What was the inspiration for your most recent book? My first Soviet-Jewish historical fiction, “The Nesting Dolls,” was set in 1930s USSR...
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8 Favorite Film Adaptations of Historical Fiction from Around the World
When I was ten years old, my mother told me that a famous American film Gone with the Wind will be playing at the movie theater in my hometown of...
PLW The History Quill Panel: Strong Women in Historical Fiction are not Anachronistic
If damsels in distress or heroines who only talk about their clothes and suitors make you want to throw the book across the room, you should check...
Words with a Wordsmith: Laura Gwendolyn Hill
Medieval Girl Power in Action What brings you great joy as a writer? There are many things that bring me joy as a writer. Having the idea for the...
Interview with Historical Fiction Author Jonathan Posner
I've enjoyed interviewing Jonathan Posner, the PLW's only UK author. He has been an avid reader of fiction ever since he was old enough to own a...
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
“All happy food memories are alike; all unhappy food memories are unhappy after their own fashion,” writes Anya Von Bremzen, playing on the opening...
New Release: A Surgeon and A Spy by Alina Rubin
This story came to me back in October 2020, when I was an accomplished writer of heart wrenching IT compliance documents. That day, I was working on...
Words with a Wordsmith: Marthese Fenech
The Pen is Mightier than the Halberd What music do you listen to when you write? Epic scores...
A Surgeon and a Spy
Words with a Wordsmith Vanessa Riley
What’s your favorite under-appreciated novel? I believe Sister Mother Warrior is under-appreciated, mainly because many people haven't had the...
5 Historical Novels Set at Sea
Imagine you are on a wooden ship in the middle of the storm. The waves are spilling onto the deck. The wind is threatening to break the mast. The...
5 Stories about Jewish Life and Music in Abigail’s Song
Many years ago, when I was eight, my grandmother Rina Fridman gave me a dry cracker to try. It was bland, but I ate it anyway. “It’s called matzah....
Hidden History of Secret Messages (Cryptography)
Imprisoned and sentenced to execution, Sir John Trevanion had little chance of avoiding his terrible fate. Hours from death, he retained a slight...
Words with a Wordsmith Rachel Callaghan
Rachel Callaghan's Novel: Under Water How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have? The second finished novel to be published soon is...
New Year, New Books: Alina Rubin
Abigail's Song, Hearts and Harmony Book 1, is coming January 10, 2024. Narrowly avoiding a life on the streets in 1810 England, orphaned Abigail is...
Abigail’s Song
Words with a Wordsmith Lindsey S. Fera
Lindsey S. Fera's Books What literary pilgrimages have you gone on? I've gone on several for my Muskets Trilogy. The easiest ones were close to...
Celebrating New Year in the Soviet Union
One of the signs of getting older is when the decade of your childhood is designated as “historic.” Since I grew up in a country that no longer...
Top 5 PLW Blogs about Writing
Early in 2021, I woke up with a tingling sensation under my skin. The series of scenes that I kept seeing in my head over the last few months came...
Hearts by the Sea
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