New Books Network Interview: Christina Dodd
New Books Network interview with Christina Dodd, whose A Daughter of Fair Verona, appeared with Kensington Books in July 2024
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cplesley
- Sep 27
- 7 min
Interview with Anna Lee Huber
Author interview with Anna Lee Huber about her historical novel Sisters of Fortune, about a family that traveled on the Titanic
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cplesley
- Sep 20
- 5 min
Bookshelf, Fall 2024
Fall 2024 Bookshelf: Suzanne Allain, Monica Chenault-Kilgore, Christina Dodd, Vanessa Kelly, Mimi Matthews, Alyson Richman, and Elif Shafak
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cplesley
- Sep 12
- 3 min
New Books Network Interview: Madeline Martin
New Books Network interview with Madeline Martin, whose latest World War II novel, The Booklover's Library, has come out from Hanover Square
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cplesley
- Sep 6
- 5 min
Interview with Cynthia Reeves
Interview with Cynthia Reeves, whose third novel, The Last Whaler, is set in the Arctic and has just come out from Regal House
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cplesley
- Aug 30
- 6 min
Interview with Andrew Varga
Interview with Andrew Varga, whose latest Jump in Time novel (YA), set on the Eurasian steppe, has just come out from Imbrifex Books
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cplesley
- Aug 23
- 2 min
New Books Network Interview: Heather Redmond
New Books Network interview with Heather Redmond about her latest historical mystery featuring Mary Shelley and the Godwin family
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cplesley
- Aug 16
- 3 min
The Ick Factor in History
On the not so nice parts of history and their inclusion in historical fiction
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cplesley
- Aug 9
- 6 min
The Traveling Salesmen of History
On the value of merchants' travel accounts as sources for historical fiction, or what we can learn from the traveling salesmen of history
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cplesley
- Aug 2
- 4 min
Interview with Michelle Moran
Interview with the author Michelle Moran, whose latest novel, "Maria," explores the true story behind "The Sound of Music"
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cplesley
- Jul 26
- 4 min
The Rabbit Hole of Historical Research
The joys and perils of historical research when writing fiction, with special attention to the author's next Songs of Steppe & Forest novel
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cplesley
- Jul 19
- 4 min
Interview with Lianne Dillsworth
Author interview with Lianne Dillsworth, whose historical novels Theatre of Marvels and House of Shades are set in 19th-century Britain
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cplesley
- Jul 12
- 2 min
New Books Network Interview: Eve J. Chung
New Books Network interview with Eve J. Chung, whose "Daughters of Shandong" explores the escape of three abandoned women from Mao's China
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cplesley
- Jul 5
- 4 min
Bookshelf, Summer 2024
Novels on my bookshelf for the summer of 2024, by Lianne Dillsworth, Michelle Moran, Andrea Penrose, Heather Redmond, and Andrew Varga
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cplesley
- Jun 28
- 5 min
Interview with Ellery Lloyd
Written interview with the husband-and-wife team who publish as Ellery Lloyd, about their latest suspense novel, just out from Harper
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cplesley
- Jun 21
- 2 min
New Books Network Interview: Joanna Lowell
New Books Network interview with historical romance author Joanna Lowell, whose latest novel, A Shore Thing, has just appeared in print.
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cplesley
- Jun 14
- 6 min
Interview with Eliza Knight
Author interview with Eliza Knight about her latest novel, The Queen's Faithful Companion, about Elizabeth II and her corgis
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cplesley
- Jun 7
- 2 min
Another Stage, or Life in Retirement
Life in retirement takes some getting used to, so here are thoughts about the decision to slow down and ways to occupy that freed-up time
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cplesley
- May 31
- 2 min
New Books Network Interview: A. Engels
New Books Network interview with A. Engels, author of A Fool for an Heir, set during the reign of Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow
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cplesley
- May 24
- 7 min
Interview with Shaina Steinberg
Interview with screenwriter Shaina Steinberg, whose historical detective novel Under the Paper Moon is set in Los Angeles after World War II
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