by Stephanie Dray | Oct 13, 2012 | Awards, My Works, Song of the Nile
I’m pleased to announce to my readers that SONG OF THE NILE won Golden Leaf Award this weekend at the New Jersey Romance Writer’s contest, so if you’ve been wondering whether or not you’d like it as much as LILY OF THE NILE, this is a vote YES!...
by Stephanie Dray | Aug 1, 2012 | Lily of the Nile, My Works, Song of the Nile
All hail Imperator Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Divi Filius Augustus, the villain in my Cleopatra’s Daughter novels, and the man after whom the month of August is named. It is not, as some believe, his birth month. No, he didn’t want to be celebrated for...
by Stephanie Dray | Jul 12, 2012 | Articles, Awards, My Works, Song of the Nile
Great feature article on me and my work in the Baltimore Sun, penned by Sharon Rydell, Sbrydell13@aol.com. Thanks Sharon! Great things are happening in the life of Dray, who has been nominated by the Romance Writers of America for a RITA award, the highest awards...
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...
by Stephanie Dray | Mar 27, 2012 | Awards, My Works, Song of the Nile
There are a few important calls that authors hope to get in their career. The first is from an agent. I got that call from the lovely and wise Jennifer Schober of Spencerhill Associates several years ago when she read Lily of the Nile: A Novel of Cleopatra’s...
by Stephanie Dray | Feb 2, 2012 | FAQ, Historical Fiction Genre, Miscellany, My Works, Song of the Nile
The life of Cleopatra Selene is a story so unlikely that magic sometimes seems like the only explanation. But that isn’t why I chose to include magical realism in my book. I included my heroine’s ability to commune with her goddess through bloody hieroglyphs and some...