Q: How do you ferret out the hidden gems while traveling?

Q: There is often so much to see in new places—how do you determine what is important or useful for...

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Q: How do you determine where a good hotel is that will give you the best options for exploring on foot?

Full Question: Many of your ideas for writing come from your travels and walking tours around cities. How do...

Q: What is The Green Book?

The Negro Motorist Green Book, commonly referred to as The Green Book, was published by Victor Green from 1936-1966....

Q: As an historical fiction writer, what’s your preferred mode of historic transportation?

OMG! None of them! I’m very happy in the 21st century and greatly looking forward to the Jetson-esque flying...

Q: As a writer, what would be your ideal vacation?

I love how open-ended this question is! My ideal vacation would be to The Shire. Yes, the same Shire...

Q: How and what gardening research was needed for The Isle of Devils?

Plants are plants, right? That’s what I thought when I started researching what seeds or medicinal herbs would have...

Women & Girls: Gertrude Jekyll

GERTRUDE JEKYLL was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer, and artist. She is best known as a...

Q: How do you find inspiration?

I have a feeling I may be answering this for a very long time, as there are many ways...

Q: What genre would you write if you weren’t writing historical fiction?

Horror. No doubt about it. Don’t even have to think about it. My go-to for pleasure reading is horror....

Women & Girls: Valentina Tereshkova

Meet VALENTINA TERESHKOVA, the first woman to travel into space. Born March 6, 1937, Tereshkova left school at 16...