Deliberately echoing the form of Gustave Flaubert’s novella, “A Simple Heart,” Hunt celebrates the majesty and depth in a life that may supe...

It's not every day that a novelist makes a significant historical discovery. During the research process for his next book about underco...

Looking for some intriguing historical reads to add to your TBR piles?  February is Black History Month, and while many of these books are f...

Writing about music – transmuting one artistic medium into another – can be a challenge for novelists. Not only must they convey the sounds ...

This second in the Brontë Sisters Mysteries is for readers eager to be drenched in all things gothic. Bella Ellis (pseudonym for Rowan Colem...

Propulsive and intense, Irena’s War provides a front-row seat to the transformation of a Polish social worker into one of World War II’s mo...

This afternoon, I attended the first virtual ceremony for the Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) Book and Media Awards, an hou...

A dozen years ago, I posted an interview with Andromeda Romano-Lax about her debut novel,  The Spanish Bow .  We recently reconnected, and I...

Doom Town is the catchy yet grim nickname for a real site in Cumbria, England, used for simulating the aftermath of a nuclear strike. In Eve...

The historical fiction community is in mourning following the loss of one of the great authors in our genre, Sharon Kay Penman, on Friday. I...

This rousing series opener brings ten pivotal years in ancient Greek history to energetic life. Spanning from the Battle of Marathon in 490 ...

“Sing, Muse,” commands a poet, invoking inspiration for his Trojan War verse, but Calliope, goddess of epic poetry, has her own purpose in m...

On August 5, 1944, hundreds of Japanese POWs in a compound on the outskirts of Cowra, a small town in central New South Wales, Australia, or...

A country house in rural Warwickshire is the scene for Kelly’s touching, immersive read, which has definite appeal for aficionados of Downto...

Since I'd posted earlier about historical novels not featuring WWII, I thought it only fair to include a gallery of forthcoming fiction...

With her first novel, Asha Lemmie proves herself a talented writer unafraid to take chances. Her heroine’s situation is unique, and her jour...

Snow: cold, soft, brilliantly blinding. It muffles sound and casts a thick shroud over whatever lies beneath. The symbolism is apropos in Ba...

I'm pleased to have Dr. Gillian Polack here today for a Q&A about her book  History and Fiction: Writers, their Research, Worlds, an...