The author of more than fifty books, Sandra’s work has received many awards, nominations, and accolades, including a starred review-PW Pick from Publishers Weekly, and multiple starred reviews and Best Book selections from Library Journal. Other awards include the Historical Novel Society’s Editor’s Choice, two Christy Awards nominations, a BookPage Top Pick for Romance, and inclusion on Booklist’s Top Ten Inspirational Books of the Year list.

A dedicated foodie, Sandra cooks through the topic and location of every book she writes. In addition, she collects vintage glass and serviceware in her free time, loves long walks with her husband, and Sunday Suppers with her growing family.

My new novel, a small haunted story of Emily Bronte and her sisters, called THE MAN IN THE STONE COTTAGE, is in production and will be on sale September 16 2025 but available for pre-order now. It is about Emily, Charlotte and Anne's struggle to publish their writing, find stability and uphold each other -- and Emily's intense relationship with a shepherd in a stone cottage on the moor who no one else has ever seen. Meanwhile, my novel THE BOY IN THE RAIN is available in paperback, Kindle and audiobook read by English actor Philip Battley. Set in Edwardian England 1903, it is a love story between two men, a shy young artist and a rising socialist speaker, as they struggle to build a life together against personal obstacles and the dangers of prosecution under the gross indecency laws.

I am also scribbling away on three or four other novels.

CLAUDE & CAMILLE: A NOVEL OF CLAUDE MONET is still selling here and in translation in Germany and Italy. It's the story of Monet in his 20s and 30s as he struggles to sell his work and manage his love for the beautiful, elusive Camille who would die young and forever remain his muse.

My other novels MARRYING MOZART, THE PLAYERS, THE PHYSICIAN OF LONDON AND NICHOLAS COOKE all continue to find readers. They were translated into several languages and MARRYING MOZART was adapted into an opera.

I am a recipient of an American Book Award.

Thanks for visiting!

Here’s a little about me. Before becoming an author, I enjoyed a twenty-year acting career playing diverse characters from Shakespearean heroines on stage to starring roles in daytime TV dramas and characters in Disney made-for-TV movies. It felt like a natural extension of my acting to create fiction, and I hope you'll enjoy my novels. Over half a million copies have been sold in seven countries.

My bestselling "Thornleigh Saga" series is set in 16th-century England and follows a middle-class family’s rise through three generations and three tumultuous Tudor reigns. ("Riveting Tudor drama" - USA Today). I’m also the author of acclaimed thrillers.

My new novel is THE DEADLY TRADE, a murder mystery, available in September 2023. I hope you’ll love it!

I’m a writing coach, too. Through my master classes and video courses I’ve helped launch many writers on the path to published success. For details, please see my website: https://www.barbarakyle.com/ If you're writing a novel, check out my book PAGE-TURNER. It's packed with information and inspiration to help you craft a book that excites publishers and thrills readers.

My husband and I live in Guelph, a university city in southern Ontario where we enjoy its riverside walks, vibrant arts community, and good-neighborliness.

Happy reading!

Barbara Kyle

P.S. Follow me on Twitter @BKyleAuthor

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Judith Arnopp's novels are set during the War of the Roses and the Tudor era. They focus on women like Margaret Beaufort, Anne Neville, Elizabeth of York, Anne Boleyn, and Mary Tudor.

She has a Master's degree in medieval studies and a BA in English and creative writing from the University of Wales, making Historical Fiction the only obvious career choice.

She lives on the coast of West Wales with her husband, John, and now her family have flown the nest she writes full time from her home overlooking Cardigan Bay.

Her early books were set in the Anglo Saxon period but since switching to the Tudor era her career has flourished and she now has a substantial collection of titles in her catalogue. All books are available on Kindle and in paperback, some are on Audible.

Judith also writes non-fiction, her most recent published by Pen and Sword is a study of Tudor clothing and fashion, How to Dress Like a Tudor. Her work features in several anthologies and magazines.

You can find more information on judithmarnopp and follow her blog on juditharnoppnovelist blogspot and most social media

platforms.

Rosanne E. Lortz ("Rose") is a writer, editor, teacher, history-lover, and mom to four boys. She loves to read, sing, draw, compose, write, and create. Education is one of her passions, particularly a classical, liberal arts education. She has taught English composition and grammar, Latin, history, music, and various other subjects for fifteen years at both the elementary and secondary level and is currently an administrator at a classical Christian school.

Rose writes historical novels full of adventure, romance, and suspense. Her Pevensey Mysteries transpose stories from the Middle Ages into Regency Era romance/murder mysteries. Her newest series is the Allen Abbey Romances, three linked novellas set in Regency England.

Rose served on the board of the Historical Novel Society North America for four years and works to promote interest in historical novels. She enjoys reading and reviewing historical fiction, historical romance, historical mysteries, high fantasy, and some young adult and middle grade books at http://rosannelortz.com.

Born in Baltimore, Linda Collison moved west as a young woman cobbling together a composite career that has included parenting, nursing, freelance writing, volunteer firefighting, teaching skydiving, and other occupations.

With her husband Bob Russell they have sailed many blue water miles together, aboard their sloop Topaz, based in Hawaii. Their three-week sailing experience aboard HM Bark Endeavour, a replica of Captain Cook's 18th-century ship, inspired Linda to write Star-Crossed, a nautical historical novel published by Knopf, and the first in the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventures.

USA TODAY bestselling and award-winning author, Maggi Andersen was writing adventure stories at eight years old. She still does, but now they are spicy romances. Her historical romances are set in the Regency era, often with a touch of mystery or suspense. She also writes gothic Victorian mysteries and other genres. A new Regency series Improper Ladies is now available.

With a BA in English and Fine Arts and a Master of Arts Degree in Creative Writing, Maggi lives in Australia with her family, on a farm in the beautiful Yarra Valley.

Join her newsletter on her website: MaggiAndersenAuthor

Blog: Stirring Passions

Gillian Bagwell’s richly detailed historical novels bring to vivid life England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Venus in Winter, based on the first forty years of the life of the formidable four-times widowed dynast Bess of Hardwick, begins with Bess’s introduction to the court of Henry VIII just as the king weds Anne of Cleves. Bess quickly learns to navigate the treacherous waters, and survives the turbulent reigns of five Tudor monarchs to become of the most powerful women in the history of England

The Darling Strumpet puts the reader smack in the tumultuous world of seventeenth century London, charting Nell Gwynn’s meteoric rise from the grimy slums to triumph as a beloved comic actress, through the cataclysmic years of the last plague epidemic and the Great Fire of 1666, to the licentious court and the arms of the king.

"The King’s Mistress" (U.S. title "The September Queen") is the first fictional accounting of the extraordinary real-life adventure of Jane Lane, who risked all to help the young Charles II escape after the disastrous Battle of Worcester in 1651, saving his life and the future of the English monarchy.

Gillian uses her years of experience in theatre an actress, director, and producer to help authors give effective public readings, through workshops and private coaching.

Her life-long fascination with British history and dedication to research infuse her novels with a compelling evocation of time and place, and provide fodder for her non-fiction writing, including articles on “Frost Fairs on the River Thames”

(http://www.lorisreadingcorner.com/2011/01/guest-post-giveaway-gillian-bagwell-the-darling-strumpet.html), “The Royal Miracle: The Biggest What-If in English History,”

(http://www.historyinanhour.com/2012/07/14/charles-ii-royal-miracle), and “1660: The Year of the Restoration of Theatre.” Gillian blogged her research adventures for The Darling Strumpet (http://www.nellgwynn.blogspot.com) and The September Queen, including the day-by-day events of Charles II’s dramatic escape after the Battle of Worcester (http://www.theroyalmiracle.blogspot.com).

Please visit Gillian’s website, www.gillianbagwell.com, for more on her books and upcoming events.

Debra cut her teeth on the Bookhouse Books, which created a nagging longing to live in a land of castles and wear flowing gowns and exquisite headdresses. Though life kept her busy, she was eventually able to do so vicariously through the characters of her books.

Her first published novel, The Companion of Lady Holmeshire, is set in early Victorian England. Emma, a former servant girl, is chosen as companion to The Countess of Holmeshire and dragged along into polite society where she is sure to receive a rude reception.

Debra's work-in-progress, For the Skylark, is on the back burner but simmering slowly. She has spent more time on the development and running of a multi-author blog, English Historical Fiction Authors. The group posts a daily article on British history and has a weekly historical fiction giveaway. History lovers join us with their morning tea at http://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com.

Shortly after the first anniversary of the blog, an author suggested the creation of a book composed of select posts. A year later, to celebrate the second anniversary on September 23, 2013, Castles, Customs, and Kings: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors, edited by Debra and the late M.M. Bennetts, was released. Volume II will be released on September 23, 2015, and we hope to continue the series.

You can chat with Debra about history and historical fiction and meet her author friends on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/212369672160560 and at her Goodreads group, Historical Info for Historical Fiction Readers.

Debra is the President of the M.M. Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction Association which honors the author of an outstanding novel each year with a $500 USD prize. Winners are announced at the annual Historical Novel Society Conference. Learn more at http://mmbaward.blogspot.com.

The following works and the publication dates that can be found on amazon.com

Viola, A Woeful Tale of Marriage, London 1660 (out of print)

Twins, a 2012 EPIC finalist (out of print)

Forsaken Vows, London 1661

Of Carrion Feathers, London 1662

The Barbers: A Tale Most Curious and Rare, London 1663

Miri's Song (paranormal/spiritual)

The Salt Box (YA fairy tale fantasy)

Jasper's Lament: A Tale of Passion & Deceit, London 1664

Erasmus T. Muddiman: A Tale of Publick Distemper, London 1665 - YA

The Pillars of Avalon (Canadian Historical Brides, Book 5) Newfoundland, 17th century

Highwayman, A Boisterous, Bawdy Tale, London 1666

We All Fall Down, Stories of Plague and Resilience, An anthology of plague stories throughout the centuries.

and finally,

Desmoulins, a story of the French Revolution

Katherine Pym likes history, especially 17th century England, specifically London during the 1660's. The decade is so exciting. It is filled with human interest stories as the people adjust from one government to another, and all their changing rules and regulations.

Another era is the French Revolution, and she has written a novel about Camille Desmoulins, a popular pamphleteer and journalist.

History, poetry, music and horses fairly sums it up.

Educated at Boston University and the University of St. Andrews, M.M. Bennetts is a specialist in early 19th century British history and the Napoleonic wars as well as a keen cross country and dressage rider. Before turning to writing novels full-time, Bennetts was a French translator and a longstanding book critic for the Pulitzer-prize winning newspaper, 'The Christian Science Monitor'.

Both Bennetts' historical novels, 'May 1812' (a Harper-Collins Authonomy Gold Medalist) and 'Of Honest Fame' are based on over twenty years' research and a bibliography of over an hundred and fifty works. Though that's just the reading.

Playing and practicing the music of the age--Beethoven, Field, Schubert--is one of the perks, as has been learning to clean and shoot a flintlock used at Waterloo, (they are so beautiful the guns of 200 years ago!) visiting the battlefields, studying the furniture and homes, eating the food the English soldiers were served in Spain 200 years ago, listening to the family stories of the descendants of Spanish guerrillas who fought alongside Wellington and his men in Spain...they each made me promise I would tell their story. I gave them my word.

So a third novel, 'Or Fear of Peace', set amidst the turmoil of the final drive against Napoleon in Europe, is now underway and scheduled for publication next year.

In the meantime--to keep out of trouble (ha ha)--Bennetts has contributed to and edited 'Castles, Customs, and Kings: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors' a compilation of the best of the English Historical Fiction Authors' historical essays from the first year of their existence.

The author lives in England.

Do follow me on Twitter @mmbennetts or have a look-in at my Facebook page, May 1812. Love to see you there!

www.mmbennetts.com

An avid reader, Lauren Gilbert has always dreamed of writing. She is a member of the Jane Austen Society of North America, and was a break-out speaker at the Annual General Meeting in Ft. Worth, TX is 2011. Lauren lives in Florida with her husband. HEYERWOOD: A Novel is her first book. A RATIONAL ATTACHMENT was recently released, and she is presently working on a non-fiction work.

Website: http://www.lauren-gilbert.com

RT BOOK Reviews said about HEYERWOOD: "Heyerwood is written in the true Regency style....You will fall in love with the characters and become invested in their happiness...."

Reader comment: “I feel like I know your characters and I miss them now that the book is finished.” Elizabeth P., FL

LUCINDA BRANT is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of award-winning Georgian historical romances and mysteries. She writes about families, creating worlds that are full of history, heart, and Happily Ever Afters.

Lucinda has university degrees in history, politics, law, and a post graduate degree in education. Now a full-time writer, she has had many careers: university administrator; selling merch at rock concerts; mentor to first year medical students; and history and geography teacher at an exclusive boarding school for young ladies.

Lucinda lives in a villa full of books by the beach, with her scientist hubby, and an Italian Greyhound princess called Mabelle. She has been researching and reading about the 18th Century for over forty years, and still finds the Georgian era just as fascinating now as then.

A proud member of Novelists Inc. (NINC); The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi); the Audio Publishers Association (APA), and the Beau Monde—Regency Fiction Writers (RFW).

Lucinda's many awards include:

10k Random House/Woman’s Day Romantic Fiction Prize

15 x IndieBRAG Medallion

10 x Readers' Favorite medalist

3x finalist for the RONE award. Awarded the RONE Historical Novel of the Year

Chatelaine Romantic Fiction First in Category Award winner

2 x finalist for the Romance Writers of Australia Romantic Book of the Year (RBY) award

"Quizzing glass and quill, into my sedan chair and away! The 1700s rock!"

Sam Thomas teaches history at University School, an independent K-12 school outside Cleveland, Ohio. He has received research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Newberry Library, and the British Academy, and published on topics ranging from early modern midwifery to girls' education in colonial Kenya. He lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio with his wife and two sons.

Six time BRAG Medallion Honoree, #1 Best-selling Historical Fantasy author Maria Grace has her PhD in Educational Psychology and is a 16-year veteran of the university classroom where she taught courses in human growth and development, learning, test development and counseling. None of which have anything to do with her undergraduate studies in economics/sociology/managerial studies/behavior sciences.

She pretends to be a mild-mannered writer/cat-lady, but most of her vacations require helmets and waivers or historical costumes, usually not at the same time.

She writes gas lamp fantasy, historical romance and non-fiction to help justify her research addiction.

Her books are available at all major online booksellers.  

She can be contacted at:

author.MariaGrace@gmail.com

Facebook: http://facebook.com/AuthorMariaGrace

Random Bits of Fascination (https://RandomBitsofFascination.com)

Jane Austen's Dragons (https://janeaustensdragons.com)

Austen Variations (http://AustenVariations.com)

White Soup Press (http://whitesouppress.com/)

On Twitter @WriteMariaGrace

On Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/mariagrace423/

Philippa Jane Keyworth, also known as P. J. Keyworth, writes historical romance and fantasy novels you'll want to escape into.

She loves strong heroines, challenging heroes and backdrops that read like you’re watching a movie. She creates complex, believable characters you want to get to know and worlds that are as dramatic as they are beautiful.

Keyworth's historical romance novels include Regency and Georgian romances that trace the steps of indomitable heroes and heroines through historic British streets. From London's glittering ballrooms to its dark gaming hells, characters experience the hopes and joys of love while avoiding a coil or two! Travel with them through London, Bath, Cornwall and beyond and you'll find yourself falling in love.

Keyworth's fantasy series The Emrilion Trilogy follows strong love stories and epic adventure. Unveiling a world of nomadic warrior tribes and peaceful forest-dwelling folk, you can explore the hills, deserts and cities of Emrilion and the history that is woven through them. With so many different races in the same kingdom it's become a melting pot of drama and intrigue where the ultimate struggle between good and evil will bring it all to the brink of destruction.

Margaret Skea grew up in Ulster at the height of the 'Troubles', but now lives with her husband in the Scottish Borders.

You can find more details, including why chocolate is vital to her creative process, on her website https://www.margaretskea.com

Katharina: Fortitude - shortlisted for the BookBrunch Award

Katharina :Deliverance - 2nd in the (international) Historical Novel Society New Novel Award.

Judged 'Assured, evocative, compelling, a fascinating read.' by Lead judge Catharina Cho.

Together they chronicle the life of Katharina von Bora, the escaped nun who married Martin Luther.

"Behind even a great (sometimes, noisy, fractious) man, there is often a quietly strong woman.

Margaret Skea's deep research and empathy brings alive one such. If you like your historical fiction truthful and complex, then this novel about Katharina Luther is for you.” Sarah Dunant

"Beautifully written and meticulously researched.' BooksPlease

Previous Prizes:

Turn of the Tide: Beryl Bainbridge Award for Best First Time Author, Historical Fiction Winner - Harper Collins / Alan Titchmarsh People's Novelist Competition; a House Divided: longlisted for the Historical Novel Society New Novel Award.

Margaret is passionate about well-researched, authentic historical fiction and providing a 'you are there' experience for the reader.

An Hawthornden Fellow and award winning short story writer - wins include, Neil Gunn, Chrysalis, and Winchester. Placings and listings include Rubery Short Story, Historical Novel Society Short Story, Mslexia, Fish - Short Story and One Page Prize and the Matthew Pritchard Award. She has been published in a range of magazines and anthologies in Britain and the USA.

A collection of short stories - Dust Blowing and Other Stories - including some of those from competitions mentioned above, is also available.

The English Historical Fiction Authors group consists of 50+ authors who publish a daily essay about British history at http://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/. Mostly historical novelists, they share the fascinating historical tidbits that they have come across while doing research for their novels. The group was founded by Debra Brown, and the blog has attracted a wide following on the Internet.