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...
by Stephanie Dray | Apr 28, 2013 | Daughters of the Nile, My Works, Works in Progress
Hey readers! Today I’m taking part in Historical Snippet Sunday. Here’s a six sentence teaser from my latest work, DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE which is now available for pre-order: I will never see my mother’s Egypt again, I think. The closest I will ever...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 7, 2012 | Bloopers, Lily of the Nile, My Works, Song of the Nile
The Nile is a river in Egypt that empties into the Mediterranean. Its source, though hotly debated in ancient times and incorrectly theorized by King Juba II to be in ancient Mauretania, is actually (mostly) in Ethiopia. The river flows north. Consequently, when...
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...