Season 6, Episode 6 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features ReShonda Tate, author of The Queen of Sugar Hill. Host Colin Mustful chats with Tate about the challenges, personally and professionally, Hattie McDaniel faced after becoming the first black woman to win an Oscar, the relevance of Hattie’s story today, and the reasons behind Tate’s decision to write historical fiction. Be sure to tune in!

Season 6, Episode 5 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast has Candace Simar, the author of Sister Lumberjack. During the interview, host Colin Mustful talks with Simar about how her own family history inspires her stories, what life was like for 19th century lumberjacks, and the history behind the Benedictine Health System. Don't miss this great chat!

Season 6, Episode 4 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features Elizabeth R. Andersen, author of The Alewives. Host Colin Mustful chats with Andersen about beer vs. ale, how her tech and journalism experience helped her write historical novels, and her choice to go for independent publishing right away. They also discuss the stunning Pacific Northwest, where Elizabeth lives and enjoys hiking. Be sure to tune in!

Season 6, Episode 2 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast has Brock Meier, the author of The Stone Cutter. Host Colin Mustful talks with Meier about the history of the Nabataean Kingdom, the biblical origins of his main character Nahor, and the unique rock-cut architecture of Petra. Don't miss this great chat!

Season 6, Episode 2 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast has Angie Elita Newell, the author of All I See is Violence. Host Colin Mustful talks with Newell about the history of the American Indian Wars and the Battle of the Little Big Horn, how to make historical events into a compelling fictional narrative, and what it means to infuse history with emotion so we don't repeat the mistakes of the past. Don't miss this great chat!

Season 6, Episode 1 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast has Eric Z. Weintraub, the author of South of Sepharad. Host Colin Mustful talks with Weintraub about developing his characters Vidal and Bonadonna, the Jewish diaspora after the Alhambra Decree, and how his MFA program helped him craft his first novel. Don't miss this great chat!

History Through Fiction: The Podcast is about to launch its thrilling 6th season! Starting on Monday, February 19th, we're kicking things off with a lineup of authors who have mastered the art of weaving historical facts with riveting fiction. Every week, you'll get to meet these talented writers and hear about their experiences turning the rich tapestry of history into spellbinding stories.

In our final episode of the season, Season 5, Episode 14 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features J.L. Oakley, author of the novels The Quisling Factor and The Jøssing Affair. During the interview, host Colin Mustful talks with Oakley about the Norwegian resistance movement during WWII, the important reason her main character can speak in sign language, and how her own family history helped make her into a storyteller. Don’t miss it!

Season 5, Episode 13 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features Marlie Parker Wasserman, author of the novel Path of Peril. During the interview, host Colin Mustful talks with Wasserman about why President Theodore Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to travel abroad while in office, the career of White House Secretary Maurice C. Latta who served for nine different presidents, and how she went from a university press publisher to writing historical crime fiction. Don’t miss it!

Season 5, Episode 12 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features D.G. Schulman, author of the novel Anna’s Promise. During the interview, host Colin Mustful talks with Schulman about the circumstances facing Poland during WWI, her extremely positive experience working with Wild Rose Press, and what it means to hold tight to one’s faith, religious or otherwise. Don’t miss it!

Season 5, Episode 11 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features Cy Stein, author of the novel A Time for Lies. During the interview, host Colin Mustful talks with Stein about the rise of McCarthyism in the 1950s and the danger it represented, why he chose to write alternate history instead of historical fiction or nonfiction, and the direct links he sees between McCarthyism of the past and what’s happening today. Don’t miss it!

In this very special bonus episode of History Through Fiction: The Podcast, host Colin Mustful chats with Ellen O’Brien, author of The Hills That Hold Me and grand prize winner of History Through Fiction’s first annual short story contest. During the interview, Mustful talks with O’Brien about Melangell, the Catholic Saint upon which her story is based, the value of study landscapes to bring historical narratives to life, and her research into servant narratives buried within the English country house tradition. Don’t miss it!

Season 5, Episode 10 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Cody Epstein, the author of The Madwomen of Paris. During the interview, host Colin Mustful talks with Epstein about the history of the Salpêtrière asylum, the curious, startling nature of Victorian death photography, and the realities and consequences of gender inequity in health care. Don’t miss it!

Season 5, Episode 9 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features actor, playwright, and author Gin Hammond, author of the novel Returning the Bones. During the interview, host Colin Mustful talks with Hammond about the amazing accomplishments of her aunt, Dr. Caroline Beatrice Hammond, the travel research she did to create more authentic scenes and settings, and her method of teaching accent and dialects in a way that deepens our humanity and makes a better world. Don’t miss it!

Season 5, Episode 8 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features Lola Jaye, author of the novel The Attic Child. During the interview, host Colin Mustful talks with Jaye about the practice of capturing African children and bringing them to Great Britain to act as “companions”, something that happened to her main character, how she went from hating to loving history, and using her writing to contribute to making a better world. Don’t miss it!

Season 5, Episode 7 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features New York Times bestselling author Amy Harmon, author of the novel A Girl Called Samson. During the interview, host Colin Mustful talks with Harmon about Deborah Sampson, the woman upon which her novel is based, the process of relying on peripheral research to tell Deborah’s story, and Harmon talks about her own journey going from a school teacher to a bestselling novelist. Don’t miss it!

This special Bonus Episode of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features K.M. Butler, author of the novel House Aretoli. During the interview, host Colin Mustful talks with Butler about how to create historically authentic fiction characters, the influential role of women in Medieval Venetian society, and the craft of balancing history and fiction. Don’t miss it!

Season 5, Episode 6 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features S. Lee Fisher, author of the novel Becoming Olive W. During the interview, host Colin Mustful talks with Fisher about the challenges each female main character in her Women of Campbell County Saga faces, her brilliant organization method to keep all the details in her writing straight, and her own determination to be independent in a male dominated world. Don’t miss it!

This episode is sponsored by Barbara Sontheimer, author of the novel Victor’s Blessings: A meticulously researched tale of a half-Osage Union soldier, torn between honor, duty and perhaps the most difficult human emotion of all... forgiveness.

Season 5, Episode 5 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features Emily Hourican, author of Mummy Darlings and the Glorious Guiness Girls novels series. During the interview, host Colin Mustful talks with Hourican about relying on fictional characters to provide more history to the reader, using her background as a journalist to provide an objective, impartial view of the past, and her experience turning out a book a year writing commercial fiction. Don’t miss it!

Season 5, Episode 4 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast features an interview with Colin Mustful, author of the novel Reclaiming Mni Sota, with special guest host Stephanie Landsem. During the interview, Landsem talks with Mustful about what inspired his years of research on the U.S. - Dakota War, the work he did in order to convey Dakota and Ojibwe history and culture, and the literary diversity initiative he’s started in order to raise $10,000 for one Indigenous writer from Minnesota. Don’t miss it!