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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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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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Bookshelf, Winter 2025
Novels on my bookshelf, Winter 2025, by Su Chang, Elyse Durham, Lora Jones, Kate Maruyama, Victoria Christopher Murray, and Jane Yang
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Jan 245 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Fiona Davis
New Books Network interview with Fiona Davis, whose latest historical novel, "The Stolen Queen," just came out from Dutton
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Jan 172 min read
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A New Year of Interviews
A sneak peek at author interviews planned for January 2025, with Fiona Davis, Joseph Finder, Poppy Kuroki, and Kate Mosse
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Jan 34 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Suzanne Allain
New Books Network interview with Suzanne Allain, acclaimed author of Regency-era historical romance
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Dec 20, 20241 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Monica Chenault-Kilgore
New Books Network interview with Monica Chenault-Kilgore, whose historical novel The Jewel of the Blues just came out from Graydon House
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Nov 22, 20242 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Vanessa Kelly
New Books Network interview with Vanessa Kelly, whose "Murder in Highbury" came out with Kensington Books in October 2024.
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Oct 25, 20242 min read
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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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Oct 4, 20242 min read
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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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Sep 20, 20245 min read
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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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Sep 12, 20243 min read
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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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Aug 30, 20246 min read
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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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Aug 23, 20242 min read
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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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Jul 12, 20242 min read
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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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Jun 21, 20242 min read
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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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May 31, 20242 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Ruth Reichl
New Books Network interview with Ruth Reichl, about "The Paris Novel"
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Apr 26, 20242 min read
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Bookshelf, Spring 2024
List of novels on my bookshelf for Spring 2024, by Audrey Burges, Eve J. Chung, Judith Lindbergh, Ruth Reichl, and Shaina Steinberg
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Apr 5, 20244 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Robin Oliveira
New Books Network interview with Robin Oliveira about her latest novel, set in late 19th-century Scotland and Washington Territory
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Mar 22, 20242 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Kate Quinn and Janie Chang
New Books Network interview with bestselling authors Kate Quinn and Janie Chang about their co-written novel, The Phoenix Crown
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Mar 1, 20242 min read
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