to study a piece of art? One by Monet or Rembrandt? A ...Read Article

WRITTEN BY LUCINDA BYATT Francis Spufford is the author of the historical novels Golden Hill (his 2016 award-winning debut), Light Perpetual (2021, nominated for the ...Read Article

WRITTEN BY SARAH BOWER Thomas Mogford, who writes historical fiction as T. L. Mogford, is a prolific author of crime novels. The Saffron ...Read Article

WRITTEN BY MYFANWY COOK Jackie McMahon, Callie Murray, Susan Nolen and Ellen Rachlin have set out to tantalise their readers by encouraging them ...Read Article

WRITTEN BY DOUGLAS KEMP Peter Greenaway’s The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982) is set in an English country house in 1694, but it is not “...Read Article