I’m pleased to announced that Fossil Island was recently awarded this prize from the Historical Novel Society at their conference in Oxford, U.K. They’re a great organization and one of best places to hear about new and upcoming novels with historical themes. Their next conference will be in June of 2017 in Portland, Oregon. Since … Continue reading
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Fossil Island finalist for best novel from HSN
Fossil Island has been selected as one of four finalists by the Historical Novel Society as the best indie novel of 2015. It’s quite an honor to be chosen by this group, from some 300 historical novels reviewed in their quarterly journal. The winner and runner-up will be announced September 2, 2016 during the society’s … Continue reading
“Fur, the Fossil Island” in The Island Review
April, 2015 Just published in the online journal, The Island Review, my essay about the fossil-rich island of Fur in Denmark’s Limfjord. The essay weaves together the geology of the island and theories of fossils and time from the nineteenth century, both of which play a role in my novels, Fossil Island and The Former … Continue reading