Hello, welcome to my Amazon Author Page. I am Helen Hollick a USA Today bestselling author (with my novel The Forever Queen). My website is https://helenhollick.net/ where you will find my latest news and how to subscribe to my newsletter. Thank you so much if you were kind enough to click the 'follow' button above. Your support is very much appreciated.
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About me and my books:
I moved from London to Devon in January 2013 (in the snow!) to live in an18th Century farmhouse with thirteen acres of land. I live with my husband, adult daughter and son-in-law, several pets (dogs, cats, hens, geese, four horses, three Exmoor ponies, two pigs) and a few friendly ghosts.
I write historical fiction, getting to the nuts and bolts of the 'what might have really happened' story of King Arthur in my PENDRAGON'S BANNER Trilogy. There is no magic or fantasy. No Merlin, no Lancelot, knights in armour, round table or holy grail - just the story of a warlord who has to fight hard for his kingdom and even harder to keep it.
Book One - The KINGMAKING
Book Two - PENDRAGON'S BANNER
Book Three - SHADOW OF THE KING
(these are also published in German)
'Helen Hollick has it all! She tells a great story, gets her history right and writes consistently readable books!' (Bernard Cornwell)
My Saxon Series - HAROLD THE KING (I AM THE CHOSEN KING is the US title of the same book) and its prequel, A HOLLOW CROWN (The FOREVER QUEEN is the US title of the same book) tells the story of the twilight years of Anglo-Saxon England immediately before the Norman Conquest.
Stripping the Norman propaganda from what we think we know of that most famous date in English history - 1066 and the Battle of Hastings - my novels portray all the honour and dignity that history remembers of its fallen heroes and heroines.
With eight other inspiring authors, I am a co-author of 1066 TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, a selection of 'what if alternative' stories about the year 1066.
I also contributed a short story about the pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read to a free anthology with the theme of BETRAYAL.
To balance the 'serious' books I have my SEA WITCH VOYAGES: pirate-based adventure fantasy (re-published as new editions in 2019 by Penmore Press.) The Voyages are a blend of Sharpe, Hornblower and Indiana Jones all stowed in the one boat.
Voyage One - SEA WITCH
Voyage Two - PIRATE CODE
Voyage Three - BRING IT CLOSE
Voyage Four - RIPPLES IN THE SAND
Voyage Five - ON THE ACCOUNT
Voyage Six - (published soon!) GALLOWS WAKE
And a novella short read: WHEN THE MERMAID SINGS - how Jesamiah Acorne became a pirate.
This title has been received a BRONZE AWARD for the Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Award 2022
"In the sexiest pirate contest, Captain Jesamiah Acorne gives Jack Sparrow a run for his money" (Sharon Penman)
Charismatic and a charmer of a rogue, trouble follows Jesamiah Acorne like a ship's wake. His "girl" Tiola, is a white witch, one of the Wise Women of the Old Ones of Light. She is loyal and faithful to Jesamiah - but does he deserve her?
If you liked the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies and enjoy a good sailor's yarn, then in the words of author Elizabeth Chadwick "You'll love this to pieces of eight".
I have three NON-FICTION books: PIRATES TRUTH and TALES, a lighthearted look at the truth and the tales about pirates, published by Amberley Press, and SMUGGLERS IN FACT and FICTION - again exactly what the title says!
With my previous editor (now retired) Jo Field I wrote a short guide for Indie writers: DISCOVERING the DIAMOND highlights what to do/not to do when writing a historical novel intended for self-publishing/indie. Quite a few would-be authors have found it useful.
My first book to be published in in the 1980s was COME AND TELL ME a 'stranger danger' story for 3 -10 year-olds. Used regularly in schools and as the English Home Office official safety book for several years it is now, sadly, out of print - but available as second-hand and still used in British schools..
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I run several blogs, including one for our village of Chittlehamholt and my own 'Let Us Talk of Many Things'. https://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/
My latest venture is branching out into the 'cosy mystery' genre with my library assistant 'Jan Christopher Mysteries' series set in the 1970s. The first two being A MIRROR MURDER and A MYSTERY OF MURDER with episode 3 A MISTAKE OF MURDER scheduled for spring 2023.
I am a member of the Society of Authors, The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) and the Crime Writers Association (CWA)
I enjoy hearing from readers. You can contact me via my website
( or email me on: author AT helenhollick DOT net )
'Lege Feliciter' (read happily)
Helen
