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ABOUT HFAC

Roman WomanThe Historical Fiction Authors Cooperative (HFAC) is a joint project of an international group of authors who first teamed up in 2010 to offer readers a selection of high-quality historical fiction e-books. HFAC membership is by invitation only, allowing us to assure the quality of the books we feature.

You can search for books by historical period—Ancient, Medieval, 15-16th Centuries, 17-18th Centuries, 19th Century or 20th Century—or by Author, or browse our entire Catalog. Visit our Blog for posts by HFAC authors on researching and writing historical fiction.

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HFAC is governed by an elected Board of Directors that operates according to our member-written and -approved Bylaws.

AUTHOR UPDATES

Fabulous historical fiction authors—every one an HFAC member—are building our Catalog fast!

Rebecca Lochlann‘s newest offering is The Thinara King, the second in her trilogy about ancient Crete.

I. J. Parker enhances our Catalog with her twelve novels and a collection of short stories, all set in eleventh-century Japan.

Jack Dixon‘s new novel, Jerusalem Falls, chronicles a key period near the end of the Crusades.

Middle Watch, Loretta Proctor‘s newest novel, is set in an exotic and appealing location: a coastal lighthouse.

N. Gemini Sasson‘s latest book—the sequel to Isabeau—is The King Must Die.

M. Ruth Myers is the author of No Game for a Dame, about a female detective in Depression-era Dayton, OH.

Diane A. S. Stuckart has a great lineup of three “Leonardo da Vinci Mysteries”.

Loretta Proctor offers The Crimson Bed, set in Victorian England.

Beverle Graves Myers enriches our list with her five “Tito Amato” mysteries set in 18th century Italy.

Check out our newest interview, with HFAC author Elisabeth Storrs.

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M. Ruth Myer’s No Game for a Dame is our newest featured book. See her blog post on why she chose to do a mystery set in 1938 Dayton, Ohio with a hot, tough female private eye.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nan Hawthorne’s Beloved Pilgrim is our second featured book. See her blog post about doing the research for this novel that tells the story of a young woman who chooses to live and fight as a man in the doomed Crusade of 1101.