Clarissa Harwood
Clarissa Harwood is author of the historical novels Impossible Saints (2018) and Bear No Malice (2019), both published by Pegasus Books. She reviews for both the Independent and the Historical Novel Society. With a Ph.D. in 19th-century British literature, Clarissa is a part-time university instructor and full-time grammar nerd who loves to explain the difference between restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses. She lives with her husband and four neurotic cats in Ontario.
6 entries by Clarissa Harwood
Miss del Río: A Novel of Dolores del Río, the First Major Latina Star in Hollywood
By Bárbara Mujica
The affecting, uneven story of a trailblazing actress.
Yellow Wife
By Sadeqa Johnson
A sobering, graphically violent story of a light-skinned slave struggling to survive in the 19th-century South.
Escaping Dreamland
By Charlie Lovett
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This dual-timeline story about the mysteries of children’s literature will inform and delight.
Great Circle: A Novel
By Maggie Shipstead
The soaring tale of a fictional female pilot who feels utterly real.
Yellow Wife: A Novel
By Sadeqa Johnson
A sobering, graphically violent story of a light-skinned slave struggling to survive in the 19th-century South.
Escaping Dreamland: A Novel
By Charlie Lovett
This dual-timeline story about the mysteries of children’s literature will inform and delight.