Historic Fiction

On this edition of Conversations, Gillian McAllister talks about her U.S. debut novel, The Good Sister. She lives in Birmingham, UK where she worked as a…

On this edition of Conversations, Ellen Keith joins us to talk about her debut novel, The Dutch Wife. The novel sweeps through the Netherlands to Germany…

Ann Hood has written numerous bestselling novels, including The Book That Matters, and The Knitting Circle, just to name a few, as well as books for young…

On this edition of Conversations, Matt Killeen joins us to talk about his novel, "Orphan Monster Spy." The Young Adult novel is set in Germany in 1939. He…

Set in 1947,The Night Diarytells the story of India's partition, a division that spawned xenophobia and caused the largest human migration in history. On this edition of Conversations, Veera Hiranandani joins us to talk about her book for young readers and how she presents this story through the diary entries of a twelve-year-old girl named Nisha.00000184-7fa9-d6f8-a1cf-7fad06a30004

Katherine Paterson has written more than thirty books and has received many of the highest honors in children’s literature. Her Newbery Medal-winning…