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.
The story of a Roman Vestal Virgin might not seem relevant, but in Victoria Alvear’s masterful hands, it most definitely is. This fast-paced, chilling novel is a feminist must read.
Max Eastern, author of Red Snow in Winter, offers insights into a little known part of WWII, German pows on American soil.
