Historical Novelist Lynn Cullen, Part 1: Mrs. Poe, Frances Osgood, and the Author Herself

July 30, 2014 · by Christina Kaylor | in Author Interviews, The Writing Life | tagged "The Raven", 1845 New York, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe's smeared reputation, Frances Osgood, historical fiction, historical novel, Lynn Cullen, Mrs. Poe, Poe as literary critic, Public reaction to "The Raven", Rufus Griswold, Samuel Osgood, Townsend Prize | 19 Comments

Received this post as an email? Click on the blue title to read in your browser. I hadn’t seen my friend Lynn Cullen since the launch of her historical novel Reign of Madness in 2011, though we’d been in touch via email. But this morning we were meeting for breakfast at Goldberg’s Deli in Toco […]

The Historical Novel, Where the Truth Lies: A Conversation with Anthony Grooms

November 26, 2013 · by Christina Kaylor | in Author Interviews, Craft | tagged Anthony Grooms, Bombingham, Children's Crusade, church bombing, civil rights demonstrators, Civil Rights Movement, desegregation, historical novel, historical setting, Jim Crow laws, Lillian Smith Prize, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Tony Grooms, using concrete details | 2 Comments

Depending on whom you ask, the Search for Truth can be an elusive prey. Do we find it in the Historian’s facts or in the Philosopher’s Idealities? The Historical Novelist certainly employs facts and ideas, but what he aims to demonstrate is how an event felt to a character, thus allowing the reader to experience […]

City of Light: A City of Intrigue

December 9, 2012 · by Janet Weeks | in Book Reviews | tagged 1901, Buffalo NY, City of Light, Grover Cleveland, historical novel, Lauren Belfer, Niagara Falls, orphans, Pan-American Exposition, Roycroft community, Theodore Roosevelt | Leave a comment

For fans of historical fiction, romance, murder mysteries, and real life politics, City of Light by Lauren Belfer is a great read. Her debut novel in 1999, the book made the New York Times Notable Book list. While the fictional Louisa Barrett is the main character, early 1900’s Buffalo, New York is the real center of the […]