Phew, this book has traveled a long road. Years ago, it began as a young adult novel. One major publisher wanted it, but it died at the marketing roundtable. I rewrote it again and again and finally found my footing in telling this story as an adult novel. And it was freeing to be as dark and gritty as the story demanded. Fortunately, Hypatia Press got behind it, and here we … [Read more...] about Did I Mention I Have A New Book Coming Out?
Announcement
Amazon/UK Optioned our Book for a TV Series!
More than ten years ago, I joined Stephanie Dray, Kate Quinn, Sophie Perinot, and Eliza Knight for drinks at the Historical Novel Society conference when someone brought up and interesting idea: What if we collaborated on a novel? What if we each picked a character and then everyone's else's characters would weave in and out of our individual stories while still maintaining the … [Read more...] about Amazon/UK Optioned our Book for a TV Series!
I’m Late As Usual, But My Story Won A Prize!
Y'all, this was announced more than a month ago, but did I share this news? No, I did not. Why? Because I get attacks of shyness where it seems like drawing attention to myself or my work just feels, icky, ya know? Like bragging? But, I realized after a while, that not sharing this news was a disservice to the great people at World History Encyclopedia (a tremendous resource, … [Read more...] about I’m Late As Usual, But My Story Won A Prize!
Benny Andrew’s Extraordinary Collaboration with Langston Hughes at the Carlos
Re-Issue of Song of War Out Now!
The release of this novel snuck right past us during Thanksgiving Week, but A Song of War: A Novel of Troy is finally out! Like our other collaborative novel, A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii, we joined with authors who love ancient history and wrote the novel together, each of us taking a specific character from the Homeric epic and weaving them in and out of each other's … [Read more...] about Re-Issue of Song of War Out Now!
