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Top 5 Books on Radium Girls

I'm at Shepherd Books today with a bit of insight into my research for Luminous: The Story of a Radium Girl. Check out my Top 5 books about Radium Girls!

Aelfgyva: The Mysterious Woman of the Bayeux Tapestry

If you missed the Historical Writers Forum discussion on the identity of Aelfgyva, you can watch it now on YouTube!

Legend of Nancy Morgan Hart

Variations on Nancy's story include her spying for the patriots or helping an American spy escape loyalist troops. What is the same in each version of these stories is that Nancy was brave and brutal when it came to dealing with the enemy.

Cover Reveal!

I'm excited to reveal the cover of my first nonfiction book, Women of the Revolution, coming from Pen & Sword in July 2022!

Book of the Year!

I'm thrilled that Luminous has been named Book of the Year for 2021 by Ruins and Reading!

A Luminous Christmas

Merry Christmas, dear readers! Enjoy an excerpt from Luminous - it's Christmas Eve 1937, and the Donohue family is gathered around the radio....

Alexander & Eliza Get Married

New on the blog: on 14 December 1780, Elizabeth Schuyler married Alexander Hamilton. As far as I know, no hip-hop music was involved.

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The Tudors and the Reformation

I am a guest at The Rose and the Thistle today talking about the Tudors and the Reformation. You can also enter a giveaway for Queen of Martyrs!

A historic site for Halloween

A spooky historic site for Halloween - the Northern Michigan Asylum today on the blog.



Also, Hauntings is on sale for this weekend only!

Hauntings Launch Party!

Did you miss it? Watch it now!