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Jul 12, 20242 min read
New Books Network Interview: Eve J. Chung
New Books Network interview with Eve J. Chung, whose "Daughters of Shandong" explores the escape of three abandoned women from Mao's China
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cplesley
Jun 28, 20245 min read
Interview with Ellery Lloyd
Written interview with the husband-and-wife team who publish as Ellery Lloyd, about their latest suspense novel, just out from Harper
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cplesley
Jun 21, 20242 min read
New Books Network Interview: Joanna Lowell
New Books Network interview with historical romance author Joanna Lowell, whose latest novel, A Shore Thing, has just appeared in print.
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cplesley
Jun 14, 20246 min read
Interview with Eliza Knight
Author interview with Eliza Knight about her latest novel, The Queen's Faithful Companion, about Elizabeth II and her corgis
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cplesley
May 31, 20242 min read
New Books Network Interview: A. Engels
New Books Network interview with A. Engels, author of A Fool for an Heir, set during the reign of Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow
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cplesley
May 24, 20247 min read
Interview with Shaina Steinberg
Interview with screenwriter Shaina Steinberg, whose historical detective novel Under the Paper Moon is set in Los Angeles after World War II
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cplesley
May 17, 20245 min read
Interview with Audrey Burges
Interview with author Audrey Burges about her latest novel, A House Like an Accordion
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cplesley
May 10, 20246 min read
Interview with Harper St. George
Interview with Harper St. George, about her latest historical novel, The Stranger I Wed.
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cplesley
May 3, 20247 min read
Interview with Judith Lindbergh
Interview with Judith Lindbergh, author of Akmaral, a novel about women chieftains on the ancient Eurasian steppe
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cplesley
Apr 26, 20242 min read
New Books Network Interview: Ruth Reichl
New Books Network interview with Ruth Reichl, about "The Paris Novel"
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cplesley
Apr 19, 20246 min read
Co-writing The Merchant's Tale
Interview about co-writing conducted by Joan Schweighardt with C. P. Lesley and P.K. Adams, discussing The Merchant's Tale
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cplesley
Apr 12, 20245 min read
Interview with Joyce Yarrow
Interview with Joyce Yarrow about her contemporary suspense series, Zahara and the Lost Books of Light and Stolen Lives
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cplesley
Apr 5, 20244 min read
Bookshelf, Spring 2024
List of novels on my bookshelf for Spring 2024, by Audrey Burges, Eve J. Chung, Judith Lindbergh, Ruth Reichl, and Shaina Steinberg
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cplesley
Mar 29, 20248 min read
Interview with Rachel Rueckert
Interview with author Rachel Rueckert, whose debut novel, If the Tide Turns, appeared in March 2024.
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cplesley
Mar 22, 20242 min read
New Books Network Interview: Robin Oliveira
New Books Network interview with Robin Oliveira about her latest novel, set in late 19th-century Scotland and Washington Territory
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cplesley
Mar 15, 20247 min read
Interview with Clare McHugh
Interview with Clare McHugh, author of The Romanov Brides, a novel about the future Empress Alexandra and her siblings
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cplesley
Mar 8, 20245 min read
Interview with Stephanie Dray
Interview with Stephanie Dray about her latest novel, about the life of Frances Perkins: "Becoming Madam Secretary"
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cplesley
Mar 1, 20242 min read
New Books Network Interview: Kate Quinn and Janie Chang
New Books Network interview with bestselling authors Kate Quinn and Janie Chang about their co-written novel, The Phoenix Crown
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cplesley
Feb 16, 20243 min read
New Books Network Interview: Teresa H. Janssen
New Books Network interview with Teresa H. Janssen, author of The Ways of Water
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cplesley
Feb 9, 20243 min read
Taking Inventory
Inventory of everything I have been doing to clear the decks, much of it associated with writing, so that I can return to my current novel
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