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Who is Marthe Simone?

Who is Marthe Simone?

by Stephanie Dray | Mar 23, 2021 | Excerpts, For Readers, Marthe, My Works, The Women of Chateau Lafayette

Of the three women you’ll meet in The Women of Chateau Lafayette, Marthe Simone is the only fictional composite character. She was inspired by many actual women living at the chateau before and during World War II. How and why I decided to fictionalize Marthe...

Excerpt from Daughters of the Nile

by Stephanie Dray | Nov 20, 2013 | Daughters of the Nile, Excerpts, For Readers, My Works

The Kingdom of Mauretania, Romanized North Africa Autumn 19 B.C.   I will never see my mother’s Egypt again, I think. The closest I will ever come to touching my native soil is to bathe in the same sea of green that caresses its shores. So, each morning, I go...

Director’s Cut: A Showoffy Snippet That Had To Go

by Stephanie Dray | Jun 5, 2013 | Daughters of the Nile, Excerpts, My Works

I’m in the process of editing DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE. I’m having to cut my darlings. This one was very interesting to me because my books tackle religious history the stone mentioned here is the same one mentioned in the Koran. I had to take it out of the...

Excerpt from Lily of the Nile: Selene Delivers a Basket #sixsunday

by Stephanie Dray | May 20, 2012 | Excerpts, For Readers, Lily of the Nile, Miscellany, My Works

As part of my continued participation in the weekly Six Sentence Sunday exercise with other authors, here’s another snippet from my debut novel LILY OF THE NILE: A NOVEL OF CLEOPATRA’S DAUGHTER:The Roman guard actually put his unclean hands on our wizard’s...

Excerpt from Song of the Nile

by Stephanie Dray | Jun 15, 2011 | Excerpts, For Readers, Miscellany, My Works, Song of the Nile

THE WEDDING They were all waiting for me. At the edges of the vast peristyle garden, guests found their seats beneath the columned porticos. In the torchlight, the emperor’s family gathered—the Julii and all their numerous friends and clients. Sitting apart was the...

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