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Passing Fancies Pub Day, in Perspective

June 2, 2020 By marlowe benn

Passing Fancies

Today is the official Pub Day for Passing Fancies, my second Julia Kydd historical mystery. I feel proud and grateful, but also subdued. While I want to recognize all the hard work and care that went into its making--my own and that of the talented crew at Lake Union … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, historical mystery, Julia Kydd, Lake Union Publishing, Passing Fancies

New interview about Passing Fancies

May 30, 2020 By marlowe benn

Passing Fancies

Check out Marni Graff's thoughtful new interview with me about Passing Fancies, my new historical mystery, which is officially out next week. The interview is posted today on Marni's blog, Auntie M Writes. It explains a bit about why I chose the Jazz Age as the setting for my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auntie M Writes, Harlem Renaissance, historical mystery, Jazz Age, Julia Kydd, Marni Graf, Passing Fancies, racism

Passing Fancies GoodReads Giveaway

May 5, 2020 By marlowe benn

Passing Fancies

Big news! On GoodReads this month, Lake Union Publishing is giving away 100 e-book copies of the second Julia Kydd historical mystery, Passing Fancies. Register here for the chance to be one of the lucky winners; the big giveaway ends on June 1, 2020. Who doesn't love a free … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: GoodReads, historical mystery, Julia Kydd, Lake Union Publishing, Passing Fancies

Reading in Place—Fiction to Shelter By

April 11, 2020 By marlowe benn

P. G. Wodehouse

In this stressful time, your world like mine probably feels unmoored. Anxieties have mushroomed, filled with a thousand concerns I couldn’t have unimagined a few months ago. At the same time my world has shrunk, reduced to the physical parameters of my house, garden, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Barbara Pym, Cathleen Schine, George Saunders, historical mystery, human comedy, Jeeves, Josephine Tey, Kate Atkinson, Muriel Spark, Ngaio Marsh, P.G. Wodehouse, pandemic, Passing Fancies, Penelope Fitzgerald, Relative Fortunes

A Private Press of One’s Own

March 28, 2020 By marlowe benn

virginia Woolf 1927

The heroine of my historical mysteries, Julia Kydd, boasts a slight acquaintance with the great modernist writer Virginia Woolf. In Relative Fortunes, we learn that she persuaded Woolf to let her publish her four-page single-sentence essay titled “Wednesday.”  Julia then … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 1920s, Capriole Press, historical mystery, Hogarth Press, Julia Kydd, private press, Relative Fortunes, Virginia Woolf

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