C. P. Lesley, Novelist

Interview with author Nan Fischer about her latest novel, The Book of Silver Linings (Berkley, August 2023)

Discussion of how I connect with my characters at the start of a new novel

Author interview with Anika Scott, author of The German Heiress, The Soviet Sisters, and, most recently, Sinners of Starlight City.

Revisiting the question of historical invention with a specific example from my own work in progress, Song of the Steadfast

New Books Network interview with author Jennifer Savran Kelly about her novel Endpapers

Books I have read that are due out in the summer of 2023, as well as those on my bookshelf for reading before September.

Recap of my New Books Network interview with Ginny Kubitz Moyer, whose debut novel "The Seeing Garden" appeared in May 2023.

More information about my New Books Network interview with Anna Lee Huber, author of historical fiction featuring Lady Darby & Verity Kent

On the challenges of telling a story when real life offers more drama than making stuff up

New Books Network interview with Katharine Beutner, author of the historical suspense novel Killingly

Written interview with Amy Barry, author of historical romances set in Montana