Upcoming and Related News
03/07: The Royal Harlot is selected for the August dicussion at Jenny Crusie's Cherry Forums Online Book Club.
01/07: Susan sells two more historical novels set in 17th century England to New American Library: The King's Favorite: A Novel of Nell Gwyn & King Charles II, to be published in July, 2008, and a second novel (title yet to be decided) that will feature Louise de Kerouelle, Duchess of Portsmouth.
12/06: Susan is interviewed by bestselling historical romance writer Loretta Chase on the WordWenches blog: Word Wenches: Susan Holloway Scott: The Duchess Interview.
10/06: Historical Novels Review, the journal of the Historical Novel Society, names Duchess an Editor's Choice for November, 2006.
8/06: Duchess is named a Booksense Notable Book for August 2006 by the American Booksellers Association.
05/06: In her second weblog, Word Wenches, Susan has joined with six other bestselling historical authors: Jo Beverley, Edith Layton, Mary Jo Putney, Patricia Rice, Loretta Chase, and Sarah Gabriel. Their tag line says it all: Seven authors, plotting the present, writing about the past and improvising the rest.
The Latest Word
Susan is currently contributing to two weblogs. Her solo one, From the Notebook of Susan Holloway Scott is a place where she chronicles and shares the often-lost small bits of research and obscure history that she's not able to work into a story or new knowledge so intriguing that it inspires an unexpected chapter or entirely new book. She many even throw in her thoughts on living in the modern world while writing about the past.
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