by Stephanie Dray | Jan 4, 2011 | Miscellany
After eight years, countless revisions, near-misses, emotional lows and dizzying excitement, my debut novel is finally available wherever books are sold! I’d greatly appreciate any help in spreading the word! Based on the true life story of Cleopatra’s...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 17, 2010 | Miscellany, Song of the Nile
It was a gorgeous day to visit the nation’s capital, even with an inch of snow on the ground. Then again, any day that I get to visit the Library of Congress and use my shiny library card is a good day. My visit today was a mission to find a map of the Roman...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 16, 2010 | Miscellany
Mark Antony comes to us through history most famously in Shakespeare as the man who fled from the naval battle at Actium to chase after his lover, Cleopatra. Even setting aside the the bard’s famous play, there’s also the historical record which includes several...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 12, 2010 | Lily of the Nile, Miscellany
It’s pretty great to hold the Advanced Review Copies (ARCs), but there’s nothing, absolutely nothing like holding the book for the first time. I didn’t know I was going to have raised sparkly silver lettering on the front and I’m pretty sure I...