Interviews with Donis Casey and Kathryn Gauci
Tell Me Your Story with Donis Casey I was delighted Donis Casey invited me to contribute to her Tell Me Your Story series. Donis is the author of The Bianca Dangereuse Hollywood Mysteries and the Alafair Tucker Mysteries. She enjoys asking other authors to write essays about their personal journeys. There is a wealth of […]
My Coffee Pot Book Blog Tour
Packing my virtual bags for a global book tour! As I live in Australia and my publishers, The Book Guild and Bolinda Audio, are in the UK, I’m not able to visit local bookstores to spruik Fables & Lies. So I’ve packed my virtual bags and embarked on a blog tour run by the wonderful […]
To my Australian readers – where to buy Fables & Lies
The travails of an Australian author with an UK publisher I am super excited about my new release, Fables & Lies being published. However, I thought I’d share with you the frustrations of being an Australian author with an overseas publisher. I am so thankful both The Book Guild and Bolinda Audio believed in my […]
Guest Post on A Writer of History: The Power of Propaganda
Talking about Nazi propaganda on MK Tod’s wonderful blog I was delighted MK Tod invited me to provide a guest post on her wonderful blog – A Writer of History. Mary is a talented novelist in her own right (her last historical novel was The Admiral’s Wife) and has provided wonderful insight into the genre […]
Gestapo HQ: A Sinister Neighbour on History Girls
Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse: The street that changed from elegant to menacing Fables & Lies: A World War II Novel tells the story of how brave German museum curators strove to safeguard their national treasures from air raids, including Priam’s Treasure from Troy. When researching, I discovered the ancient trove was housed in the Pre and Early History […]
Interview on Crystal King’s Tasting Life Twice
Crystal King interviews me about Fables & Lies Way back when The Wedding Shroud was published, I had the pleasure of connecting with fellow Romaphile, Crystal King, who had written Feast of Sorrows (a deliciously beautiful book!) Crystal very kindly interviewed me about my new release, Fables & Lies, in ‘We’re Not the First to […]
The Odyssey of Priam’s Treasure – Guest Post on Judith Starkston’s blog
The journey of a priceless ancient Trojan treasure How did a priceless cache of gold found at Troy in Turkey end up in a Berlin Museum only to be plundered by the Soviets and now be on exhibit in Moscow? I trace the odyssey of this priceless trove with Judith Starkston on her blog. The […]
The ‘Everyday German’ in WWII – Guest post for Alison Morton
German civilians in WWII – victims or perpetrators? Alison Morton, author of the Roma Nova series, kindly asked me to write an article about ‘Everyday German’ in WWII given my new novel, Fables & Lies, focuses on the pressures placed on German civilians living in Berlin while under the Third Reich. Were they willing accomplices […]
Historical Novel Society Interview – Fables & Lies
Many thanks to Leslie Lowe from the Historical Novel Society The interview team at the Historical Novel Society was kind enough to feature me in an interview conducted by the lovely Leslie Lowe. The questions ranged from my first inspiration to write historical fiction, my publishing journey as well as in depth questions on Fables […]
Fables & Lies – New WWII Historical Fiction
Fables & Lies: A World War II Novel is out! My book baby has been born! Ten years is a long time for a book’s gestation but ‘life got in the way’ when researching, writing and then publishing my new release, Fables & Lies: A World War II Novel. I’m sure you’ve all known the […]