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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.

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Oct 27-Nov 2

Announcing Fireship’s online book tours, expert’s overview of Historical Fiction, ancient foodie recipes, deciphering an historical mystery fr pollen counts, & a haunted Florentine tale.

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom October 19-26

Upcoming AZ Historical Novel Society meeting Nov 2 with Patricia Bracewell, Hittite and Canaanite archaeology goes wild, Amazon’s HF categories explained , humorous hats of the Renaissance. How’s that for assorted topics?

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom October 12-18

An amazing archaeological find of great importance to the study of Hittites, what you’ve been missing in your ebooks, book interviews with Gillian Bagwell and David Blixt, the most essential survey from the HNS about your reading habits and more!

Review of The Chalice by Nancy Bilyeau

The Chalice follows Joanna Stafford after Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries out into the secular world and into a complex conspiracy against the crown, involving mysterious prophecies, spies and danger for the people Joanna loves most.

Review of The Golden Dice by Elisabeth Storrs

The Golden Dice is the second novel in Storr’s series about the Etruscans and their conflicts with the Romans during the early period of Roman history. Vel Mastarna, the general of Etruscan Veii and his Roman wife, Caecilia, strive to overcome both the Roman army and those enemies inside Veii who would gladly destroy them. Through three female narrators we see Roman and Etruscan life and motives from both ends of the social stratum.