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New Books Network Interview: Maren Halvorsen
New Books Network interview with Maren Halvorsen, whose debut novel, a murder mystery and character study set in 17th-century England has just come out with Cuidono Press
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Nov 142 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Katie Tietjen
New Books Network interview with Katie Tietjen, whose second historical mystery featuring Maple Bishop has just been published by Crooked Lane Books
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Oct 102 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Lucy Pick
New Books Network interview with Lucy Pick, whose historical novel The Queen's Companion, about Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Holy Land, has just come out with Cuidono Press
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Sep 122 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Kathleen Kaufman
New Books Network interview with Kathleen Kaufman, whose latest historical/fantasy novel just came out with Kensington Books
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Aug 152 min read
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New Books Network Interview: Sarah Landenwich
New Books Network interview with Sarah Landenwich, whose debut novel about three generations of female concert pianists has just come out with Union Square Publishing.
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Jul 182 min read
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Bookshelf, Summer 2025
Novels on my bookshelf, Summer 2025, historical fiction by Rachel Louise Driscoll, Kathleen Kaufman, Kate Khavari, Laurie R. King, Sarah Landenwich, and David Lewis
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Jun 205 min read
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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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Jun 132 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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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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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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