Comments on: Historical Fiction: Hot or Not?

By: Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » Get Your Red-Hot Historical Fiction Here!

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:49:32 +0000

[...] advisory books (Historical Fiction II: A Guide to the Genre, 2009), wrote to say, in effect, Historical novels not hot? Not! Which, you see, would be a double negative, meaning . . . meaning I’m getting [...]

By: Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » Historical Fiction: Genre Less Important Than Story?

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:38:59 +0000

[...] to my historical fiction query, Carol Kubala, a librarian in Connecticut, writes: I believe historical fiction will always have an [...]

By: Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » More Historical Fiction Hotness and Notness

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:13:01 +0000

[...] a couple more responses to my historical fiction query over the weekend–and found a few in my junk mail folder from [...]

By: Paul Schultz

Paul Schultz — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:55:18 +0000

As an author of historical fiction, I “have to” believe that the genre is still thriving. I agree with the comments made by T.J. Banks. I am also a history teacher at the high school level, and have seen the effect that a good novel (such as All Quiet on the Western Front) can have in making a particular era or subject more approachable for a young person. My new novel is entitled THE FUHRER VIRUS. It is a WWII spy/conspiracy/thriller for adolescent and adult readers and can be found at http://www.eloquentbooks.com/TheFuhrerVirus.html, http://www.amazon.com, and http://www.barnesandnoble.com.

Thanks!

Paul Schultz

By: Christina Croft

Christina Croft — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:41:27 +0000

Some years ago, I was told by an agent that it was pointless to pursue historical fiction since it was so unfashionable. Within a couple of years it was hugely fashionable again and I think it is a genre that will always have wide appeal even if that appeal sometimes goes through brief dips. Considering the huge popularity of period dramas and historical documentaries on television, it is clear that there is an endless fascination with the past, and consequently, historical fiction will always be 'hot'. Christina Croft Most Beautiful Princess

By: T. J. Banks

T. J. Banks — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:05:55 +0000

As a published writer and lifelong reader, I believe that historical fiction is still a very much alive genre for young adult readers. I say this remembering myself devouring stories about the Plantagenets, Tudors, and Stuarts at that age and seeing my teenage daughter do the same with various historical novels assigned to her in junior high and high school. Such novels make history more accessible to kids who might be put off/overwhelmed/terrified by straight history initially.
–TJ Banks, A TIME FOR SHADOWS (a WWI novel being released by PublishingWorks in Nov. 2009)