20th Century
Launch: Barbara Kent Lawrence’s Both Sides of the Pond, My Family’s War: 1933-1946
INTERVIEW BY ELLEN IRWIN Dr. Barbara Kent Lawrence is the author of many articles and nine books, including an award-winning dissertation. A former ...Read Article
Launch: Kate Khavari’s A Botanist’s Guide to Tradition and Treachery
INTERVIEW BY MALLY BECKER Kate Khavari is the USA Today bestselling author of fiction ranging from historical mysteries to high fantasy epics. She ...Read Article
Magic when you least expect it: A Year of Marvelous Ways by Sarah Winman
BY MARILYN PEMBERTON What comes first, the plot, character or location? For Sarah Winman, ‘Characters always come first … but place is also extremely ...Read Article
Launch: Claire M. Johnson’s For Thee
INTERVIEW BY M.N. STROH Claire M. Johnson writes crime fiction, historical novels, and Jane Austen pastiches. She is the former president of ...Read Article
The Right Season for Amy Ephron’s Unseasonably Cold
BY TRISH MACENULTY When Amy Ephron started out to write her noir-ish 1939 mystery, Unseasonably Cold, (The Sager Group, 2026) she did not expect the ...Read Article
Launch: Maryka Biaggio’s Margery & Me
INTERVIEWED BY MARTHA HOFFMAN Maryka Biaggio is a psychology professor-turned-novelist who brings forgotten lives back into the light. Her work has earned numerous ...Read Article
If it isn’t one prison, it’s another: Liberty Street by Heather Marshall
BY ELAINE O’CONNOR Heather Marshall’s latest novel, Liberty Street (Ballantine, June 2026) explores the many meanings of imprisonment, the societal norms and ...Read Article
Researching Life in the Great Depression: 1930s
BY B.J. SEDLOCK I would count the Great Depression as one of the periods of Western history which stands out as a ...Read Article
Launch: Kate Lord Brown’s The Silver Thread
INTERVIEWED BY CAROLYN NEWTON Kate Lord Brown was a finalist in ITV’s The People’s Author contest, and her novel The Perfume ...Read Article
Launch: Carol Baldwin’s Half-Truths
INTERVIEWED BY LESLIE S. LOWE Carol Baldwin’s debut YA historical novel, Half-Truths, was published in April 2025 by Monarch Educational Services. It won ...Read Article
