Author interview with cozy mystery writer Olivia Yates

What is it that attracts us to historical fiction, mystery, and romance? For me, it is reading a well-developed plot and excellent characters with the added enjoyment of time travel. Whether the book takes place in Victorian England or pharaonic Egypt, our readers have certain expectations we need to meet to keep them coming back and pre-ordering our next book. Tip 1: World-Building Think world-building is just for the science fiction and fantasy writers? Not so! I would ar

Q: Your main characters in An Artful Dodge are women thieves. This is very different from your usual book. What made you decide to write this? What's its backstory? As usual, this book began with a profound surprise, a discovery that fell in my lap. My daughter Julia studied abroad at Oxford for a semester, and I met her in London afterward. It was December, and one rainy, windy night, our umbrellas in disarray, we popped into the Great Scotland Yard hotel, in Whitehall. It’s