What's New in Historical Fiction

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

Please join us for What's New in Historical Fiction, a regular panel series featuring historical novelists with new and upcoming titles. Moderated by Colin Mustful, founder of History Through Fiction, this special panel includes:Donna Russo, author of Vincent's Women Stephanie Dray, author of Becoming Madam Secretary Jill George, author of A Hopeless Dawn Ezra Harker Shaw, author of The Aziola's Cry<a href="https://www.donnarussomorin.com/" title="https://www.donnarussomorin.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Donna Russo</a> is the bestselling author of ten historical novels. She is also an award-winning screenwriter, ghostwriter, and painter, whose critically acclaimed work has been praised with multiple awards and has received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Her newest novel, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/7080/9784824185778" title="https://bookshop.org/a/7080/9784824185778" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Vincent's Women</a>, is the untold story of Vincent's loves: how they shaped his life, his art, and his death. It writes against the 'myths, ' exploring the possibility that none of them are true.<a href="https://www.stephaniedray.com/" title="https://www.stephaniedray.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Stephanie Dray</a> is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal &amp; USA Today bestselling author of historical women’s fiction. Her award-winning work has been translated into many languages and tops lists for the most anticipated reads of the year. Her newest novel, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/7080/9780593437056" title="https://bookshop.org/a/7080/9780593437056" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Becoming Madam Secretary</a>, is a captivating and dramatic story about an American heroine Frances Perkins, a woman destined to rise in a political world dominated by men.<a href="https://jillgeorgeauthor.com/" title="https://jillgeorgeauthor.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jill George</a> is a historical researcher specializing in Victorian era London and Cornwall, UK. Her writing mission is to rebalance history based on women’s successes and the men who supported them. Her newest novel, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hopeless-Dawn-Book-ebook/dp/B0CWNHDK3K/" title="https://www.amazon.com/Hopeless-Dawn-Book-ebook/dp/B0CWNHDK3K/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">A Hopeless Dawn</a>, is a gothic suspense historical fiction romance at its best, inspired by the haunting masterpiece painting of the same name by 19th century artist Frank Bramley.<a href="https://harkershaw.wordpress.com/" title="https://harkershaw.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ezra Harker Shaw</a> is a non-binary writer who loves all things Gothic. While earning their PhD, Harker Shaw explored the collaborative writing of Percy Byssche Shelley and Mary Shelley, a project that led them to write The Aziola’s Cry. Their debut novel, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/7080/9798987319178" title="https://bookshop.org/a/7080/9798987319178" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Aziola's Cry</a> is a story of love, tragedy, and the pursuit of literary greatness intertwined in a tumultuous journey that defies societal norms and tests the resilience of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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