In the musical Spamalot, which we were fortunate to see with the original (fantastic) cast in New York, there's a jaunty little tune sung by a guy whose family is trying to get him taken away in a plague cart. The gist is that he's not dead yet.
I often feel like singing that when I read yet another post that claims that medieval historical romances are dead and gone. Since I'm here and I'm still writing them, this is more than a tad frustrating.
But what's even more frustrating, so are a lot of other authors. Here's a list of some Harlequin writers who also write medieval historical romances: Helen Kirkman
Sharon Schulze
Denise Lynn
Blythe Gifford
Anne Herries
Joanne Rock
Here are two new authors who write medievals (both coincidentally named Michelle):
Michelle Styles (who also does ancient Rome!)
and
Michelle Willingham
So cue the chorus, 'cause the medieval's obviously not dead yet!
6 comments:
Hi Margaret,
Thank you for the links to the author sites! I just made some new friends. I love medieval historicals! :-)
Melissa
I picked up Forbidden in the UK. A VERY good book.
I also enjoyed Paula Quinn's Lord Of Temptation (yes, a Warner author but a healthy category spans publishers).
Shari Anton also writes medievals for Warner, and Margo Maguire's done some for Avon. Also Mary Reed McCall -- which really goes to show that medievals have not yet gone the way of the dodo!
Awesome, makes me happy as my romance requested by Mills and Boon is medievil. I love that time period, love it.
Oooh, good luck, Amy!!
Hi Margaret!
I agree--the medieval is definitely not dead yet. I love reading them and can't get enough!
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