Interview with Joan Schweighardt, author of "The Last Wife of Attila the Hun".
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Interview: Florence Byham Weinberg, Author of ‘Dolet’
"Writing is an obsession, a compulsion without which you cannot live."
Read More »Book Review: ‘Tame the Wild Land’ by Patrick Shannon
A good historical novel should not educate so much as open the door to further education about the historical period in which the novel has been set. Shannon has done that very well, indeed.
Read More »Interview: Eleanor Parker Sapia, Author of ‘A Decent Woman’
"Since I came to writing in my late forties, my muse is highly motivated! We have many books to write together."
Read More »Interview: Ruth Hull Chatlien, Author of ‘The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte’
"The best way to describe why I write is that it feels as though characters come up to me and say, 'If you don’t tell my story, I will die.'"
Read More »Book Review: ‘Iron Shinto’ by Tricia Stewart Shiu
The third book in Shiu's Moa series offers a good dose of mystery with spirituality and the paranormal thrown in for good measure.
Read More »Interview: J. Boyce Gleason, Author of ‘Anvil of God’
"I originally thought about doing it as a science fiction fantasy, but the story was too good to mess with."
Read More »Book Review: ‘Irenicon’ by Aidan Harte
Harte manages to combine a series of intricate plots lines, intriguing characters and the creation of his version of renaissance Europe without ever becoming confusing.
Read More »Interview: Lynn Steward, Author of ‘A Very Good Life’
"I quickly learned that writing becomes an all-consuming passion. . ."
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Streets’ by Anthony Quinn
If you've any interest in Victorian London, you'll enjoy The Streets.
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