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Born and raised in the Midwest, Marcia Maxwell discovered a passion for history while working on her Ph.D. dissertation. An edition of a 14th century manuscript in Anglo-Norman French, it became the genesis of her first novel, The Rogue Queen. Then, while visiting her family one summer she learned that her grandfather’s WWI letters had survived. Using paleographic skills honed in editing the medieval manuscript she transcribed and edited the letters only to find that they had been heavily censored. Undaunted, she researched the Great War, the Army Medical Department, and gathered her father’s oral version of his father’s adventures, for Granddad had shared them with no one else. Her second novel, For Two Cents, I’ll Go With You is based on ...more

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Marcia Maxwell In my experience, the best thing about being a writer is continually having my imagination populated by characters who take on a life of their own. Th…moreIn my experience, the best thing about being a writer is continually having my imagination populated by characters who take on a life of their own. They live, they breathe, they talk, they argue--and I get to record what they do. I can't tell you the number of times I've tried to fall asleep at night only to have my characters insist on having their say first, which is why I always keep a small notebook next to my bed.(less)
Marcia Maxwell I first came across Isabelle's story when I was working on my PhD dissertation. It struck me as unusual that a woman would receive time and attention …moreI first came across Isabelle's story when I was working on my PhD dissertation. It struck me as unusual that a woman would receive time and attention in a history of England written by a man (her son, Edward III) and I thought about writing a scholarly biography of her but since our daughter was breadloaf size at the time there was no way I could travel to England and France to do the necessary research. And so the story slept quietly until the movie "Braveheart" came out. My husband and I were discussing the movie on the way home when I told him that the movie was great, but none of it having to do with Isabelle ever happened. I then gave him a thumbnail sketch of Isabelle's life, which he opined was "interesting." I then started thinking about writing a novel. And now, 15 years later (that's not a typo) Isabelle's story is out for all to read and enjoy.(less)
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'Way back in 2001 when I first started writing, the only other person I knew who wrote was a friend from college.  We were both busy raising kids and living life, so we rarely talked about our work, especially since we were limited to regular mail, then email (note, this was a while ago!). Once I started working, I had to move rooms after about 5 years in the building, and the person on the other

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Through Smoke and Shadows by Michael Stover is a terrific WWII novel that reads like the pilot-protagonist's memoir of the conflict. Fans of pre-jet era warbirds will enjoy the detailed descriptions of the planes, their technology, and the perilous b ...more
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It's not often that a book takes me back to my grad school days--in the very best way. Having read everything from Proust to Montaigne to François Villon, I feel on fairly solid ground in classing J. C. White's debut novel as Literature. Written in a ...more
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Moments In Time is a difficult book to classify. The author has given it the subtitle, "A Lineage Saga," and I believe that this helps somewhat. It's the story of an African-American family, beginning with the enslavement of 3 sisters, and the story ...more
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Henry and Gwen Henderson are happily married empty nesters, prosperous and respected by church and community. They seem to have it all, but both are hiding dark secrets they're hiding from the other. Then Margot Tanner steps into their lives, looking ...more
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