Historical fiction set in the ancient world

I was delighted to receive the quarterly jewel, the Historical Novel Review, May 2016 edition, published by the Historical Novel Society. Even more delighted as my writing friend Judith Starkston had written a terrific article about ancient world themed historical fiction.

She asked several authors for contributions – Maggie Anton, Geraldine Brooks, Gary Corby, Ruth […]

May 25th, 2016 | Tags: , | Category: In the press, INSURRECTIO, Romans | Comments are closed

INSURRECTIO is Historical Novel Society Editor's Choice!

Talk about unexpected! You write a book, possibly the fifth in a series, launch it, get some lovely reviews, some friendly blog guest posts and general congratulations then you go back to writing the next one. Imagine when an email pings into your inbox saying this book has been reviewed by the Historical Novel Society […]

May 3rd, 2016 | Tags: , , , | Category: AURELIA, Awards, Books, INSURRECTIO, Roma Nova, SUCCESSIO | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)

Addicted to adventure fiction?

Brought up on Treasure Island, Children of the New Forest, The Eagle of the Ninth, the Narnia books, it was hardly surprising that I developed a taste for adventure, spy and thriller books.

I did enjoy Heidi, What Katy Did and Little Women which were recommended reading for little girls at that time, but apart […]

April 10th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Books, Characters, Genres, Women warriors | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
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