Features
The Romantic Novel of the Year, 2014
This year’s shortlists for the RoNAs have been announced, two of the categories relevant to the HNS. We will be…
An Interview with Erika Robuck
On March 4, 2014, Erika Robuck’s historical novel Fallen Beauty will be published by NAL ($16, 384pp). The novel features…
Talking Mrs Hemingway with Naomi Wood
When I ask Naomi Wood what Ernest Hemingway would make of her new novel, Mrs Hemingway, quick as a flash…
Adapting Rosemary Sutcliff’s Sword at Sunset for the stage
Interview with James Beagon SG-N: Please tell us something about your background JB: I was born in Oxford but moved…
A Remarkable Partnership: Nancy Horan’s Under the Wide and Starry Sky
“Writing historical fiction about real people allows me to explore the ‘why’ questions that arise out of the facts of…
History & Film: TV, Film & the Historical Novel
It’s not too long ago that historical fiction was perceived to be a minority interest, or at least to be…
Hidden Treasures for Historical Research
This new, quarterly column will briefly highlight sources historical novelists can use in their research: digitized documents/images that are available…
Indie Roundup: Stand-Out Independently-Published Novels of 2013
Reviewing indie novels for the HNS is not always an easy task. In some cases the reviewer is the first…
Meet the Historians
It grew out of a brief conversation with Richard Lee at the HNS 2012 UK Conference. The idea was a…
The Wife’s Tale? Through the Eyes of Women Who Loved Famous Men
Readers with an eye to what is hot in historical fiction might well have observed a recent trend. Novels focusing…
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