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Saturday, May 30, 2026

Dazzle and deception in Prohibition-era Detroit: A Fortune of Sand (plus other recent reads)

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One expects some level of eccentricity from the ultra-wealthy, yet Marjorie Lennox’s family sits in a class by itself. In 1927, at their man...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

The glamorous Gabor sisters and their survival stories: Run, Darling, by Karen Essex

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Through their novels, authors can unearth obscure figures from the past and draw the public eye toward their interesting lives. They can als...
Monday, May 11, 2026

A conversation with Terri Lewis about her new historical novella, When They Came Home

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Based on her grandparents, Edith and Milton Fieth, Terri Lewis’s When They Came Home is a moving portrait of a Midwestern couple's marri...
Sunday, May 03, 2026

A historical fiction bestseller that lives up to the buzz: Tayari Jones's Kin

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“The road Vernice is walking is paved different from yours,” Annie’s grandmother tells her towards the beginning of Jones’s remarkable novel...
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Monday, April 27, 2026

Interview with historical novelist Elisabeth Storrs about her latest book, Fables & Lies

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With her new novel, Elisabeth Storrs moves from her familiar ground of long-ago Rome and Etruria, setting for her Tales of Ancient Rome tril...
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Monday, April 20, 2026

Bits and pieces of historical fiction news

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Writing frequent pieces about books, brief reviews included, involves a lot of multitasking. At any given time, I’m typically reading one no...
Friday, April 10, 2026

A woman's adventures in Gold Rush California: Mary Smathers' Unfamiliar Territory

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Reinvention is the name of the game in Smathers’ fabulous epic of Gold Rush California, which sees her heroine, Juanita Castro de la Cruz, f...
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