Historical Happy Hour
Jane Healey is the bestselling author of several books of historical fiction and the host of Historical Happy Hour, a live interview and podcast featuring premiere historical fiction authors and their latest novels: “One of my favorite things as a writer is to talk to other writers. In each episode, I will interview a historical fiction author with a brand new book coming out. We’ll talk all about their latest novel, but also discuss their writing process and research, and their life beyond being an author.” Healey's new Cold War spy novel, The Women of Arlington Hall, releases July 8th, 2025 and is available now for pre-order.
Episodes
65 episodes
The Lotus Shoes by Jane Yang
Debut author Jane Yang joins us to talk about her exciting new novel, The Lotus Shoes. This novel is based in China in the 1800s and follows the lives of two young g...
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Season 1
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Episode 64
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30:32
The Librarians of Lisbon by Suzanne Nelson
Suzanne Nelson, renown author and foodie joins us to talk about her latest novel, The Librarians of Lisbon. The Librarians of Lisbon is a riveting t...
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Episode 63
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42:09
Hold Strong by Robert Dugoni, Jeff Langholz, and Chris Crabtree
In our latest episode, we are talking with Robert Dugoni, Jeff Langholz, and Chris Crabtree about their new gripping novel, Hold Strong. Hold Strong is a tale of...
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Episode 62
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36:37
Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
Karissa Chen is our guest! Join us to discuss her new novel, Homeseeking. Homeseeking is an epic and intimate tale of one couple across sixty years as world events pull them together and apart, illuminating the Chinese diaspora and exploring wh...
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Episode 61
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32:34
The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis is our guest! Join us to discuss her new novel, The Stolen Queen. She delights readers with a story centered on the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its famed Met Gala, while for the first time, explo...
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Season 1
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Episode 60
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34:15
The Women of Arlington Hall (Preview) by Jane Healey
For our last Historical Happy Hour of 2024 Jane takes any and all questions you have about any of her books, the writing life, my pets - anything! We discuss authors our readers like to see in the coming yea...
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Episode 59
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43:17
The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
Marjan Kamali joins Jane Healey to talk about her latest novel,
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Season 1
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Episode 58
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39:28
Mademoiselle Eiffel by Aimie Runyan
International bestselling author Aimie Runyan is our guest! Join us to discuss her new novel, Mademoiselle Eiffel. Claire Eiffel, the brilliant daughter...
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Episode 57
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36:49
The Fabled Earth by Kimberly Brock
Kimberly Brock joins Jane Healey to talk about her latest novel, The Fabled Earth. Southern mythology and personal reckoning collide in this swee...
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Episode 56
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39:37
Katharine, the Wright Sister by Tracey Enerson Wood
Tracey Enerson Wood is Jane Healey's guest! Join us to discuss her new novel, Katharine, the Wright Sister. It's a vibrant historical novel about the unsung hero behind the groundbreaking aeronautical achiev...
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Season 1
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Episode 55
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33:49
The Long March Home by Tosca Lee
Tosca Lee joins Jane Healey to discuss her latest novel. Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope. Internatio...
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Episode 54
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37:03
The Trade Off by Samantha Woodruff
Samantha Woodruff is our guest to talk about her latest novel, The Trade Off. It's the tale of a young Jewish woman with a gift for math and numbers who wants to become a broker on Wall Street. But, because she is Jewish and female she can't. S...
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Episode 53
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46:34
When We Chased the Light by Emily Bleeker
Emily Bleeker is Jane Healey's guest to talk about her latest novel When We Chased the Light. A Hollywood legend. A legacy of secrets. An epic and emotional novel about forgiveness, fame, family, and truly u...
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Season 1
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Episode 52
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34:45
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Loigman
Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters is Jane Healey's guest again on the podcast to talk about her latest novel, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern. This ...
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Season 1
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Episode 51
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43:49
Echos of Us by Joy Jordan-Lake
Joy Jordan-Lake, bestselling author of Under a Gilded Moon, joins the podcast to talk about her latest novel, Echos of Us. Echoes of Us weaves together the past and present as descendants of three unlikely World War II allies—an American farm b...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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38:43
In the Garden of Monsters by Crystal King
Crystal King, bestselling author of The Chef's Secret and Feast of Sorrow, is our latest guest on Historical Happy Hour to discuss her latest novel, In the Garden of Monsters. A woman with no past... In post-war Italy, a beautiful model with no...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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36:33
When the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward
Donna Jones Alward is Jane Healey's guest to talk about her new novel, When the World Feel Silent. A story of loss, hope and redemption against impossible odds… 1917. When tragedy strikes in Halifax Harbour, nothing for nurse Nora Crowell or wa...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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36:18
The Thirteenth Husband by Greer Macallister
Greer Macallister is Jane Healey's guest! Join us to discuss her new novel, The Thirteenth Husband. It's the story of scandalous heiress Aimee Crocker, who lit up the Gilded Age tabloids with her devil-may-c...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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36:37
Sara Goodman Confino and Jennifer S. Brown
Sara Goodman Confino and Jennifer S. Brown are our guests to discuss their upcoming novels! Behind Every Good Man - A wronged wife goes toe to toe with her cheating husband at the polls in this hilarious and heart-lifting novel by the bes...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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50:14
Husbands and Lovers by Beatriz Williams
New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams is Jane Healey's guest on Historical Happy Hour to discuss her new novel, Husbands & Lovers. Husbands & Lovers blends a contemporary love story with a fascinating, mysterious past.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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44:07
The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson
In this bonus crossover episode of Historical Happy Hour, bestselling British novelist Kate Thompson, bestselling author and host of the popular From the Library with Love podcast, and
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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46:03
The Last Twelve Miles by Erika Robuck
New York Times bestselling author Erika Robuck is Jane Healey's guest! Join us to discuss her new novel, The Last Twelve Miles. It's...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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39:20
All the Summers In Between by Brooke Lea Foster
Bestselling author Brooke Lea Foster joins Jane Healey on the podcast to talk about her latest novel,
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Episode 42
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46:01
