Category: Butterfly Games

Photo of Butterfly Games at Journey East Hampton

Butterfly Games in the Hamptons: Featured in James Lane Post

Posted on May 27, 2026 in Butterfly Games

This Memorial Day weekend in the Hamptons, the weather was perfect—for reading. And ducks. Fortunately, in collaboration with Bedside Reading, the East End’s finest luxury hotels treated their guests to copies of Butterfly Games in paperback, ebook,…

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Color Map Sweden 1815-44 showing sites in historical novel Butterfly Games by Kelly Scarborough

A Summer in Sweden (No Passport Required)

Posted on April 30, 2026 in Butterfly Games, Travel

You don’t actually have to travel to Sweden to wander its royal parks, step inside its palaces, or follow in Jacquette’s footsteps. Every summer, I start to feel it—that familiar pull toward travel. Longer days. Lighter evenings. The sense that somew…

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Portrait of Countess Jacquette Gyldenstolpe as a teenager

What if the scandal wasn’t the whole story?

Posted on April 30, 2026 in Butterfly Games, Characters, Jacquette, Newsletter

  When I first came across Jacquette Gyldenstolpe, I wasn’t struck by what history said about her. I was struck by what it didn’t. Here was a woman who lived at the center of power in early 19th-century Sweden—a countess moving in royal circles,…

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Books Uplift logo with photos of Kelly Scarborough, author of historical fiction novel Butterfly Games and Books Uplift Interviewer Kim Monaghan of Books Uplift.

Interview with Kim Monaghan of Books Uplift (1/2/26)

Posted on January 2, 2026 in Butterfly Games, Interviews

I joined Kim Monaghan of Books Uplift for an author Q&A about my debut historical novel, Butterfly Games, the research behind its Swedish royal setting, and my journey from law to fiction. We talked about the real historical figures who inspired…

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A Conversation About Following the Story and Butterfly Games

Posted on December 26, 2025 in Butterfly Games, Interviews

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Bryan Nowak for his video podcast All Things Writing, and it turned into one of those conversations that stays with you long after the recording ends. We talked about Butterfly Games, of course—but als…

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Photo of historical fiction author Kelly Scarborough sitting on a bench near East Wharf Beach in Madison CT

The Writing Cooperative Features Butterfly Games in Its Write Now Interview Series

Posted on December 11, 2025 in Butterfly Games, Interviews

I was delighted to be interviewed by Justin Cox for The Writing Cooperative’s Write Now series about my debut historical novel, Butterfly Games, the real Swedish countess who inspired it, and the research journey that led me into her world. The origi…

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