now you see her...
Bestselling author of historical fiction including THE ARCTIC FURY and the Five Queendoms epic fantasy series (SCORPICA, ARCA).
Love this -- Bustle recommends your next read based on your childhood favorite. Guess what you should read if you loved Harriet the Spy? GIRL IN DISGUISE!
Read the whole list here. (I'm thinking Labyrinth Lost next.)
One of my favorite fellow historical fiction writers, Heather Webb, recently rounded up thoughts on failure from a group of successful writers for an article at Writer Unboxed.
Click here for wisdom from Stephanie Cowell, Eva Stachniak, Aimie Runyan and more (including me!)
If you're not familiar with Miss Demeanors, it's a fabulous site chock-full of writing advice. Their own description of the site is delightful: "a group of mystery and suspense writers who -- when not killing off characters -- let their better angels share tidbits about writing, reading and research." (If you've read GIRL IN DISGUISE, you'll know why "better angels" especially made me smile.)
I'm honored to have a guest post up on the site about my process for turning a real-life historical detective into the lead character in a detective novel. Click here to read it.
Had a great time putting together my advice on how to shape, start, end, and manage your chapters for Writers In the Storm. Fellow novelists, this one's for you!
The Kate Warne Awareness Campaign continues! I wrote a brief summary of Kate's exploits for the Women's Museum of California. You can read it here.
I love this new series on Creating Herstory celebrating fierce women of the past. And of course you know who my favorite fierce woman of the past is these days -- Kate Warne!
Love this idea from BookPage -- "historical fiction for your staycation." As all readers know, good books help you go places without leaving your favorite chair! And of course I'm thrilled that GIRL IN DISGUISE is included as a recommended way to travel to 1850s Chicago.
Plus, the writeup is stellar. "Greer Macallister’s take on the life of Kate Warne, the first female Pinkerton detective, is a rollicking good time as well as an inspiring portrait of a forgotten American hero."
For most of my teenage years, my mother and I would pass the Bas Bleu catalog back and forth, circling gift ideas for Christmas and birthdays -- for ourselves and each other. I was delighted to call her two years ago when my Sourcebooks sales contact told me that Bas Bleu would carry my first novel, THE MAGICIAN'S LIE, in their catalog.
I was even more delighted to call her today to tell her that not only is GIRL IN DISGUISE in the catalog this time around, it's one of just 12 Summer Reading List selections. Merci, Bas Bleu!
Just a super-quick post today: delighted that GIRL IN DISGUISE made the Chicago Public Library's list of June 2017 staff picks. Kate did some of her best work in Chicago, so it's simply perfect to have her story get some recognition there.
"Fans of 2015’s Girl Waits with Gun will devour this fast-paced combination of historical fiction and mystery, with a side of romance." Love it!
Get the full list of picks here.
If you're an avid reader and you also happen to be on Twitter or Facebook, you're probably familiar with #fridayreads. It's a handy hashtag to let people know what you're reading, and you can take a look at it to find out what other people are reading and get new recs for yourself.
The Tall Poppy Writers have taken it a step further with their #prefridayreads recommendations, so you can get a jump on getting a jump on the weekend. Fun!
(And I'm so honored that the lovely and talented author Nicole Baart picked GIRL IN DISGUISE as her recommendation!)