For two centuries, a number of historically inaccurate legends and myths have circulated about certain aspects of the American War of Independence. I have debunked some of them in my award-winning crime fiction series set during the American Revolution, the latest book being A Hostage to Heritage. One myth worth… Read More »Religious Diversity in America During the Revolution by Suzanne Adair
I began studying the American Revolution in earnest about fifteen years ago as background for my series set during the southern theater of the war. Connections between the eighteenth century and the twenty-first century jumped out at me. Military and diplomatic errors and incidents that occurred between opposing regimes during… Read More »The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same by Suzanne Adair
A Hostage to Heritage was released last month. It’s the second title in the Michael Stoddard American Revolution Thriller series and my fifth work of crime fiction set during the southern theater of the Revolutionary War. In a review for this book, one ARC reader wrote: “Although the setting is… Read More »Creating Tension Without Using Gratuitous Violence, by Suzanne Adair
Readers often comment that my stories immerse them fully in the fictional world I’ve created. Achieving that “You Are Here” feeling is a challenge for most authors. Those who write historical fiction wish they had a time machine, a way to experience what the past was like. I write crime… Read More »My Time Machine, by Suzanne Adair
Creatures of Conscience in a Scary World For such a small historical (84K), The Scattered Proud is difficult to talk about. It’s too personal, I suppose: founded upon questions and subjects that have fascinated me since I was a child. In fact, several years ago, when I first blogged the opening chapters,… Read More »The Scattered Proud by Gev Sweeney