Lindsey Davis, English historical novelist, has written most of her books in that difficult genre, the historical whodunnit. Falco the Informer The resourceful, bantering Marcus Didius Falco is the narrator in the Falco series, somewhat of a Sam Spade in Ancient Rome, a tough guy with an … [Read more...]
Arnaldur
To write is ingrained in the Icelandic culture. After all, that's what they did for more than a thousand years during the long dark winters. They told stories and they wrote down those stories, prose histories, unpretentious and unadorned. Stories of farmers and families, of warriors and kings, … [Read more...]
Ursula K Le Guin
In the early 1960s, when Ursula K. Le Guin began to publish, science fiction was dominated by so-called hard sci-fi: speculative fiction grounded in physics, chemistry, and, to a lesser extent, biology. The understanding of technological progress as an unalloyed good went largely unquestioned; … [Read more...]
Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves is the author of the books behind ITV's VERA, now in its third series, and the BBC's SHETLAND. Her DI Vera Stanhope series of books is set in Northumberland and features the detective along with her partner Joe Ashworth. The Shetland series bring us DI Jimmy Perez, investigating in … [Read more...]
Cora Harrison
Cora Harrison was a school principal before she wrote her two Austen - inspired novels written for young readers.She has since published twenty-six children's novels, among which “I was Jane Austen’s Best Friend” and the latest “Jane Austen Stole My Boyfriend” both published by Macmillan UK. … [Read more...]
Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff was first and foremost a great storyteller. I love her stories! I also love her impeccable historical research and her simple, yet poetic, prose. I love the magical transportation to another time where her characters become as real to me as the people I see every … [Read more...]