Judith Starkston has spent too much time exploring the remains of the ancient worlds of the Greeks and Hittites. Their myths and clashes inspire her fiction and open gates to magical realms. She has degrees in Classics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and Cornell. She loves myths and telling stories, and her novels imbue fantasy with the richness of ancient worlds. The first book in her Trojan Threads Series, Hand of Fire was a semi-finalist for the M.M. Bennett’s Award for Historical Fiction. Priestess of Ishana, the first in her historical fantasy Tesha series, won the San Diego State University Conference Choice Award. Judith is represented by Richard Curtis.
Nancy Bilyeau, a long time writer friend whose historical thrillers are first-rate, has just put out her third novel featuring artist and spy Genevieve Planche. I hope you enjoy reading about Walpole’s faux Gothic castle that provided the inspired start of this engaging read–and the start of gothic novels.
It seems amazing that archaeologists can find new tombs in Egypt, but this time it’s even more intriguing because this is the tomb of someone from the “lost” dynasty. Have a fun look.
Who drank wine at Troy? Was it an elite beverage or the common person’s every day drink? You’d think we couldn’t answer that definitively. And yet… If this sounds intriguing, read on.
Cover Reveal! My friend Nancy Bilyeau has a new historical thriller coming out this spring called THE VERSAILLES FORMULA. She’s written another delicious historical thriller. Have a fun peek at her cover and premise.
Set in nineteenth-century New England, Rose of Jericho combines gothic horror with historical fantasy. Among other thought-provoking strands, the novel asks what would happen to humankind without death.
I hope you enjoy my review.
I noticed this book on my shelf and was thinking how good it is. And somehow I never posted my review of it to my blog. Here it is. New York in 1846 when the city barely had a police force, featuring kidnapped slaves, murder, & party politics. I hope you enjoy my review of Seven for a Secret by Lyndsay Faye.
The treasures from the Griffin Warrior’s tomb excavated in Pylos Greece are going on display for the first time. And one of the exhibit’s stops might be close enough to attend. And there’ll also be lots from Nestor’s Palace. I’m excited!
If an intriguing Norse mythic retelling through a feminist lens sounds good to you, you’ll want to read this review. I enjoyed The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield
On the Greek island of Skyros I found Palamari, the impressive ruins of a lost Early Bronze Age city. I hope you enjoy my adventure.
Recently, I’ve been especially interested in the renaissance of novels retelling Greek mythology through a feminist lens. I hope you enjoy this review of a retelling of the Demeter/Persephone myth, Hannah Lynn’s Daughters of Olympus.
