Eric Z. Weintraub is the author of South of Sepharad (History Through Fiction, 2024). The novel earned recognition from Foreword Reviews as a Historical Fiction Indie Book of the Year. In addition, his short fiction has appeared in multiple literary reviews and was named a finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Robin Henry is an Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach and a founding member of The Narrative Guild. She holds an MLS in Library Science and an MA in Humanities, and works as a librarian, adjunct professor, independent scholar, and book coach. A devoted history enthusiast and proud Oxford comma advocate, Robin brings both scholarly insight and editorial expertise—and is always happy with a hot beverage in hand.

J. E. Weiner is a novelist based in Northern California and the author of The Wretched and Undone, a Southern Gothic novel published by History Through Fiction. The book earned recognition as a Killer Nashville Top Pick and a Claymore Award finalist. Her creative nonfiction has appeared in multiple literary journals and anthologies. She is a founding member of the Pacific Coast Writers Collective and draws inspiration from her Texas roots.

Grace E. Turton is a historian with an MA in Social History and a BA in History and Media from Leeds Beckett University. She is the Historical Content Specialist for History Through Fiction and founder of Heritage Now, providing professional historical research services, guided research sessions, and accuracy checking using primary and secondary sources. Grace is dedicated to historical truth, blending archival methods with modern digital tools to support credible storytelling across fiction and nonfiction.

Ian Tan is a writer and editor and a former intern at History Through Fiction. After earning a BA in English, he spent the COVID-19 pandemic judging for Ink & Insights, a writing competition. His freelance editing career began in 2021 and has since included historical fiction set in World War II Scotland, 14th-century Italy, and 1830s Old West America. Ian is also an emerging novelist working on ecofiction and immigrant fiction.

Natalie Poulson is a writer of historical fantasy and Author Accelerator certified book coach. She empowers women writing historical and speculative fiction to break out of the revision spiral, level up their craft, and produce publication-ready manuscripts. She brings to her coaching decades of experience in communications, education, and curriculum development. Most days you’ll find her researching her latest novel with her golden retriever at her feet.

Marlie Parker Wasserman is a writer of historical crime fiction and former director of a university press specializing in social science and humanities nonfiction. Her novels include The Murderess Must Die, Path of Peril, and Inferno on Fifth, with First Daughter forthcoming in 2026. Her work blends meticulous historical research with true crime inspiration. Marlie lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and enjoys sketching, traveling, and visiting all 64 U.S. national parks.

Sumana has loved history ever since she can remember. Fascinated by her mother's tales of kings and queens and cabbages, she ultimately did her Bachelor's, Master's and M.Phil in history from various prestigious institutions in India. You can find her most often with her nose buried in her phone reading a historical novel. She blogs about these books on her Instagram page The Bookish Pilgrim and on her blog of the same name.

K.F. MacCarthy is a writer from the UK. She has a degree in history and French from the University of Oxford, where she specialised in the Early Modern period. Her debut novel-in-progress, set in Quattrocento Florence, won the Farnham Literary Festival’s inaugural ‘First Five Thousand' Prize and was longlisted for the Cheshire Novel Prize. She won the Historical Writers’ Association Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Prize 2024 with a story set on a remote Scottish island in the 1880s.

Cathryn Huff is a brand-driven graphic designer and art director with decades of experience in story-forward design. A former Hallmark Cards leader, she has spent her career shaping narratives through visual storytelling across publishing and beyond. With a deep sensitivity to theme, voice, and emotional resonance, she brings a discerning, story-first perspective to evaluating short fiction and the craft behind it.

Evelyn Thakur is a writer drawn to the exploration of dark, fragmented minds. She is working at several literary magazines as a writer, and as Head of the Editorial Team for Antler Velvet Magazine. Her literature has been published in The Dark Poets Club, DYONYZINE Magazine, the Mosaic Lit Journal, and more. Evelyn is currently writing her upcoming novel and utilising her history degree to write essays on literature and history on her Substack.

Alicia Troike serves as a beta reader for History Through Fiction and a volunteer reader for the Kansas Authors Club. During her thirty-five-year career as a speech language pathologist and audiologist, she worked with young children and their families, encouraging language development by supporting family literacy education. Recently retired, she is researching several family history lines in hopes of uncovering a great story. Alicia’s most recent creative nonfiction appears in the 105: Meadowlark Reader Journal.

Michael Brewster is a teacher, writer and editor from the Finger Lakes Region of New York. He has an MA in English from SUNY Cortland, and works as a Secondary Teacher. He researches and writes about local history, focusing on the early settlements in the area.

Retired from a career as an attorney and law school lecturer, Tim Schooley is a novelist, writing historical fiction. His novel The Wool Translator was published in 2022. His forthcoming novel, Circus of the Vanishing Elephant, will be published on September 15, 2026, by HTF Publishing. Tim is co-chair of the Sacramento Book Festival and serves on the board of the Sacramento branch of the California Writers Club.

Rebecca is by profession a historian, archaeologist and author. She has published four history books to date and her work has appeared in numerous publications including New Scientist, Aeon, Nautilus, Medieval History and Nile magazine, amongst others.

Helen Green is a literary historical fiction writer based in Wales, U.K. She holds a BA Hons in English Literature and Creative Writing and is currently focusing on short stories and a developing novel set in a nineteenth century Welsh town. Passionate in social history sleuthing, she is the searcher of stories left as imprints, waiting to be told.

Lisa’s debut adult historical fiction novel, Brighter Than Her Fears, published with Creative James Media in 2024. Her short story Fools Fall in Love appeared in the Historical Novel Society’s anthology Desert of Dreams. The Sea’s Hungering Heart will release in 2027. When not writing or golfing, Lisa shares her love of history as a bike tour docent for the Palm Springs Historical Society.

Morgan Want is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University, with a degree in English and professional editing. She placed second in History Through Fiction’s Third Annual Short Story Contest, and her short stories have been featured in Heart of Flesh Literary Journal, Pure in Heart Stories, Vine Leaves Press’s 50 Give or Take anthologies, and Every Day Fiction. Her work draws on both a lifelong fascination with history and her Christian faith.

Irenē is an EFA-trained copy editor who has loved historical fiction since she read Number the Stars at age nine. She has been a reviewer for the Historical Novel Society since 2018. She has a background in teaching English as a foreign language to adults and a deep love of travel.

Ashleigh Inglesby earned a degree in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing from The Ohio State. She worked in their Library’s Special Collections and spent hours in its vault, developing a deep appreciation for literature and preservation. Now, she’s an academic library's assistant, and freelance editor. Passionate about stories in all forms, Ashleigh loves to read, write, and edit, and has the goal of making rare and forgotten books more accessible to readers.

Elizabeth St.John’s acclaimed historical fiction brings to life her ancestors—remarkable women linked to England’s royalty—offering unique insights into Medieval, Tudor, and Stuart times. Inspired by family archives and historic sites like Lydiard Park and the Tower of London, her novels include The Lydiard Chronicles, The Godmother’s Secret, and The King's Intelligencer, exploring the English Civil War and the mystery of the Princes in the Tower.

Cecil Beckett was born and raised in rural New Zealand. He enjoys writing short fiction about the past and the present. His short stories placed second in both the 2020 and 2021 Victoria Odyssey House Short Story Competition. He lives in Auckland with his wife and their cat.

Zena Ryder writes fiction set during the American Civil War. One of her stories — about a Civil War soldier — was shortlisted in the History Through Fiction 2025 short story contest and published in the anthology, The Blood of Englishmen.

She’s currently querying agents with a novel about a woman committed to an insane asylum during the Civil War, while working on a new novel about a woman who spied for the Union while living in the Confederate capital. Zena also runs the Historical Fiction Club, a free community for readers who love the genre.

Nicole Babb is a recovering litigator who is using her exit from the world of facts to write stories that exist somewhere between the real and not-real. Her favorite stories include larger-than-life characters and an extra helping of snark. She’s a lifelong New Orleanian, and when she’s not writing enjoys good wine, the occasional bad wine, yoga, and board games. Her work has appeared in Does It Have Pockets and Foofaraw, and in 2024, she was awarded the Scribes Prize for Microfiction. Find her at nicolebabb.com.

Rachel Henderson lives in New Orleans, where she spends her free time writing and playing bagpipes. Most of her fiction leans toward horror – but, as a once-upon-a-time history major, she also adores exploring historical fiction. Her stories have appeared in Hiding Under the Leaves, (s)crawl, foofaraw, NYC Midnight, After Happy Hour Review, 100-Foot Crow, and elsewhere. Find her at www.rlhendie.com.

Jessica Lunt is an author of historical fiction that encompasses literary, romance, and suspense. Her debut novella, The Witch Hunter’s Wife, was a recent BookLife Editor’s Pick and praised for its taut historical narrative of a couple in crisis, set against the Salem witch trials. She has a great affinity for short fiction and continues to share her own short stories with subscribers of her monthly newsletter, The Shoreshouse Journal.

Shay Galloway studied creative writing at Utah State University and received an MFA from Roosevelt University, Chicago. Her work has been featured in several journals and mags. Her debut novel, The Valley of Sage and Juniper was released March 2023 with Running Wild/RIZE Press. She currently teaches college English and resides in Washington with her husband and sons.

18 years full time Mom, 13 years Wealth Management Assistant, retired, avid knitter, audiobook listener (approximately 25/month), Beta Reader, Proofreader, Group Leader/Facilitator

Jacqueline’s writing explores outsiders seeking their place in the world, family, and how place shapes us. Her short story “The Bright Leaf Legacy,” which offers a look at the family central to her first novel, appeared in History Through Fiction’s 2026 anthology. She loves history, mystery, and magic found in the everyday, which she writes about on her Substack, Collecting Dust. She lives with her husband and two children in North Carolina.

Patricia Furstenberg is a Romanian-born, South Africa-based author of character-driven historical fiction set in medieval Transylvania. Her novels explore women with dangerous skills as secret wielders of power. “When Secrets Bloom”, in the “Blood of Kings, Heart of Shadows” saga, reveals women’s fortitude within the turbulent world of Vlad the Impaler, weaving meticulous research with tension amid the illusion of unyielding authority. Patricia blogs about overlooked corners of history and cultural heritage at https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/.

Electra Rhodes is an award winning writer of nonfiction and fiction in a variety of lengths and genres. An archaeologist and landscape historian by day, and avid reader (and writer) the rest of the time, her work appears in hundreds of journals and anthologies, and has placed in dozens of competitions. She lives in a converted 300+ year old barn on a farm near Chepstow in Wales (UK).

Robbie is a life-long writer with an MA in creative writing from St. Mary’s University. He mostly writes short stories and poetry, and occasionally writes and directs plays for a small theatre in London. He’s also been writing professionally for 13 years. Robbie is the founder of The Writer's Journey Community, which helps people write more consistently and achieve their writing goals faster in the company of supportive friends.

Christopher DeWitt’s short stories have been published in several anthologies, most recently in History Through Fiction’s The Blood of Englishmen. Devil Preacher, his first historical fiction novel, debuted in November 2025. Christopher lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife Christine and son Alexander. A United States Air Force veteran and licensed pilot, he is an avid fan of motorsports. He loves to read historical fiction, history, westerns, sci-fi, and horror.

Colin Mustful is an author, historian, and founder of History Through Fiction, an independent press dedicated to publishing immersive historical fiction. He is the author of five novels exploring the complex treaty-making era and displacement of Native peoples in Minnesota. Colin holds a master’s degree in history and an MFA in creative writing with a focus on publishing. He also works as a freelance editor and book coach.

Sayword B. Eller writes character-driven upmarket and historical fiction. She holds an MFA from Southern New Hampshire University. Sayword lives in central Arkansas with her husband.

Joan Abigail Mabansag is a writer, artist, and educator based on California's Central Coast. Her work focuses on Asian American history and immigrant narratives, specializing in the study of the Filipino diaspora, with her work being featured in The Fig Tree Magazine, Precipice Magazine, Mentirosa, and The Harvest Journal. Joan currently works as a Senior Editor and Head Graphic Artist for La Poeta Publications, based in Los Angeles.

Alan D. Abbey is a writer editor,, and book reviewer who has published articles in US, Canadian, and Israeli magazines and newspapers. He has a master's degree in journalism from University of Oregon, and he has taught writing and editing at the university level. He is completing his first novel, an alternate history of the First Century CE set in Rome and Judaea.