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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
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 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 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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cplesley
Jan 26, 20243 min read
New Books Network: Andrea Penrose
New Books Network interview with Andrea Penrose about The Diamond of London, a novel about Lady Hester Stanhope
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cplesley
Jan 5, 20243 min read
Writing Plans for 2024
A look at my writing plans for 2024, as well as other book and editing news
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cplesley
Dec 15, 20232 min read
New Books Network Interview: Isa Arsén
New Books Network interview with Isa Arsén, whose debut novel Shoot the Moon looks at the Apollo Space Program
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cplesley
Oct 27, 20236 min read
Interview with Clara McKenna
Interview with the writer Clara McKenna, author of the Stella and Lyndy historical mysteries and other novels
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cplesley
Oct 20, 20232 min read
New Books Network Interview: Stephanie Cowell
New Books Network interview with author Stephanie Cowell about her latest historical novel, The Boy in the Rain
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cplesley
Oct 12, 20236 min read
Interview with Karen Swan
Interview with Karen Swan, author of The Wild Isle series and many other novels, most recently "Christmas by Candlelight"
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cplesley
Oct 6, 20235 min read
Fall 2023 Bookshelf
List of novels on my Fall 2023 Bookshelf, all recent historical fiction or historical mystery, set in the 19th and 20th centuries
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