“I’m not here to tell the story. I’m here to find the story…” Cristina Henríquez’s new novel, The Great Divide is a deeply meaningful, character-driven narrative that brings momentous history to new life. Henríquez joins us to talk about writing historical fiction, her family’s connection to the story, her influences and more with Miwa Messer, […]
Here’s your all-access pass into the ultimate historical fiction guide: revisionist history, speculative history, and good old-fashioned historical fiction can all be found here, spanning Biblical Ages through to the early new Millennium. Our list of the best historical fiction books includes bestsellers, bookseller favorites, and award winning titles.
Ken Follett is no stranger to thrilling historical fiction. The Pillars of the Earth is a modern masterpiece, an epic tale of love and hate, loyalty, and betrayal. In his latest novel, Follett sets up a chilling “what if” premise. This heart-pounding international drama is urgent and powerful and will keep you on the edge of your seat. Here, Ken Follett outlines his inspiration for […]
People have a natural desire to reduce everyone and everything to a simple descriptor as a way of making sense of the world around them. For writers, this means you can be very easily (and permanently) pegged as a Thriller Writer, a Sci-Fi Writer—or any of a dozen other genre categories. And generally, once a writer has […]
Thanksgiving, like all holidays, means different things to different people. An immense amount of food and drink? Probably. Awkward conversations with people you don’t see often? Almost certainly. Vast stretches of empty time spent in places with sketchy or nonexistent WiFi, like airports, grandma’s house, and possibly your entire hometown? Sadly, the Magic 8 Ball […]