Seven Miles of Steel Thistles

A couple of weeks ago Heidi, at SurLaLune , was kind enough to suggest that I might be able to recruit Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte to wr...

Celia Rees , best known for her historical novels, is not commonly regarded as a fantasy writer.  And if what you mean by ‘fantasy’ is a med...

I first came across Juliet Marillier ’s historical fantasies several years ago when the beautiful cover of ‘Wolfskin’, with its dark Viking ...

John Dickinson ’s debut novel ‘The Cup of the World’ was published in 2004 at pretty much the same moment as my own ‘Troll Fell’. You tend ...

It must have been in 1998. My husband was working for a US company; we were living in America, in upstate New York, and one of the bolt-hol...

Cassandra Golds is another writer whose acquaintance I am fortunate enough to have made because of this blog – although I was already aware...