Author Virginia Boecker's newest book AN ASSASSIN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND TREASON on October 23rd from Little Brown. Virginia joins me to talk about some of her favorite historical fiction books and what went into hers.

Episode Mentions:

* Gone with the Wind

* North and South

* The Quiet American

* Shelby Foote

* Alison Weir

* Jean Plaidy

* Elizabeth Chadwick

* The Other Boleyn Girl

* Maggie Stiefvater

* The Scorpio Races

* Buffy the Vampire Slayer

* The Tutors

* The Hunger Games

* The Witch Hunter

* The King Slayer

* An Assassin's Guide To Love And Treason

* Twelfth Night

* Christopher Marlowe

* Jurassic Park

* The Nightingale

*