Interview
Stranger Than We Think?: Francis Spufford on Turning Fantasy into a Story that Resonates
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
Story Gold: Thomas Mogford’s The Saffron Thief
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
New Voices: Jackie McMahon, Callie Murray, Susan Nolen & Ellen Rachlin
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
Celtic Myth & the Regency: The Sebastian St. Cyr Series
WRITTEN BY CHRISTINE NELLAS ACOSTA In an interview about the 21st mystery in the St. Cyr series, When the Wolves Are Silent (Berkley, 2026), ...Read Article
Launch: Anna Dalhaimer Bartkowski’s Ancestral Shadows
INTERVIEWED BY MALLY BECKER Anna Dalhaimer Bartkowski has chased stories since childhood—first as a wide-eyed kid and later as a passionate genealogist ...Read Article
Launch: Apple Gidley’s Annie’s Day
INTERVIEWED BY LESLIE S. LOWE A nomadic life has seen Anglo-Australian Apple Gidley live in twelve countries as diverse as Equatorial Guinea and ...Read Article
Launch: Anna Belfrage’s Queen of Shadows
INTERVIEWED BY MARTHA HOFFMAN Had Anna Belfrage been allowed to choose, she’d have become a time-traveller. As this was impossible, she became ...Read Article
Launch: Janis M. Falk’s Not Yet Lost
INTERVIEWED BY WAHEED RABBANI “Rivera’s mural taught me to find beauty and worth in the working class, in my family, my heritage, ...Read Article
Strong Forces in Difficult Times: The Paris Thief by Lisa Rochon
BY TERRI BAKER The scandalous theft of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa in 1911, the Paris avant-garde art scene in the decade before World ...Read Article
Launch: Antony J. Bell’s A Penny a Shell
INTERVIEWED BY LESLIE S. LOWE Antony J. Bell is a historical fiction author from Yorkshire, focused on the untold stories of ordinary people ...Read Article
