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What’s New and Old and Read All Over?: The State of Fiction Set in the Ancient World
Judith Starkston speaks with authors Maggie Anton, Geraldine Brooks, Gary Corby, Ruth Downie, Stephanie Dray, Margaret George, Libbie Hawker, Tim…
Conjuring the Inner Voice: Dinitia Smith on Her Literary Heroine, George Eliot
One of the greatest challenges of fiction is to dare to step inside a great figure of the past, to…
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…
Red Pencil: Weina Dai Randel’s The Moon in the Palace
Cindy Vallar analyzes the work behind published manuscripts. In this issue, she profiles Weina Dai Randel’s The Moon in the…
An Enigma: Bletchley Park as Setting for Lucy Ribchester’s The Amber Shadow
Bletchley Park encompasses a collection of basic huts, a small late Victorian Gothic mansion, and a stable block and cottages…
The Changing Notion of the “Historical Novelist”: An Interview with Tracy Chevalier
Those who’ve read Tracy Chevalier’s novels will know that setting, period and subject matter vary considerably from book to book.…
The Girl From the Paradise Ballroom by Alison Love Offers a Unique World War II Story
World War II in Britain is a period that remains very popular among writers, as author Alison Love points out.…
History’s blueprint: the story behind Allison Pataki’s Sisi, Empress on her Own
The sometimes fraught question of how much fact there ought to be in historical fiction is one that engages readers…
Q and A with New Novel Award winner, Cam Terwilliger
RL: Your novel was quite distinct in theme and tone from all…
The Many Passions of Aemilia Bassano Lanier, Ground-breaking Renaissance Poet
Born in 1569, Aemilia Bassano Lanier (also spelled Lanyer) was the highly cultured daughter of an Italian court musician—a man…
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- Virginia Winfield on "The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd Highlights the Horrific Nature of War": Look forward to reading this one.
- Pam Thomas on "Looking for Historically Accurate Names for Your Historical Novel": Names are so important - they give you a handle on the …
- Margaret Skea on "Q and A with New Novel Award winner, Cam Terwilliger": Congratulations, Cam - what a shame that we're going to have to …
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