Historical Mysteries I
Volume 37, No. 1, Spring 2021
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
- The Journey to the Rajah and Dangerous Women by Hope Adams
- Writing Historical Mysteries: Opening a Door to the Past by Marty Ambrose
- Going Back—Way Back—in History to Write a “What If” Mystery by Gray Basnight
- “And Then I Wrote… ” by Albert Bell
- A Devoted Bookworm Reveals All by Cordelia Frances Biddle
- Why I Write Historical Mystery by Rhys Bowen
- Historical Mysteries: Character at the Heart of Solving a Mystery by Mary F. Burns
- The Allure of Mysterious Objects by Susanna Calkins
- It May Have Happened, It May Not Have Happened; But It Could Have Happened by Donis Casey
- Getting it Right: Why Research Is So Important When Writing Historical Novels by Janet Dawson
- The Personal Side of Historical Fiction: The Cooper Vietnam Era Quartet by D. Z. Church
- Finding Emotional Authenticity in Historical Fiction by John Copenhaver
- Where in the World Is the Heart of King Robert Bruce? Mystery at the Great Divide by Michael Cooper
- Real Time and Imaginary People by Lynn Downey
- Changing Places by Carola Dunn
- Reinventing the Golden Age in Gallows Court and Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards
- The Ultimate Unreliable Narrator by Cecilia Ekbäck
- Women in Prison by Kathy Lynn Emerson
- Mysteries Can Teach the Past—and Speak Timeless Truths by Charles Fergus
- An Era of Mystery by Dianne Freeman
- The Jekyll and Hyde Duality of Wartime Britain by Stephanie Graves
- Me and My Tribe: Why I Adopted a Family of Neanderthals and Had to Tell You About Them by Kaye George
- The Contents of the Cauldron by Elsa Hart
- Tainted Testimony by Russell Hill
- When History Rewrites Itself by David Housewright
- Yesterday… All Our Troubles Seemed So Far Away… by Steve Hockensmith
- Where’s the Mystery in History? by Michael Jecks
- Wolves, Castles and Research by Gay Toltl Kinman
- I Guess Faulkner Was Right by Abigail Keam
- History and the Active Reader by Larry Maness
- Pumping Up a Past to Forge a Future, or, How I Invented a History for “Came A Horseman” by Paul McHugh
- There’s Nothing Historical About History by Bruno Morchio
- Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell
- How to Be a Historian by Sharan Newman
- Crimes of Fashion by Renee Patrick
- Storytelling and Historytelling by Ben Pastor
- Explorers by David Rich
- History? Yawn… by Priscilla Royal
- Passing Muster: When Historians Vetted Our Historical Thriller by Michael H. Rubin
- Quo Vadis, Mr. Saylor? by Steven Saylor
- A Little Truth or Two About Murder by Caroline Todd
- Hit & Myth by Marilyn Todd
- A Personal Historical Murder Mystery by Paul Vidich
- History, The Art of the Backward Glance by Gabriel Valjan
- On Ending a Series by Jeri Westerson
- Was Edgar Allan Poe Guilty of Murder? by Bruce Wetterau
- Some Thoughts on Writing Ye Olde Historical Fiction by N. S. Wikarski
- Poppy Flowers at the Front by Jon Wilkins
ARTICLES
- Thomas Pynchon’s Take on 1970s California Noir by Sean Day
- Crimes of Authority in Pious 19th Century Poland by Jay Gertzman
COLUMNS
- Mystery in Retrospect: Reviews by Lesa Holstine, L.J. Roberts, Jack Bates, Lucinda Surber
- Just the Facts: History’s First Detectives by Jim Doherty
- Children’s Hour: Historical Mysteries by Gay Toltl Kinman
- Crime Seen: History on “Mystery!” by Kate Derie
- From the Editor’s Desk by Janet A. Rudolph
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Themes in 2021: History Mysteries 1; History Mysteries 2; Texas; Cold Cases.
Call for articles: We're looking for reviews, articles, and Author! author! essays. Review: 50-150 words, articles, 500-1000 words. Author Essays: 500-1000 words, first person, upclose and personal about yourself, your books, and the "theme" connection. Deadline for History Mysteries II: April 10, 2021.
Send queries to Janet Rudolph: janet @ mysteryreaders . org
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