Judith Starkston has spent too much time exploring the remains of the ancient worlds of the Greeks and Hittites. Their myths and clashes inspire her fiction and open gates to magical realms. She has degrees in Classics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and Cornell. She loves myths and telling stories, and her novels imbue fantasy with the richness of ancient worlds. The first book in her Trojan Threads Series, Hand of Fire was a semi-finalist for the M.M. Bennett’s Award for Historical Fiction. Priestess of Ishana, the first in her historical fantasy Tesha series, won the San Diego State University Conference Choice Award. Judith is represented by Richard Curtis.
Terry Shepherd invited me to his podcast to talk about Nolan’s Odyssey and my novel Achilles’s Wife, and the resulting conversation is full of gems. He also captured our conversation in a pithy essay about history, women, transforming myth, and how the tradition treats heroes like Achilles and women like Deidamia. All very entertaining and thoughtful. Have fun.
What did I, a classicist and author of Greek myth retellings, think of Nolan’s film The Odyssey? I loved it. Find out why in this post.
I’ll be at Village Books on June 20th with Karen Odden. You’ll find all the details inside. Also in this post, a thought-provoking article I wrote for the Historical Novel Society, “Finding Feminism in Mythic Reversals.” I hope you enjoy it.
I’m welcoming Elisabeth Storrs today with her compelling tale of the WWII odyssey of Priam’s treasure and her excellent novel Fables & Lies: A World War II Novel. Enjoy her guestpost.
Murder Cursed the Raven is a fun cozy paranormal mystery read with heartwarming friendships, villains that are as easy to laugh at as fear, a plot with plenty of turns and twists, and an engaging heroine (who loves good food). I hope you enjoy my review of Margaret Morse’s latest.
Laura Gill’s novels take her readers into the ancient Minoan world of Knossos and the famous Labyrinth. Sacred Grounds is the first in a 4 book series of murder mysteries that combine the enjoyment of a good mystery with immersion in an intriguing historical period.
It’s Women’s Month in March, and I should not let the month pass by without recommending some feminist Greek myth retellings. Join me as I guest post on Hook of a Book.
It’s pub day for Achilles’s Wife. Here’s Margaret George on my novel and a post about transforming this lesser-known Greek myth into a novel.
Enjoy a tour of a Neolithic kitchen complete with grinding stones, ovens, and the hunter-gatherer equivalent of a refrigerator. And some recipes of Greek food to get you in the mood for my about-to-release novel, Achilles’s Wife. Have fun.
Books are not like refrigerators. One is never enough. That’s good news for my upcoming novel Achilles’s Wife.
