Six Degrees of Separation, Butterfly Games Edition–Napoleon to Jacquette
Posted on 24/09/25
What do Napoleon Bonaparte and a Swedish countess named Jacquette have in common? More than you’d think! Here’s the whirlwind version: 1 As a young army officer, Napoleon proposed marriage to Désirée Clary, the daughter of a silk merchant from Marsei…
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📝 Writing Butterfly Games #2 in Sweden — August 2025
Posted on 03/08/25
Greetings from Sweden, friends! 🇸🇪 I’m lucky to be spending the month writing the second book in the Butterfly Games historical fiction series in a grand circa-1901 apartment in the Haga neighborhood of Karlstad. Yes, Karlstad—not Stockholm, not Goth…
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Historical Fiction Book Covers: Butterfly Games: Behind the Scenes
Posted on 11/07/25
Discover the story behind the book cover of royal historical fiction novel Butterfly Games by Kelly Scarborough. Meet the artists who designed the fern embroidery and cipher pin worn by ladies in waiting at the Swedish royal court. Preorder Butterfly…
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Q&A with Michelle Cameron: On Napoleon’s Mirage and the Illusions We Hold
Posted on 11/07/25
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 08/05/25
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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