On October 5, my bestselling novel Leonardo’s Swans returned—this time exactly as I always envisioned it, with the lush, painterly imagery the Renaissance deserves. And yes, cue the
This Halloween, something dark and luscious stirs once more. Dracula In Love: The Secret History of Mina Harker, the seductive, gothic tale that first ensnared
have a controversial question for you today, one I’d love you to answer in the comments. As I’m re-publishing Dracula In Love, I’ve been thinking
Dear Friends & Readers, When I first submitted Run, Darling, the story of the glamorous Gabor sisters’ near-death escape from Nazi-occupied Europe, I was told the
Dear Friends & Readers, For the past two weeks, I’ve been deep inside someone else’s novel, a big, unwieldy, beautiful manuscript, full of talent, full
In the Italian city of Mantua, 1501 “Isabella! What have you done? We have just fought a war, and we shall soon fight another.
Death is Inevitable. Or is it? By Karen Essex Let me give it to you straight. I do not want to die. It’s that simple. And now that I have
The Miraculous Research Behind My Renaissance Novels The research for Leonardo’s Swans and its sequel, Renaissance Rivals came to me as a miracle. I should
Kleopatra and the Art of Visibility The first thing I learned about Kleopatra was that she wasn’t beautiful. No existing, authenticated images of her portray
Moving beyond the myth of the seductress to examine the strategic maneuvers of history’s most misunderstood sovereign. How she utilized sex as a weapon of