

Madame Pommery: Inventive Wine Widow
Enjoy the intriguing history of making Champagne while reading Madame Pommery, a superb novel about Madame Jeanne Alexandrine Pommery, a woman from Reims, France who in 1848 wanted a certain taste in Champagne that no one had come up with yet. She did what any smart, determined woman would do: she created it.
N.J. Mastro
Jun 25


Jo Bonger: The Woman Who Saved Vincent van Gogh from Obscurity
Had it not been for Vincent van Gogh’s sister-in-law Jo van Gogh-Bonger, the world might never have heard of this renowned artist. Author Joan Fernandez tells Jo's story in her biographical novel, Saving Vincent.
N.J. Mastro
Apr 15


Literary Mid-Wife Jessie Redmon Fauset
Harlem Rhapsody is a novel about Jessie Redmon Fauset, a novelist, critic, and poet who mentored Black writers during the Harlem Renaissance
N.J. Mastro
Mar 24


Solitary Walker: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft
The inspiration and story behind N.J. Mastro's debut Solitary Walker: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft coming out this February.
N.J. Mastro
Feb 13


#31 Titles: Biographical Novels About Women
Find out about #31titleswomeninhistory, an annual initiative in March promoting biographical novels about audacious women from the past.
N.J. Mastro
Jan 29


Maria von Trapp, The Woman vs. the Myth
If you're a fan of the musical The Sound of Music, then you'll love Michelle Moran's novel Maria, biofiction about Maria von Trapp.
N.J. Mastro
Dec 14, 2024


Slave No More
Yellow Wife is a stunning novel inspired by the true story of Mary Lumpkin, a Black woman who turned a slave jail into a university.
N.J. Mastro
Oct 30, 2024


Story Magic: Helen Lowe-Porter, Translator
Mrs. Lowe-Porter is a biographical novel by Jo Salas about Helen Lowe-Porter, the woman who translated Thomas Mann’s novels into English.
N.J. Mastro
Sep 26, 2024