Featured Member Author

Biographies and news about our member authors

Featured Member for October: Anne Rollins

ByCaroline Warfield

This month Quizzing Glass chats with Anne Rollins, author of historical fantasy romance QG: What most interests you about the people of the Georgian/Regency era? I think part of the appeal is how challenging it seems to find romantic partners in such a strict society. Women weren’t supposed to be too obvious about their feelings….

Featured Member for September: Heather Redmond

ByCaroline Warfield

This month Quizzing Glass chats with Heather Redmond, mystery author QC: What most interests you about the people of the Georgian/Regency era? It was a very dramatic era, with war, industrialization, royal drama, mad poets, scientific advances, and so much more! Those years seem to be an endless well for creatives. QC:  When did you…

Featured Member for June: Diana Lloyd
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Featured Member for June: Diana Lloyd

ByCaroline Warfield

Quizzing Glass is pleased to interview Diana Lloyd today. Diana Lloyd, the mother of gingers, writes stories with kissing and cravats. Diana lives in Michigan, USA surrounded by the shark-free waters of the Great Lakes. Diana has loved books since the moment she first tasted one. She loved them even more when she learned how…

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Featured Member for May: Jude Knight

ByCaroline Warfield

Quizzing Glass is pleased to interview Jude Knight today. Jude was a late starter, who finally overcame her fear of failure and followed her dreams. After more than fifteen novels, a score of novellas and short story collections, three awards, and over three and half thousand positive reviews, she thinks she might be an author….

Andrea K. Stein – Featured Beau Monde Author

Andrea K. Stein – Featured Beau Monde Author

ByKristen Koster

Today’s featured Beau Monde author isAndrea K. Stein! Andrea K. Stein, the daughter of a trucker and an artist, never knew it would take the hard-work ethic of her father to achieve the light-filled magic of her mother’s art. After helping raise a combined family equaling the Brady bunch without Alice, she retired early from…

Cover image for LORD BELLWEATHER'S LADY: A dark-haired woman in a red gown stands looking pensively off into the distance as she stands on a sandy beach at night. A Dark-haired man in black boots, tan breeches and an open white shirt and a gold, embroidered waistcoat stands protectively behind her. The background shows purple waves beyond the beach and a bright gold and fuscia light emanating from behind them. The night sky and beach are sprinkled with sparkling stars.

Barbara Monajem – Featured Beau Monde Author

ByKristen Koster

Today’s featured Beau Monde author isBarbara Monajem! Barbara Monajem wrote her first story at eight years old about apple tree gnomes. After publishing a middle-grade fantasy, she settled on historical mysteries and romances with intrepid heroines and long-suffering heroes (or vice versa). Often there’s bit of fantasy mixed in, because she wants to avoid reality…

Photo of author Andrea Penrose.

Andrea Penrose – Featured Beau Monde Author

ByKristen Koster

Today’s featured Beau Monde author isAndrea Penrose! Andrea Penrose is the bestselling author of Regency-era historical fiction, including the acclaimed Wrexford & Sloane mystery series, as well as Regency romances written under the names Cara Elliott and Andrea Pickens. Published internationally in ten languages, she is a three-time RITA finalist and the recipient of numerous…

Victoria Hinshaw – Featured Beau Monde Author

ByKristen Koster

Today’s featured Beau Monde author isVictoria Hinshaw! Victoria Hinshaw wrote horse stories as a pre-teen and romantic fiction ever since. When she isn’t pounding away on her laptop in Milwaukee, WI, or Naples, FL, you might find her attacking a towering TBR pile, coping with three teen-age grandsons, or visiting England.