Ten Most Memorable Moms in New Fiction
by Andrea Lochen

What better time of year than Mother’s Day to showcase some of the most memorable fictional mothers in some of the best new novels? From loving, supportive mothers to complex, trailblazing mothers to selfish, vindictive mothers, this list has it all!

1) The Perfect Son by Barbara Claypole ( Read more... )

Michelle Moran is a well-loved author here at Fashionista Piranha. I've reviewed every single one of her novels, and always look forward to the next one. Michelle has written about an aspect of Indian culture that is important both to the protagonist of her next novel, Rebel Queen, and in her own life.

JANAM KUNDLIS
by Michelle MoranWith every ( Read more... )

Taken at the Dinosaur Museum
By Christie Sims and Alara Branwen

Guest post by Danyul De GuerreHi everybody! Suzi asked me to guest blog for her again, and review a story or two by Christie Sims. Yup, that Christie Sims. Christie Sims who writes of the dinosaur sex. So, you know, if you’re type that is at all squeamish about adult language, being ( Read more... )

Today's guest post was written by Jeans - you've seen her before, as she often accompanies me to author events.  Although our reading tastes don't always line up, we do agree that mythology and fairy tales are awesome, and modern takes on the stories are worth investigation.  Jeans recently revisited the Percy Jackson series and wrote a little ( Read more... )

James Mace is the author of the Soldier of Rome series, which follows the adventures of the Roman soldier Artorius through his military career in the province of Germania in the early 1st century AD.  The fourth book in the series, The
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Yesterday I posted a review of Cecelia Holland's latest book,  The King's Witch.  (I have also previously reviewed her book   The Secret Eleanor.)  In this special guest post, she has shared some of her thoughts about writing a book about the Crusades, and medicine in the 12th century.


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These are very perceptive questions. American women live with a wholly different set of assumptions and problems than a woman in the twelfth century. This of course is an excellent reason for reading about a twelfth century woman, especially the magnificent Eleanor of Aquitaine, who shines above the second half of the century like a comet ( Read more... )

I am just finishing up His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester, and I'll be sharing my review of it in my next post.  I had a chance to ask the book's author, Jeane Westin, about her writing process and how she 'time travels' back to Elizabeth's court.

I asked, I've often wondered what steps an author takes when she write about ( Read more... )

Fool
by Christopher Moore

Hi everybody, I'm Dan. Suzi asked me to guest-blog for her while she's off taking care of whatever it is she's taking care of. She didn't really get specific about what that was, but she might have let slip something about having to mop up some deep-cover operation that went balls up somewhere in central Asia. 'Fate of the ( Read more... )

An Interview with Kate Hahn

author of Forgotten Fashion: An Illustrated (Faux) History of Outrageous Trends and Their Untimely Demise, reviewed 9/9/2008


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