The Valkyrie, by Kate Heartfield: Book Review
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
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Judith Starkston
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.
Greek Travels & Palamari, a Lost City
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.
Daughters of Olympus, Hannah Lynn: Book Review
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.
Dispelling a minty myth, pyramid peppermint
The case of the pyramid peppermint–truth or plunder? As someone who depends on a lot of scholarly assertions, I found this mystery and the clever sleuthing of two eminent Egyptologists highly entertaining. I hope you will, too.
An Untimely Death, Interview with Simon Rose about his YA fantasy
I hope you enjoy my interview with Simon Rose about his latest YA historical fantasy novel with a dangerous trip back in time to WWII. Time travel can wreak havoc on history!
Missing Mycenaean Palace
I went to Skyros to locate a missing Mycenaean palace in a way that only being on site could accomplish. I hope you enjoy the adventure. I’m also sharing my busy October author event info.
Research Travels in Greece
I’ve been traveling on an obscure island in Greece and it’s been lovely. The internet connection didn’t permit posting, but I’ll make up for that now. Find out what I was up to on Skyros, land of mythology and gorgeous beaches!
Spotlight on Rebel Empress: A Novel of Imperial Rome
I’m spotlighting a historical novel that will intrigue many of you, Rebel Empress. Author Faith L. Justice captures the lives of Roman women who have often been ignored–and very much shouldn’t be.
Conjunction of Myth and Archaeology
In my writing and my research I’ve been exploring the points where myth and archaeology overlap and enlighten each other. So an article about a recent archaeological excavation of a maze-like structure on Crete caught my attention. Anyone want to go looking for a minotaur? But seriously, this is quite an exciting new dig.
The Missing Thread, Filling in the Holey Fabric of History
Historical fiction often puts women at the center and fills in the parts left out of the record. Now a classicist has written a women’s history of the ancient world that does much the same thing only in the realm of nonfiction. Check out “The Missing Thread.”