Rediscovering History

Historical fiction has always been a stalwart of our literary history. Meet some authors who are putting a new slant on history and historical fiction, and discover how writing about the past can transcend genres and unite readers.

Featured authors:

Helen Gaskell

Helen is a romantic novelist based in the UK. Her debut, The Regency Switch, was published by HQ in February 2026. A member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, Helen writes Regency and contemporary romantic fiction with a twist. When not writing fiction, Helen is a lead content designer. She lives semi-anonymously in deepest, darkest suburbia, splitting her time fairly evenly between sleeping, eating raspberry trifle, and over-thinking Oxford commas.

Carolyn O'Brien

Carolyn is an historical fiction writer from Manchester. Her writing has a strong sense of the north-west of England and its radical past, from the smoke-filled streets of industrial Manchester to the hidden histories of the Lake…