Historical Happy Hour
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Jane Healey hosts authors of upcoming historical fiction. One of my favorite things as a writer is to talk to other writers. That's why I am so excited to launch this new webinar series H3 - Historical Happy Hour. Each month, I will interview a historical fiction author with a brand new book coming out. We'll talk all about their latest novel but also discuss their writing process and..
Historical Happy Hour
1w ago
Jane Healey welcomes acclaimed author Jennifer Ryan to discuss her latest novel, The Underground Library. When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to save the community’s beloved library in this heartwarming novel based on true events.  ..read more
Historical Happy Hour
3w ago
Jane Healey welcomes bestselling author, podcast creator and award-winning journalist, Jo Piazza to discuss her latest book. The Sicilian Inheritance is a multigenerational mystery and adventure about a woman who returns to Sicily to claim her family's land and is threatened by the same forces that murdered her greta grandmother a hundred years earlier. It is an adventure filled with food, wine, gorgeous landscapes and just the right amount of kicking the patriarchy's ass ..read more
Historical Happy Hour
3w ago
Jane Healey welcomes New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post, Allison Pataki, is our guest! Join us to discuss her new novel, Finding Margaret Fuller. This is an epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller—America’s forgotten leading lady and the central figure of a movement that defined a nation ..read more
Historical Happy Hour
3w ago
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah joins Jane Healey to talk about her new novel, The Women.
From master storyteller Kristin Hannah, bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes the story of a turbulent, transformative era in America: the 1960s. The Women is that rarest of novels—at once an intimate portrait of a woman coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided by war and broken by politics, of a generation both fueled by dreams and lost on the battlefield ..read more
Historical Happy Hour
3w ago
Debut author Avery Cunningham joins Jane Healey to talk about her new book, The Mayor of Maxwell Street. This tells the story of an ambitious Black debutante and aspiring journalist enlists the help of a low-level speakeasy manager to identify the head of an underground crime syndicate in the dangerous world of Prohibition-era Chicago ..read more
Historical Happy Hour
3w ago
Jane Healey, bestselling author and host of Historical Happy Hour discusses her latest novel, Goodnight from Paris ..read more
Historical Happy Hour
3w ago
Bestselling author Ariel Lawhon joins Jane Healey to talk about her new book, The Frozen River. From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history ..read more
Historical Happy Hour
3w ago
Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of seven historical fiction, joins Jane Healey to discuss her new book, The Spectacular. This is a thrilling story about love, sacrifice, and the pursuit of dreams, set amidst the glamour and glitz of Radio City Music Hall in its mid-century heyday.
FIONA DAVIS is the New York Times bestselling author of seven historical fiction novels set in iconic New York City buildings, including THE SPECTACULAR, THE MAGNOLIA PALACE, THE ADDRESS, and THE LIONS OF FIFTH AVENUE, which was a Good Morning America book club pick. Her novels have been chosen ..read more
Historical Happy Hour
3w ago
Melanie Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author, joins Jane Healey to discuss her latest novel California Golden, tells the story of two sisters navigating the thrilling, euphoric early days of California surf culture in a dazzling saga of ambition, sacrifice, and the tangled ties between mothers and daughters.
Entertainment Weekly calls California Golden “A shimmering rendering . . . pairs the surf culture of the Beach Boys with the sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll of Daisy Jones & The Six ..read more
Historical Happy Hour
3w ago
New York Times and International Bestselling author Madeline Martin joins Jane Healey to talk about her latest novel The Keeper of Hidden Books. It's a heartwarming story about the power of books to bring people together based on the real life heroic efforts of Warsaw's librarians during WWII. It is a BookBub pick for best historical fiction of summer 2023 ..read more