Spotlight on Ann Griffin’s Another Ocean to Cross
Spotlight on Ann Griffin’s Another Ocean to Cross
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Review of Betrayal at Iga by Susan Spann
My review of Betrayal at Iga. Immerse yourself in medieval Japan with Susan Spann’s latest Hiro Hattori mystery. It has a glued-to-the-page plot with the most intimate of betrayals.
Review of Lipstick on the Strawberry by Margaret Spence
Review of Lipstick on the Strawberry by Margaret Spence: A sophisticated romance with depth and emotional power.
Review of For the Winner by Emily Hauser
My review of Emily Hauser’s For the Winner, an enchanting, dramatic novel that brings to life iconic mythic characters, including a woman whose voice had long been silenced.
Interview with writer Leslie Carroll
An interview with Leslie Carroll, the program chair for the 2017 Historical Novel Society Conference and author of historical fiction and nonfiction about a dizzying number of royal women including Helen of Troy and Marie Antoinette.
Review of Death Ex Machina by Gary Corby
If you haven’t found Gary Corby’s hilarious Athenian mystery series yet, here’s a review of Death Ex Machina to entice you.
Review of A Song of War: A Novel of Troy
If a diversity-bringing, often raunchy, always nuanced, new take on the old tale of the Trojan War sounds like a good read to you, then pick up this “novel-in-parts.” My review of A Song of War.
MK Tod’s new novel: Time and Regret
Discover MK Tod’s novel of WWI, TIME AND REGRET
Review of Daughter of Sand and Stone by Libbie Hawker
In Daughter of Sand and Stone, Libbie Hawker brings us the timely story of Zenobia, an ancient queen of Palmyra, the beautiful ruins of which city ISIS recently destroyed. My review of this lush and vivid novel.
What’s New and Old and Read All Over? The state of fiction set in the ancient world
I recently conducted a series of interviews with many writers of fiction set in the ancient world and put together one of the cover articles for Historical Novels Review. Ordinarily you need to be a member (which I highly recommend you become!) to read the magazine, but I’m allowed to post it here as an enticement.