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New Books Network Interview: Karen Swan
New Books Network interview with Karen Swan about her historical novel The Midnight Secret, which concludes her Wild Isle series, set in Scotland between 1925 and 1935
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4 days ago2 min read
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The Tudor Cardinal
A look at Alison Weir's latest historical novel, set in Tudor England and featuring Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
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May 302 min read
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Interview about A Rare Find
Interview with historical romance writer Joanna Lowell about her latest novel, A Rare Find, exploring gender diversity in Regency England
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May 288 min read
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Book Release: Song of the Steadfast
Book release announcement for C. P. Lesley's historical fiction novel Song of the Steadfast, due out in June 2025 from Five Directions Press
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May 233 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Joanna Miller
New Books Network interview with Joanna Miller, whose debut historical fiction novel has just come out with G. P. Putnam
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May 163 min read
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Interview with k.m. huber
Author interview with k.m. huber, whose historical novel Call of the Owl Woman will soon come out with Sparkpoint Studio
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May 95 min read
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Interview with Danielle Teller
Author interview with Danielle Teller's latest historical novel, "Forged," due out from Pegasus Books in May 2025
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May 24 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Alka Joshi
New Books Network interview with Alka Joshi, whose latest historical novel, Six Days in Bombay, just came out with MIRA Books
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Apr 252 min read
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Interview with April J. Skelly
Interview with April J. Skelly, whose new historical mystery series, set in the Gilded Age, is appearing with Crooked Lane Books
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Apr 185 min read
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Interview with Jane Yang
Interview with Jane Yang, whose historical novel The Lotus Shoes, set in imperial China, came out from Park Row Books in January 2025
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Apr 118 min read
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Interview with Elise Hooper
Interview with the historical novelist Elise Hooper, whose The Library of Lost Dollhouses, has just come out with William Morrow
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Apr 44 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Victoria Christopher Murray
New Books Network interview with the historical novelist Victoria Christopher Murray, whose Harlem Rhapsody just came out with Berkley
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Mar 282 min read
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Bookshelf, Spring 2025
My Spring 2025 bookshelf, with historical fiction by Alka Joshi, Joanna Lowell, Mimi Matthews, Joanna Miller, Kathleen Renk, and Karen Swan
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Mar 216 min read
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Interview with Kate Maruyama
Interview with Kate Maruyama, whose latest historical/contemporary novel is just out with Running Wild Press
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Mar 146 min read
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Interview with Su Chang
Interview with Su Chang, whose debut novel The Immortal Woman has just come out with House of Anansi
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Mar 75 min read
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Interview with Leonard Goldberg
Interview with Leonard Goldberg, whose latest addition to his Daughter of Sherlock Holmes series is due from Pegasus Books in March 2025
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Feb 286 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Elyse Durham
New Books Network interview with Elyse Durham, whose Maya and Natasha, a novel about Soviet ballet, will soon be out from Mariner Books
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Feb 212 min read
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Interview with Andrea Pickens
Interview with Andrea Pickens, whose historical romances are being reissued by Oliver Heber Books throughout 2025
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Feb 145 min read
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Writing Series Characters
On problems with keeping characters' details straight while writing the Legends of the 5 Directions and Songs of Steppe & Forest series
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Feb 72 min read
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Interview with Joseph Finder
Interview with the contemporary thriller writer Joseph Finder, whose latest novel, The Oligarch's Daughter, came out in January 2025
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Jan 314 min read
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