The historical figure who inspired a legend. By Signe Pike Nearly 1,500 years ago, a man stood on top of a hill fort in Scotland knowing he was about to die. He was not alone, though he might as well have been, given the size of the army marching to lay siege upon the fortress. […]
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An Exclusive with Colleen Coble
Strand Magazine Interview – Colleen Coble Best-selling romantic suspense author Colleen Coble’s novels have won or finaled in awards ranging from the Best Books of Indiana, the ACFW Carol Award, the Romance Writers of America RITA, the Holt Medallion, the Daphne du Maurier, National Readers’ Choice, and the Booksellers Best. She has nearly 4 million books […]
An Exclusive with Siri Mitchell
Strand Magazine Interview – Siri Mitchell Siri Mitchell graduated from the University of Washington with a business degree and worked in various levels of government. As a military spouse, she has lived all over the world, including Paris and Tokyo. Siri enjoys observing and learning from different cultures. She is fluent in French and […]
Excerpt from Henning Mankell’s Novel AFTER THE FIRE…
Excerpt from Henning Mankell’s Novel AFTER THE FIRE… (Translated by Marlaine Delargy) Chapter II I watched as one boat after another disappeared, the sounds of the different engines gradually dying away. I knew who each person was out here in the archipelago. There are two dominant families: the Hanssons and the Westerlunds. Many of them […]
Robert Olen Butler on Writing
Robert Olen Butler on Writing AFG: Tell us how your experiences in the Vietnam War formed your writing? ROB: In 1969, I was caught up in the pre-lottery draft for the Vietnam War and wound up in the Army, first in military intelligence and then in Army language school learning Vietnamese. I studied the language for […]
On the Menu: A meal prepared by Flynn, Patterson, and Lippman
On the Menu: A delicious meal prepared by Flynn, Patterson, and Lippman Aunt Effie’s Salmon Ball by LAURA LIPPMAN My Aunt Effie—actually my great aunt—was a Capital-C Character, an old-fashioned steel magnolia with a hearty laugh and the first person who ever assured me I was funny. Also, maybe the last. Aunt Effie was the middle […]
Agatha Christie at Home
by Hilary Macaskill Mysterycenter has been granted the rights to share some photos from the book “Agatha Christie at Home” by Hilary Macaskill: Agatha Christie at her writing desk, which can be seen in the Drawing Room at Greenway Inner harbour of Brixham – Harbour View Hotel in the background was once the harbour master’s […]