by Stephanie Dray | Apr 3, 2012 | Miscellany
Ok, so how thrilled am I that Kate Quinn’s EMPRESS OF THE SEVEN HILLS is finally out! I pre-ordered it and it can’t get here fast enough for me: From the national bestselling author of Daughters of Rome and Mistress of Rome comes a tale of love, power, and...
by Stephanie Dray | Mar 27, 2012 | Awards, My Works, Song of the Nile
There are a few important calls that authors hope to get in their career. The first is from an agent. I got that call from the lovely and wise Jennifer Schober of Spencerhill Associates several years ago when she read Lily of the Nile: A Novel of Cleopatra’s...
by Stephanie Dray | Mar 7, 2012 | For Readers, For Writers, Other Writers
It’s been a good week for me as a historical fiction author. I just finished a novella for an anthology on Queen Arsinoe II of Egypt and I lunched with fellow members of the Chesapeake Bay Area Historical Novel Society chapter. We had a lovely lunch over which...
by Stephanie Dray | Feb 23, 2012 | FAQ
A few years ago, I was enraptured by the life story of a nine year old Egyptian princess who was taken prisoner by the Romans, dragged through the streets in chains, and yet went on to be the most powerful queen in Augustus’ empire. I decided to write some books about...
by Stephanie Dray | Feb 21, 2012 | Other Writers
Lavender Ironside is the author of The Sekhmet Bed, an Egyptian historical novel set during the 18th Dynasty, or about 1500 BCE. It is the first installment in a planned trilogy about the life of Hatshepsut – the first known woman to rule Egypt as Pharaoh – and her...
