Writing Historical Fiction: Author-to-Author Chat
CommentsA lively interview about planning, researching, and writing historical fiction.
Author Archive
The Little-Known History of Cosmetic Surgery
Comments (1)THE BEAUTY DOCTOR, a spellbinding historical mystery-suspense-thriller. In 1907, a doctor’s young assistant is ensnared in a horrifying web of greed, deception, and possibly murder.
The Early Days of Women Doctors
Comments (2)Can you guess the likelihood of a woman becoming a doctor in the days of corsets and Merry Widow hats?
Those Marvelous Edwardian Hats!
CommentsHats were the ultimate fashion statement for women of the Edwardian era, though often to the detriment of our innocent feathered friends!
The Allure of the “Gibson Girl”
CommentsWho was the iconic Gibson Girl, making her debut at the turn of the nineteenth century, and what was her significance to Edwardian times? According to her creator, artist Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944), the Gibson Girl was not any one individual but, rather, a composite of the all-American girl/woman.
The Countess and the Barefoot Dancer
CommentsThe heroines of the novel Sisters of Castle Leod appearing now on The Mackenzie Initiative, clanmackenzie.org.
Prepare to be Shocked!
CommentsTHE BEAUTY DOCTOR: A NOVEL is a bone-chilling historical mystery-suspense-thriller set in the Edwardian era and inspired by the true history of cosmetic surgery.
Podcast interview: author Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard, SISTERS OF CASTLE LEOD
CommentsInsights into the writing of a historical novel, featured now on the Mackenzie Clan Podcast.
Book Trailer: SISTERS OF CASTLE LEOD
CommentsView the official book trailer for the new historical fiction release, SISTERS OF CASTLE LEOD. Historical Novel Society EDITORS’ CHOICE (Feb. 2023). A haunting and emotionally charged story of two sisters torn apart by jealousy and superstition, and the impossible leap of faith that could finally bring them together.
Fascinating Ports of Call in the Novel SISTERS OF CASTLE LEOD
CommentsI love books that transport me to another time and place. Even better if they allow me to travel with the characters to a variety of places, some familiar and some not.
