Valentine's Day, move over. Love's a big place. Plenty of room for Galentines and Palentines too. It’s easy to think of history as progressing ever forward, out of ignorance toward enlightenment. We snicker at the Victorians’ horror of exposed female anatomy (just try to swim … [Read more...]
Black History Through Historical Fiction
Black history is American history. What better way to learn more about Black history than through historical fiction? Novels open up the past as it was lived and felt, offering deeper truths and richer insights than factual narratives alone. In my Julia Kydd novels, I use … [Read more...]
Advance Peek at Passing Fancies
The highlight of my week? I just opened a heavy parcel and yelped in delight at what lay inside: an advance peek at Passing Fancies! … [Read more...]
Relative Fortunes One of 2019’s Best Traditional Mysteries
What a wonderful honor! My Jazz Age historical mystery Relative Fortunes recently headed the list of the year’s ten best traditional mysteries as selected by the editors of CrimeReads.Sharing the spotlight with such terrific writers as Lynne Truss, Martin Edwards, Rachel Howzell … [Read more...]
Gorgeous Cover of Passing Fancies
My amateur sleuth Julia Kydd would make quite a splash at any party in Manhattan wearing the shimmery frock that designers have given her to wear on the gorgeous cover of Passing Fancies, the sequel to Relative Fortunes that’s due out in June 2020. What a stunning way to capture … [Read more...]
