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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 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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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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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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Buried Treasure, Part 2
More buried treasure from my Kindle library, here books by Erika Monahan, Marlowe Benn, Jessie Burton, and Debra Dean
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Nov 8, 20243 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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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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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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Jul 19, 20244 min read
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Co-writing The Merchant's Tale
Interview about co-writing conducted by Joan Schweighardt with C. P. Lesley and P.K. Adams, discussing The Merchant's Tale
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Apr 19, 20246 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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Bookshelf, Winter 2024
My bookshelf, Winter 2024: Stephanie Dray, Laurie R. King, Clare McHugh, Andrea Penrose, Kate Quinn and Janie Chang, Deanna Raybourn
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Jan 12, 20246 min read
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Adjusting to Co-Writing
Thoughts on the pluses and minuses of co-writing and what it adds to a novel project
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Dec 8, 20233 min read
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A Deeper Look at The Merchant’s Tale
Deeper look at The Merchant's Tale, a historical novel co-written by P.K. Adams and C.P. Lesley and released in mid-November 2023
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Nov 22, 20233 min read
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Holiday Roundup 2023
Holiday roundup of 2023 books by Rhys Bowen, Bernard Cornwell, Clara McKenna, Erica Neubauer, Anne Perry and Karen Swan
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Nov 3, 20235 min read
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Interview with Clara McKenna
Interview with the writer Clara McKenna, author of the Stella and Lyndy historical mysteries and other novels
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Oct 27, 20236 min read
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Fall 2023 Bookshelf
List of novels on my Fall 2023 Bookshelf, all recent historical fiction or historical mystery, set in the 19th and 20th centuries
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Oct 6, 20235 min read
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Interview with Heather Redmond
Interview with Heather Redmond, author of numerous mystery novels, most recently "Death of the Sisters"
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Sep 29, 20236 min read
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