Writing Mysteries and Writing Historical Fiction: Author Interview with Rhys Bowen

In this episode of your new favorite writing podcast, The Epilogue..., we dive into history and mystery with award-winning author Rhys Bowen who has some great writing advice for writing mystery and for historical research for your historical fiction writing.

Rhys discusses her multiple popular mystery series, as well as her best selling historical fiction, and we discuss how the two complement each other.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:45) - Castle in the Glen
• (06:13) - Historical Research
• (15:20) - Mystery in Historical Fiction
• (17:48) - When to Drop the Body
• (20:21) - Writing Mystery Series
• (31:41) - Co-writing an Existing Series
• (36:25) - Keeping Readers Engaged
• (47:54) - Different Voices in Different Mysteries

Rhys's Information:

Rhys Bowen’s work has sold close to 10 million copies, in over 30 languages. She has been nominated for every major mystery award and has won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards. A complete list can be found here.

Her books include the Royal Spyness and Molly Murphy historical mysteries, as well as several international bestselling stand-alone novels.

View Rhys’s books in order here.

Rhys has a loyal fan-base from around the world, including a social media following of over 215k.
https://rhysbowen.com

Rhys's Books:

1. Castle in the Glen
2. Her Royal Spyness
3. Evans Above
4. Murphy's Law
5. The Venice Sketchbook
6. Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

Rhys's headshot photo credit: Douglas Sonders

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