I have Google alerts set up to email me with any mentions of the HNS or the Historical Novels Review , and this evening's mailing turned...

In the past two weeks, I've had two computers crash (work and home), which meant getting them fixed/replaced... then the usual end-of-s...

At long last, registration for the next Historical Novel Society conference is open. It will be held June 12-14, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency...

What can I say, the topic fascinates me. I was at the B&N in Champaign last weekend, scanning the new book displays up front, and notice...

While going through my bookshelves last weekend, I found another bunch of vintage historical novels whose covers (and blurbs) are the epitom...

Today Jeri Westerson, author of the medieval mystery Veil of Lies , is stopping by on her blog tour to speak about the appeal of history and...

This past summer, the editor of Bookmarks Magazine asked me if I'd like to write a followup to the "best historical fiction" ...

Feuchtwanger, Lion. Raquel: The Jewess of Toledo . New York: Messner, 1956. 433pp. Translated from the German by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wil...

As it's 5pm here, it's time to do the drawing for this week's giveaway. This is the biggest turnout I've ever had for a cont...

Would you like to help me with my overflowing bookshelves? I have six historical novels up for grabs this week. I recommend them all. They...

To make up for my silence of the past two weeks, I thought I'd post a cute kitty picture. The neighborhood strays like napping in the pl...

Andromeda Romano-Lax's The Spanish Bow depicts, through the personal stories of two musicians, the complex, fraught relationship betwee...

It's been a quiet Sunday in central Illinois - Ike has come and gone, scattering leaves and branches all over the front yard and splitti...

Elizabeth Kerri Mahon, Laura from Alabama, and Gwendolyn from Rhode Island! Drop me an email with your mailing addresses if you haven't...

I'm pleased to present this interview with debut historical novelist Christine Blevins. We have a giveaway this time, too; more details ...