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The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye
by Briony Cameron

From starting out as a poor shipwright forced to pay her father for her meager freedoms to becoming a notorious pirate captain in her own right, Jacquotte Delahaye has led a storied life. The novel begins in 1665 with her in prison, then goes back to tell her story.

10 Questions for Christina Henry
By John Charles

Christina Henry is a horror and dark fantasy author whose works include Horseman, Near the Bone, The Ghost Tree, Looking Glass, The Girl in Red, The Mermaid, Lost Boy, Alice, Red Queen, and the seven-book urban fantasy Black Wings series. 

Top 10 Historical Debuts: 2024
by Donna Seaman

The finest debut historical novels reviewed in Booklist over the past 12 months reimagine classics from women’s perspectives and take fresh approaches to infamous eras of tyranny and courage. 

10 Questions for Amita Murray
By John Charles

Amita Murray lives in London and can be found writing and tweeting about life and chocolate. Her novels take you on a romp through the edgier streets of Regency England. Her Arya Winters mysteries are under a TV option. Her mystery novel Thirteenth Night won the Exeter Novel Prize, and her short story “A Heist in Three Acts” appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.

Talking with: Lyn Miller-Lachmann
by Angela Carstensen

​Beyond her novels, including the award-winning Torch (2022), which follows three teenagers who rebel against the Soviet regime in 1969 Czechoslovakia, Miller-Lachmann also works as a translator, most recently of the Batchelder Honor–winning graphic novel, Pardalita, by Joana Estrela (2023). We recently corresponded with Miller-Lachmann to discuss her work.

Top 10 Historical Fiction: 2024
by Donna Seaman

The most excellent and resonant historical fiction reviewed in Booklist over the past 12 months takes readers around the world and into lives of valiant and innovative individuals. 

Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth: 2024
by Maggie Reagan

Covering everything from ancient Aztec civilizations to the aftermath of 9/11 in America, these historical fiction novels, reviewed in Booklist between May 15, 2023, and May 1, 2024, lay bare the human condition in times of turmoil.