Writing a novel about a fourteen-year-old embroiderer led me to extensively research embroidery, and its use by early modern women to...

The main character in my upcoming novel, Isabela’s Way,  (available for pre-order now) came to me on a hero’s journey bicycle trip in...

Announcement of Isabela's Way publication

On October 13, (Friday the 13th) I stood with my brother in front of the spare and beautiful sculptural portrait of Yitzak Rabin that...

So enjoyed this interview! Listen here..

My recent return to Spain where I deepened my knowledge of the Spanish Inquisition gave me pause regarding the naming of the main...

Well, it’s been a while. In November of last year, I took a spectacularly stupid fall down a flight of stairs that resulted in a...

As a huge fan of Mary Doria Russell’s A Thread of Grace, and Doc, I came to The Women of the Copper Country with high expectations. I...

By now, many of my readers and anyone who knows me well have learned that I love book research, and in the course of my five years of...

When I retired twelve years ago, the top item on my bucket list was to write a novel, but my top TRAVEL bucket list choice was New...