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HNR Issue 76 (May 2016)

May 1, 2016 12:00 am

This issue contains:

Cover Story, The Changing Notion of the “Historical Novelist”: An Interview with Tracy Chevalier | by Claire Morris
Historical Fiction Market News, a column with the latest book deals and publications in historical fiction | by Sarah Johnson
New Voices, a column focusing on debut novelists Joy Callaway, David Dyer, Martha Hall Kelly & Stephanie Storey | by Myfanwy Cook
Red Pencil, The Moon in the Palace | by Cindy Vallar
Interview with Dinitia Smith (Lucinda Byatt)
Features on ancient world fiction (Judith Starkston), Fall of Poppies (Susan McDuffie), the historical fiction of Shakespeare (Charlotte Wightwick), reclaiming the novel from the cutting room floor (Kate Braithwaite) & Bletchley Park as setting (Myfanwy Cook)
Reviews of more than 300 of the latest and greatest books in historical fiction and nonfiction, including Editors’ Choice titles