by SMThornton | Dec 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve been sitting on this for what feels like forever, but it’s finally time for the big cover reveal of The Secret History! (Think of this as an early Christmas present. Now you can’t say I didn’t get you anything.) And so, without...
by SMThornton | Nov 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
I was walking down the hallway behind one of my former students the other day, listening as he talked to his friend about Queen Elizabeth. (Never mind how excited I was to hear students discussing history in the halls when they could be talking about the...
by SMThornton | Aug 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
I love the Hagia Sophia. I might have cried both times I’ve seen it. The Hagia Sophia (also known as the Church of Holy Wisdom or the Aya Sophia) is one of the most breathtaking structures in the entire world. However, the current building is actually the...
by SMThornton | May 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Here’s the official announcement, straight from Publisher’s Marketplace: Debut Stephanie Thornton’s THE SECRET HISTORY, in which a theater tart-turned-Constantinople’s premier courtesan must decide what’s more important: pleasing...
by SMThornton | Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s probably a good thing all my favorite people from history are dead. Actually, I know it’s a good thing because it wouldn’t take long for me to be arrested for lurking in the bushes outside their houses. (Or palaces, in the cases of Theodora and...