C. P. Lesley, Novelist

Interview with Jane Yang, whose historical novel The Lotus Shoes, set in imperial China, came out from Park Row Books in January 2025

Interview with the historical novelist Elise Hooper, whose The Library of Lost Dollhouses, has just come out with William Morrow

New Books Network interview with the historical novelist Victoria Christopher Murray, whose Harlem Rhapsody just came out with Berkley

My Spring 2025 bookshelf, with historical fiction by Alka Joshi, Joanna Lowell, Mimi Matthews, Joanna Miller, Kathleen Renk, and Karen Swan

Interview with Kate Maruyama, whose latest historical/contemporary novel is just out with Running Wild Press

Interview with Su Chang, whose debut novel The Immortal Woman has just come out with House of Anansi

Interview with Leonard Goldberg, whose latest addition to his Daughter of Sherlock Holmes series is due from Pegasus Books in March 2025

New Books Network interview with Elyse Durham, whose Maya and Natasha, a novel about Soviet ballet, will soon be out from Mariner Books

Interview with Andrea Pickens, whose historical romances are being reissued by Oliver Heber Books throughout 2025

On problems with keeping characters' details straight while writing the Legends of the 5 Directions and Songs of Steppe & Forest series

Interview with the contemporary thriller writer Joseph Finder, whose latest novel, The Oligarch's Daughter, came out in January 2025

Novels on my bookshelf, Winter 2025, by Su Chang, Elyse Durham, Lora Jones, Kate Maruyama, Victoria Christopher Murray, and Jane Yang

New Books Network interview with Fiona Davis, whose latest historical novel, "The Stolen Queen," just came out from Dutton

Interview with Kate Mosse, whose historical novel "The Map of Bones" has just appeared, closing out her Joubert Family Chronicles series

A sneak peek at author interviews planned for January 2025, with Fiona Davis, Joseph Finder, Poppy Kuroki, and Kate Mosse

C. P. Lesley's annual overview of tasks attempted, accomplished, and not yet attained in 2024

New Books Network interview with Suzanne Allain, acclaimed author of Regency-era historical romance

A discussion of what an author means by "watching characters grow" in a single novel or across a series

A short discussion about the pluses and minuses of procrastinating while writing, exemplified by my own work

Reflections on Thanksgiving as one generation of hosts yields space to the next