by SMThornton | Aug 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
To celebrate the international sale of both The Tiger Queens AND The Conqueror’s Wife to the fabulous people at Nouvion Trade Sociedad Anonima (in Hungary! Woohoo!) I’m giving away a signed copy of The Conqueror’s Wife to one lucky winner! All...
by SMThornton | Dec 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today is the long-awaited release day for The Conqueror’s Wife! We are the women who loved Alexander the Great. We were lovers and murderers, innocents and soldiers.And without us, Alexander would have been only a man.Instead he was a god. Want to...
by SMThornton | Aug 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
August 3rd-9th is Historical Fiction Week at Goodreads and a whole slew of histfic authors are open for questions about their books, characters, and fabulous historical settings. Pop on over for some fun, especially if you have questions about my upcoming novel,...
by SMThornton | Feb 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
And here she is, the cover of my fourth novel, coming in December 2015 from New American Library/Penguin! It’s a little different from my other covers, but I really like the mystery of this one. I suspect that Alexander would prefer a severed head or two, with...
by SMThornton | Aug 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
I apparently like to torture myself by never writing the same style of book more than once. While all four of my novels focus on history’s forgotten women, the way I’ve told those stories has differed from book to book. The Secret History told...