Castles, Customs, and Kings by Debra Brown

Bennetts, was released and the collection edited by Debra Brown and Sue Millard. This year, a voluminous second edition, now in memory of M.M. Bennetts did a marvelous job putting them all together.

I thought that was a marvelous idea, as many of these blogs and essays and articles get lost in cyber space, and yet, are full of research and tidbits that are interesting and useful! Debra Brown and the now late M.M. Several years ago, the English Historical Fiction Authors group decided to take some of the various articles and essays written by authors and compile them in one collective book called Castles, Customs, and Kings: True Tales from English Historical Fiction Authors.

Winners are announced at the annual Historical Novel Society Conference. Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction Association which honors the author of an outstanding novel each year with a $500 USD prize. and at her Goodreads group, Historical Info for Historical Fiction Readers.ĭebra is the President of the M.M. You can chat with Debra about history and historical fiction and meet her author friends on Facebook at. Volume II will be released on September 23, 2015, and we hope to continue the series. A year later, to celebrate the second anniversary on September 23, 2013, Castles, Customs, and Kings: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors, edited by Debra and the late M.M. Shortly after the first anniversary of the blog, an author suggested the creation of a book composed of select posts. History lovers join us with their morning tea at. The group posts a daily article on British history and has a weekly historical fiction giveaway. She has spent more time on the development and running of a multi-author blog, English Historical Fiction Authors. Emma, a former servant girl, is chosen as companion to The Countess of Holmeshire and dragged along into polite society where she is sure to receive a rude reception.ĭebra's work-in-progress, For the Skylark, is on the back burner but simmering slowly. Her first published novel, The Companion of Lady Holmeshire, is set in early Victorian England. Though life kept her busy, she was eventually able to do so vicariously through the characters of her books. Debra cut her teeth on the Bookhouse Books, which created a nagging longing to live in a land of castles and wear flowing gowns and exquisite headdresses.

Castles, Customs, and Kings by Debra Brown