Susan Storer Clark
Susan Storer Clark has written for the Washington Independent Review of Books since its inception. Her historical novel, The Monk Woman’s Daughter, was a finalist in the Nancy Pearl contest for literary fiction, and was named a favorite in historical fiction in the New York City Big Book award competition. She is currently at work on a second novel. Susan is a former broadcast journalist who wrote and reported for the Voice of America and for WRC-TV. She holds degrees in history from Rhodes College and King’s College London. She blogs about history, historical fiction, and writing at www.historymuse.us. Susan and her husband, Rich, live in the Seattle area, where they have renovated an old farmhouse, and where she plays bass guitar with the band Learning to Fly.
44 entries by Susan Storer Clark
A Place Called Home: A Memoir
By David Ambroz
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A poignant testament to the need for better foster care.
Greek to Me
By Mary Norris
An intrepid copyeditor offers up a Valentine to the birthplace of democracy.
Alone Time
By Stephanie Rosenbloom
A veteran travel writer celebrates the joy of going solo.
Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
By Mary Norris
An intrepid copyeditor offers up a Valentine to the birthplace of democracy.
Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude
By Stephanie Rosenbloom
A veteran travel writer celebrates the joy of going solo.
Where We Lived: Essays on Places
By Henry Allen
The Pulitzer-winning critic offers gently meditative, sometimes humorous recollections of the locales he’s called home.
The genre-spanning writer talks renegade old ladies, Sweden's safety net, and the joy of laughing out loud at her own work.
The bestselling memoir of poor, working-class whites is an entertaining and insightful read
The Booker-nominated novelist, poet, and playwright discusses her latest work, Hot Milk.
The matriarch of Washington, DC, pro sports talks about her new memoir, Irene & Abe.
A conversation with the two-man team behind one of Sweden’s most popular new works of crime fiction.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
The first-time novelist discusses Brooklyn, the writing process, and the magic of mix tapes.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Among other things, the author discusses her latest novel’s protagonist, a woman who has a “vexed relationship with Jewishness.”
An occasional series in which authors speak for themselves.
The professor/author discusses a little-known Brit’s quest to save some of antiquity’s seminal treasures.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
A visual artist describes how her story leapt out of pictures and onto the page.
The novelist discusses history, research, and bringing the past to life.
Don’t Forget Me, Bro: A Novel
By John Michael Cummings
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This gritty, graceful tale explores the eternal question of whether we can — or should — go home again.
In the author’s latest whodunit, a real-life Texas town hosts a cast of colorful fictional characters.
Friendswood: A Novel
By René Steinke
Welcome to a pleasant Texas town with some dirty secrets.
The award-winning author discusses her latest novel, Closed Doors, a family story set on a small Scottish island where everyone knows everything about everybody.
Poisoned Ground
Sandra Parshall
Big money and murder come to rural Virginia in Sandra Parshall’s latest mystery.
After I’m Gone
Laura Lippman
More than a murder mystery, this complex tale shows the impact of a Baltimore bookmaker’s disappearance on the lives of his wife, daughters, and mistress.
Who is that talking? Whose mellifluous baritone is setting the tone for our evening television viewing?
She worked in New York in magazines for many years and now lives in Washington, DC, where she teaches creative writing at George Washington University.
The Legend of Broken
Caleb Carr
A novel that combines elements of speculative history and fantasy to tell an epic tale centered on the fictional kingdom of Broken.
