The Secret History Blog Tour Has Begun!

  The Secret History debuts in exactly one week, so it’s time to kick-off the colossal blog tour! There are tons of reviews, interviews, and every giveaway includes a signed copy of the novel and an ancient Byzantine coin! (What could be better than free...

Theodora Music Video!

Let it be known that I am forever using goofy history videos while teaching, usually to make my students laugh (but also, sneakily to teach them). My favorites are John Green’s Crash Course and Horrible Histories, but I just found this one from Historyteachers...

Another Blurb!

It’s almost exactly 1 1/2 months until the debut of The Secret History, and things are starting to get busy. There will be a blog tour, giveaways (books and Byzantine coins–ohlala!), and I might even have some other excitement hidden up my sleeve. ...

A Secret History Excerpt: Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day! In celebration, I have for your reading pleasure an excerpt of The Secret History. Let’s just say Theodora and her mom have a rather complicated relationship.  The silence expanded around us. “You didn’t come all this way, with a...

An Unexpected Congratulations

I’ve sent a few letters to my senators in recent months, so when a letter from Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski landed in mailbox, I expected a run-of-the-mill form letter.  Instead, she was writing about The Secret History! I’m not sure who told her...