Category: Movies, TV, Books
Literary Love Triangles: Team Oscar, Team Carl—or Team Jacquette?
Posted on August 5, 2026 in Butterfly Games, Favorite Authors, Movies, TV, Books, Newsletter
Book Two in the Butterfly Games series turns up the heat on Jacquette, Oscar, and Carl. Here are the literary love triangles inspiring the story.
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Emily Matchar Q&A
Posted on February 6, 2026 in Favorite Authors, Interviews, Monthly Blog
Having read and loved Emily Matchar’s debut historical novel, I was so pleased when she agreed to join me for a conversation about her upcoming historical fiction release, The Lost Girl of Craven County. Kelly: Emily, your background is in journalism…
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Q&A with Michelle Cameron: On Napoleon’s Mirage and the Illusions We Hold
Posted on July 11, 2025 in Favorite Authors
I love Napoleonic tales, especially those with far-flung settings distant from Bonaparte’s seat of power in Paris. Having already read and loved Michelle Cameron’s Beyond the Ghetto Gates, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy of Napoleon’s Mirag…
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Q&A with Jude Berman: On The Vow, Angelica Kauffman, and Reimagining a Forgotten Icon
Posted on May 8, 2025 in Favorite Authors
This month, I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Jude Berman—historian, novelist, and all-around master of time travel (of the literary kind, that is). Her novel The Vow reimagines the life of 18th-century artist Angelica Kauffman, a name that…
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