A key feature in my new book, The Prince’s Man, the 13th Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mystery is the prevalence of pets in the medieval period. Medieval pets were not something I spent a great deal of time researching before I began writing the book and even in retrospect, it’s… Read More »Medieval Pets by Sarah Woodbury
When I started doing the research for Lethal Remedies, the seventh book in my Victorian San Francisco mystery series, all I knew was that I wanted this book to feature women in the medical professions in San Francisco (the books in this series each look at different occupations by women… Read More »The Nineteenth Century: When Many Remedies were Lethal by M. Louisa Locke
Icelandic sagas bring to life an astonishing array of human nature: stories of individual families and lovers, of loyalty, jealousy, betrayal, forgiveness, greed, lust, faithfulness, competition, pursuit, hatred, fear, feuds, admiration, courage and determination. For hundreds of years, valued storytellers repeated these sagas to brighten the long winters of their… Read More »Iceland at the turn of the first millennium: Astonishing place, astonishing time by Katie Aiken Ritter
King Edward as a historical figure looms large over the thirteenth century, both in England and in France. Because in the middle ages, the King of England was also the Duke of Aquitaine, not to mention Norman, Edward had ties to France even before he became king. “France”, however, didn’t… Read More »King Edward and the Crown of France by Sarah Woodbury
I rebranded my Moriarty series last year, which mostly means redesigning the covers. I love my cover creator, but I wanted a fresh take on the whole situation, so I hired the amazing Jane Ryder of Ryder Author Resources to study the scene with me. We spent quality time (on… Read More »What’s in a Cover? by Anna Castle