One week later….

…and I’m just beginning to emerge from the chaos. Fun chaos, but still. This weekend was made doubly weird by the Shakespeare Festival. Two shows Saturday, one Sunday. But less than three hours before the Sunday matinee, John (the artistic director) called...

More Interviews

Since Monday I’ve had five more requests for interviews. Already one of them has taken place and been posted. It’s over at historicalboys, a site run by fellow historical novelist C.W. Gortner. In his enthusiasm to aid a comrade-in-arms, he’s given...

THE MASTER OF VERONA – In Stores Now

No more tomorrows. Tomorrow is here, today. The Master Of Verona is in stores (though I hear it’s actually been on the shelves since Saturday in Borders). I may stop by to visit it. Just to say hello. Today is also my first book-signing at Nomad Bookhouse in...

Interview at “Reading The Past”

Over at readingthepast Sarah Johnson has posted the first part of an interview I did with her some months back, right after she read the novel. So, technically, this was my first interview about the book. And, other than one oblique spoiler-y comment on my part,...

A2 News Interview

From today’s Ann Arbor News: Old feud retold: ‘Verona’ dives into tragic love story’s intriguing prehistory Sunday, July 22, 2007 BY LEAH DUMOUCHEL News Arts Writer A debut novel that dives headfirst into the territory of a storyteller whose...

Review from the Historical Novel Society

From the forthcoming August issue of the Historical Novel Society quarterly review: THE MASTER OF VERONA David Blixt, St. Martin’s Press, 2007, $27.95/£18.99, hb, 608pp,9780312361440     How much of life is determined by the stars? How much by the choices...