by Stephanie Dray | May 4, 2015 | Historical Fiction Genre, Other Writers, Reviews
Let me tell you what I regret about Jeannie Lin’s THE LOTUS PALACE. I regret every day that I didn’t read this book. Now, understand that I wanted to read it. I wanted to read it so much that I somehow own three copies–one in paperback, one for the...
by Stephanie Dray | Mar 17, 2014 | America's First Daughter, For Readers, Fun Stuff, Historical Fiction Genre, Research
Laura Kamoie and I get a lot of questions about the basis of William Short’s character in America’s First Daughter. The wonderful Megan Brett did me and my co-author a solid last weekend and went to UVA to help us find a letter in which one of Patsy...
by Stephanie Dray | Feb 13, 2014 | For Writers, Historical Fiction Genre
I’m mostly unqualified to be giving career tips–better to ask someone who has had a long and storied historical fiction career like Margaret George, Bernard Cornwall, Diana Gabaldon, Wilbur Smith, Philippa Gregory, etcetera. But the request comes up...
by Stephanie Dray | Aug 12, 2013 | Daughters of the Nile, Historical Fiction Genre, Lily of the Nile, Miscellany, My Works, Song of the Nile
On August 12, 30 BC, the most powerful woman in the history of the western world breathed her last. Some claim it was murder. Others claim it was serpenticide. (My opinions were published here in my post, How Did Cleopatra Really Die?) But however it happened, then...
by Stephanie Dray | Jul 27, 2013 | Book Clubs, Cleopatra Selene, For Readers, Historical Fiction Genre, Song of the Nile
On the Story Is Helios alive or is he a manifestation of the part of Selene’s soul that helps her survive the worst moments of her life? After Selene was violated, Livia to offer her a cup of poison to wash away the dishonor. Did Selene have anything to be ashamed...
by Stephanie Dray | Jun 27, 2013 | Historical Fiction Genre, Upcoming Events
My plan was to arrive early on Friday and sneak into the hotel without being noticed by anyone so that I would have time to dress and accessorize for a slightly more highbrow locale than the cattle-car experience of the airport. (Sadly, I am old enough to remember...
