Lee Strauss Blog

English Villages After the Great War: Life, Loss, and the Quiet Strain of Survival

English Villages After the Great War: Life, Los...

English Villages After the Great War: Life, Loss, and the Quiet Strain of Survival By the early 1920s, English villages were no longer at war, but they were not truly...

English Villages After the Great War: Life, Los...

English Villages After the Great War: Life, Loss, and the Quiet Strain of Survival By the early 1920s, English villages were no longer at war, but they were not truly...

London, 1923: Women, Medicine, and the Edge of Change

London, 1923: Women, Medicine, and the Edge of ...

London, 1923: Women, Medicine, and the Edge of Change In 1923, London stood poised between two worlds. The Great War had ended less than five years earlier, yet its presence...

London, 1923: Women, Medicine, and the Edge of ...

London, 1923: Women, Medicine, and the Edge of Change In 1923, London stood poised between two worlds. The Great War had ended less than five years earlier, yet its presence...

Murder on the SS Rosa: A Floating World of Steam, Secrets, and Champagne

Murder on the SS Rosa: A Floating World of Stea...

Murder on the SS Rosa: A Floating World of Steam, Secrets, and Champagne One of my favorite things about writing historical fiction is discovering just how strange the past can...

Murder on the SS Rosa: A Floating World of Stea...

Murder on the SS Rosa: A Floating World of Steam, Secrets, and Champagne One of my favorite things about writing historical fiction is discovering just how strange the past can...

India in 1929: Salt, Secrets, and the Spark of a Revolution

India in 1929: Salt, Secrets, and the Spark of ...

While writing Murder at the Maharaja’s Courts, I found myself stepping deeper into the rich tapestry of India in the late 1920s. It’s a world of color, ritual, elegance, and...

India in 1929: Salt, Secrets, and the Spark of ...

While writing Murder at the Maharaja’s Courts, I found myself stepping deeper into the rich tapestry of India in the late 1920s. It’s a world of color, ritual, elegance, and...

Behind the Pearls and Cloche Hats: The Creation of Ginger Gold

Behind the Pearls and Cloche Hats: The Creation...

As I'm working on the 28th (!) Ginger Gold Mystery, I find myself thinking about how this journey began, and surprised (pleasantly) that Ginger and I still spend so much...

Behind the Pearls and Cloche Hats: The Creation...

As I'm working on the 28th (!) Ginger Gold Mystery, I find myself thinking about how this journey began, and surprised (pleasantly) that Ginger and I still spend so much...

5 Reasons to Give Short Stories a Try

5 Reasons to Give Short Stories a Try

When most people think about reading, they picture sinking into a full-length novel that takes days (or weeks) to finish. But short stories offer their own unique kind of magic—bite-sized...

5 Reasons to Give Short Stories a Try

When most people think about reading, they picture sinking into a full-length novel that takes days (or weeks) to finish. But short stories offer their own unique kind of magic—bite-sized...