What's New in Historical Fiction

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What's New in Historical Fiction is a virtual panel series featuring historical novelists with new and upcoming titles.

Please join us for What's New in Historical Fiction, a virtual panel series featuring historical novelists with new and upcoming titles. Hosted by the founder and editor of History Through Fiction, Colin Mustful, this special panel features:Allison Epstein, author of Let the Dead Bury the DeadTeresa H. Janssen, author of The Ways of WaterLucy E.M. Black, author of The BrickworksJoie Davidow, author of Anything But Yes<a href="https://allisonepstein.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Allison Epstein </a>earned her MFA in fiction from Northwestern University and a BA in creative writing from the University of Michigan. A Michigan native, she now lives in Chicago, where she works as an editor. Her new novel, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/7080/9780385549097" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Let the Dead Bury the Dead</a>, is an immersive alternate history set in an imperial Russia on the brink of disaster, following a surprising cast of characters seeking a better future as Saint Petersburg struggles in the wake of Napoleon's failed invasion.<a href="https://www.teresahjanssen.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Teresa H. Janssen</a> is a career educator, essayist, and author of short fiction whose writing has appeared in a variety of literary journals, including Zyzzyva, Catamaran, and Chautauqua. She attended Gonzaga and the University of Washington where she received an M.A. in Linguistics. Her debut novel, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/7080/9781647425838" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Ways of Water</a>, set in the early twentieth-century Southwest, where water means everything, is a poignant and heart-warming testament to the meaning of family and the strength of the human spirit.<a href="https://lucyemblack.com/about/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lucy E.M. Black</a> is the author of the short story collection The Marzipan Fruit Basket, the historical fiction novel Eleanor Courtown, and most recently Stella's Carpet. Lucy is also a dynamic workshop presenter, experienced interviewer, and freelance writer. Her newest novel, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/7080/9781989689547" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Brickworks</a>, uses beautifully crafted prose to tell the story of Brodie Smith, a Scottish immigrant who establishes a brickworks in Buffalo, New York, in the aftermath of his father's death from the Tay Bridge Collapse of 1879.<a href="http://www.joiedavidow.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Joie Davidow</a> is the author of several books, including a memoir, Marked for Life; the nonfiction Infusions of Healing; a novel, An Unofficial Marriage: A Novel about Pauline Viardot and Ivan Turgenev; and, with Esmeralda Santiago, the editor of short-story anthologies Las Mamis and Las Christmas. Her new novel, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/7080/9781958972083" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Anything But Yes</a>, was inspired by the diary of an 18th-century Roman Jewish girl who was imprisoned in a convent cell by the Catholic Church in an attempt to forcibly convert her.

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