Getting to Know You

[Mandy]

Name: Mandy
Where you're from: Jackson, Missouri
Where you live now: Statesboro, Georgia
Birthday: August 21
Family: Husband & 2 daughters (all red heads!)
Job: I own a social media marketing company
Hobbies: College Football, Reading, History of the British Monarchy

Favorite:
Book - Pride & Prejudice
Movie- Wizard of Oz
Song - too many!
Food - Pizza
Smell - a fire in a fireplace. Reminds me of my grandmother's house
Sport - LOVE College Football
Any websites you want to share: http://www.memarketingservices.com (my biz site) but I love www.people.com (LOL!)
How you became interested in historical fiction (or non!) - After I first read Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl! I've always had this thing for Britain and their history and culture and finding Philippa just made it all the worse.

[Sara W]

Daniel wrote: "I am brand new to this group, just discovered it looking through the groups for new ones to join. I am the author of several non-fiction books of European Royalty. I focus heavily on genealogical a..."

Welcome to the group Daniel, glad you found us!

[James]

Name: James Loftus
author of Celtic Blood
Brisbane, Australia, in the hot zone.
Family: Wife and two teenagers.
Job: Poet ... no, joking, though I am a poet, Hospital Porter.
Hobbies: Writing, keeping fit.
Favourite Book: Anything by Nigel Tranter who inspired my own stab at the art.
Movie: Sideways.
Song: 'Streets Of Your Town' The Go Betweens. Rest In Peace, Grant.
Food: Yes please.
Smell: Rain, and freshly mown grass.
Website to share: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggy-p6...
Sport: Cricket, boxing, Karate, Chess (yes it is a sport)
I became interested in historical fiction after my brother bought a book and I liked the cover. I was about eight.

[S.K.]

Sammy K Munt
Born Wellington New Zealand
Mackay North QLD Australia
25th November '82
One husband, three daughters
Author/Karaoke hostess
Reading, Surfing, Musical theatre, Roller-skating, scrap-booking, dancing and singing
Favorite:
Book-Twilight Eyes Dean Koontz
Movie-Dirty Dancing
Song-Amigos Para Siempre from The Barcelona Olympics '92
Food-Cheese.
Smell-Frangipanis (The real flower not a fragrance) Orange Blossom and Jasmine
Sport-Cheerleading
Any websites you want to share: www.skmunt.com
How you became interested in historical fiction (or non!) I am writing it but I'm a big history buff :)

[Steph]

Stephanie. I'm from AR but live in TX. My birthday is Nov. 26. I'm married with two kids. I'm the owner/operator of Stewani's Candle Emporium. My hobbies are reading(audiobooks), genealogy, cooking, herbalism, singing, and dancing. Favorites: book(Alex Haley's Queen), movie(John Jakes North and South), song(Gloria Estefan's Mi Tierra), food(Chinese), smell(Nude by Rihanna), sport(figure skating). My interest in European Royalty began when they started popping up on my family tree. I'm a direct descendant of William the Conqueror through my maternal side.

[Emma]

Name: Emma Iadanza (sometimes called "Figaro" by Social Studies teachers and chamber music coaches)
Where you're from: Roslyn NY (Long Island)
Where you live now: Roslyn NY
Birthday: November 19
Family: parents, two birds (Lucy and Rocco - parrotletts)...
Job: Student
Hobbies: Reading, writing, classical music/opera (listening to, playing, conducting)
Favorite...
Book: Signora da Vinci
Movie: Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Song: Overture to L'italiana in Algeri by Rossini/Piano Concerto #4 in G Major III. Rondo by Beethoven
Food: PROSCUITTO or chocolate
Smell: Baking cookies
Sport: If the Metropolitan Opera and Burgtheater had competitions against each other
Any websites you want to share: emmaiadanza.com
How you became interested in historical fiction (or non!): I have no idea; my family is very knowledgeable about stuff like that

[Abi]

I'm Abi, I live in Gloucestershire, England (UK). I'm married and have two grown children, a dog and 2 cats. I don't work because I'm disabled with a chronic pain disorder. My hobbies include counted-stitch embroidery, knitting, crochet, reading, and touring the UK in my caravan (trailer).
I have always had an interest in history, particularly British history. I like to visit stately homes, castles and other places of historical interest in the UK when I go away in my caravan.
Favourites are always difficult for me to pin down, but authors of historical novels set in the UK that I've enjoyed include Margaret George, Elizabeth Chadwick, Diana Gabaldon, Jean Plaidy, Alison Weir, Ken Follet, Karen Harper, CJ Sansom, SJ Parris, Anya Seton, Helen Hollick, Ariana Franklin, and Edward Rutherford, among others! I don't mind a story about a fictional character, provided the character is well written and the time-zone/setting is properly researched and depicted.

[Susan]

Is this my first post here...I thinks so. Hi everyone!

Name : Susan

Where you're from: Born in Spain (Dad was in the military at the time)

Where you live now: Oconomowoc, WI

Birthday: October 9

Family: Never married. I have two large dogs that I consider my family – a Newfoundland named Willow and an Irish wolfhound named Fiona. They are my babies.

Job: None at the moment (25 years in accounting) but I volunteer at a friend’s doggy daycare 3 days a week and work with www.fluffydog.net (a rescue organization . I foster rescue dogs)

Hobbies: Reading, quilting, gardening, piano

Favorite:
Book: I read Jane Eyre when I was 9 years old and it kindled my love of reading. Any Sharon Kay Penman book! Shogun
Movie: The Lion in Winter - Out of Africa
Song: Losing My Religion {REM) / Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Food: Anything Chinese
Smell: Cinnamon - leather
Sport: Hockey (Blackhawks!!!)
Any websites you want to share: http://www.medievalists.net
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How you became interested in historical fiction (or non!) First historical fiction I remember reading was Desiree by Anna Marie Selenko. Adored it. And then The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George. Although over the years I have taken a strong dislike of all things Henry. He really was a despicable monarch.

[Sara W]

Susan wrote: "Is this my first post here...I thinks so. Hi everyone!

Name : Susan

Where you're from: Born in Spain (Dad was in the military at the time)

Where you live now: Oconomowoc, WI

Birthday: Octobe..."

Welcome to the group Susan!

[Lisa]

Name: Lisa Glisan
Where you're from: Orange County, California
Where you live now: Pennsylvania
Birthday: November
Family: Hubby, seven kids, one grandchild
Job: Secretary
Hobbies: Reading
Favorite Authors: Michael Crichton, Anne Rice, Arthur C. Clarke, Alison Weir, Suetonius
Favorite Books: The Spartans, Thermopylae, Timeline, 1066, (see my page for more!)
Movies: Gone With The Wind, Pride and Prejudice, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, Contact, and 300
Music: Mozart, Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” oh, and The Killers
Food: Pizza, and white cake
Smell: Spring rain
How you became interested in historical fiction (or non): Watched the BBC television series “I, Claudius” in 1976, and have been hooked on European history ever since.

[Lariela]

Name- L
Where you're from- Sonoma County, CA
Where you live now- East Mountains, NM
Birthday- October 8th
Family- Oldest of four kids
Job- N/A, student
Hobbies- Reading, hiking, travel
Favorite:
Books- The Hobbit, David Copperfield, The Winter Mantle, Little Women, Emma
Authors- J.R.R. Tolkien, Elizabeth Chadwick, Sharon Kay Penman
Movie- Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Song- "Tonight, Tonight"- Smashing Pumpkins
Food- Thai, Mediterranean
Smell- vanilla, new books
Sport- Quiditch, ice hockey
Any websites you want to share:
How you became interested in historical fiction (or non!)- When we studied Ancient Egypt in Elementary School, I went out and got as many books as I could find from the local libraries. A lot were non-fiction (now I have large collection of Egypt books), but I read some novels too. Over the years, I would read about different time periods.

[[deleted user]]

Hello everyone :
i hope you are all very good,
So i am Amine 30 years old , from Algeria (north Africa ), now iam a student . history is the moste thing i like to read about it .
thank you

[Jade]

Hello Everyone,

I'm from and live in the UK

I'm becoming more and more interested in Modern European History.