Historical Fiction

On this edition of Conversations, Alice Hoffman talks with host Dan Skinner about “When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary.”

On this edition of Conversations Erika Robuck talks with host Dan Skinner about "The Last Twelve Miles." Historical fiction is about the Prohibition Rum Wars of 1926.

On this edition of Conversations, Adam Gidwitz talks with host Dan Skinner about “Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II.”

On this edition of Conversations, Veera Hiranandani talks with host Dan Skinner about "Amil and the After," the sequel to the Newbery Honor–winning “The Night Diary.”

On this edition of Conversations, Elana K. Arnold talks with host Dan Skinner about her historical fiction, “The Blood Years,” set in Romania during the Holocaust.

On this edition of Conversations, Deborah Hopkinson and Kristy Caldwell discuss two books in a new chapter book series based on a real life ship's cat born in 1799.

On this edition of Conversations, Tracey Enerson Wood talks with host Dan Skinner about her new historical novel, “The President’s Wife.”

On this edition of Conversations, Victoria Christopher Murray talks with host Dan Skinner about “The First Ladies,” a historical novel about Eleonore Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune.

On this edition of Conversations, Fiona Davis talks with host Dan Skinner about her latest novel, “The Spectacular.”

On this edition of Conversations, Kwame Alexander talks with host Dan Skinner about his novel “The Door of No Return,” the first in a trilogy written in verse.