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Erika Mailman is the author of The Witch's Trinity (Random House, 2007), a novel about a medieval woman accused of witchcraft, and Woman of Ill Fame (Heyday Books, 2007), about a Gold Rush prostitute. She has also published two non-fiction books about Oakland history, and is a columnist for the Montclarion newspaper in Oakland. She is a graduate of the MFA program in poetry at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and currently teaches novel writing through www.mediabistro.com. Her first novel took her eight years to write and is unpublishable. She figured out how to outline, and wrote the first draft of her second novel in one month--and it's now in print (Woman of Ill Fame).






I’ve always enjoyed popping in and out of Julianne Douglas’s well-written history blog, Writing the Renaissance. No surprise, then, that she will be moderating a panel discussion at the Historical Novels Society conference titled, “Virtual Salon: The Historical Fiction Blog.” This will definitely be a fun one to catch!


I’m hosting Julianne today with questions prepared by Vanitha Sankaran, a fa... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on May 23, 2013 20:50
Average rating: 3.43 · 690 ratings · 165 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors
The Witch's Trinity
3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 661 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions
Woman of Ill Fame
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2007
Oakland's Neighborhoods
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005
Oakland Hills
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004
The Witch's Trinity
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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I’ve always enjoyed popping in and out of Julianne Douglas’s well-written history blog, Writing the Renaissance. No surprise, then, that she will b... Read more of this blog post »
Venus in Winter by Gillian Bagwell Illuminations by Mary Sharratt Historical Fiction II by Sarah L. Johnson Claws of the Cat by Susan Spann The Witch's Trinity by Erika Mailman Vote on this list »
"The NYT article was positing that because food and resources were so low, families were accusing their children of witchcraft to be able to kick them...more "
The Summer Garden by Paullina Simons
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Mistress of the Revolution by Catherine Delors
Inventing the Victorians by Matthew Sweet
I was lured in by the book's thesis, that the Victorians weren't as prudish and fusty as we think. The book doesn't wholly support that, I don't think (although I'm not all the way through yet), but does indeed give some gems of information about the...more
Life Below Stairs by Alison Maloney
A friend sent me to this book because of mutual love of Downton Abbey and I very much appreciated the anecdotes from real servants. The one that sticks with me was a very young servant who handed the newspaper to her new mistress and how the mistress...more
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz
ADORED this book. It hit all the things I love (Victorian orphans, crumbling towers, gloomy evil, marionettes, etc.) and was just a joy to read. I'm going to check out everything else this author ever wrote.
The Witch's Trinity by Erika Mailman
" This book took hold of me on page 1 and didn’t let up. Güde is an engaging narrator, and Mailman made the challenging decision to give her narrator a touch of either insanity or dementia (probably the latter), which causes Güde to have visions and... " Read more of this review »
"Nat is the four-timer I mentioned! :)"
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Historical fiction has come out on top in our poll to decide May's read. May is going to be the month of witches so our historical read will focus on witches and witchcraft, whether the the Salem Witch Trials, or the European witch hunts. Choose wisely! Last day to vote will be Monday, April 15.

 
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