Historical Fiction: Unpacked

Historical Fiction: Unpacked


Latest Episodes

Carrie Turansky—Forgiveness and Healing in the Lake District of England
October 26, 2023

Carrie Turansky is the award-winning author of more than twenty inspirational novels and novellas and a winner of the ACFW Carol Award, the International Digital Award, and the Holt Medallion. She lov

Patricia Raybon—Writing at the Intersection of Faith and Race
October 19, 2023

Patricia Raybon was a journalist and journalism educator for most of her adult life. Now she writes historical mysteries! Her novel All That Is Secret won the Christy Award for Best First Novel in 202

Cindy K. Sproles—Promises to Keep
October 12, 2023

Cindy K. Sproles is an author and speaker, a "mountain gal" who writes about her home country of rural Appalachia. She came on the show to talk about her latest novel, This Is Where It Ends, which was

Roseanna M. White—The Masks We Wear
October 05, 2023

Today I'm sharing a conversation I had with bestselling, Christy Award winning author Roseanna M. White. We talked about her latest novel and the first in her Imposters series, A Beautiful Disguise. W

Alina Adams—The Jewish Autonomous Region
September 28, 2023

I learned so much from this conversation with New York Times Bestselling Author Alina Adams about her latest novel, My Mother's Secret. We discussed the Jewish autonomous region of Birobidzhan establi

Gabrielle Meyer—Our Time in History
September 21, 2023

There's been so much buzz about Gabrielle Meyer's new Timeless Series that I jumped at the chance to have her on the show! We had a great conversation about the first two installments of this series,

Andrew Varga—Accuracy in Young Adult Historical Fiction
September 14, 2023

Today's episode features Canadian author and historian Andrew Varga. His time hopping series is off to a smashing start with the first two installments, The Last Saxon King and The Celtic Deception. W

Valerie Fraser Luesse—the Lost Art of Community
September 07, 2023

I'm back at long last with Season Six! Valerie Fraser Luesse joins me on the show today as we talk about her latest novel, Letters from My Sister. - Here's the description from the publisher: - Sister

Tosca Lee & Marcus Brotherton—the Bataan Death March
May 25, 2023

After much anticipation, we are finally releasing our episode with Tosca Lee and Marcus Brotherton! I talked to Tosca and Marcus about their latest book, The Long March Home, which features three frie

REPLAY: Tracie Peterson—Nothing New Under the Sun
May 18, 2023

Today I'm sharing one of my most popular episodes of all time! This one released last summer. Often called the Queen of Historical Fiction, Tracie Peterson is an ECPA, CBA and USA Today bestselling