My name is Meredith Allard, and I’m the author of the beloved bestselling paranormal historical Loving Husband Trilogy. My sweet Victorian romance, When It Rained at Hembry Castle, was named a best historical novel by IndieReader.
My other books include Christmas at Hembry Castle; Victory Garden, a novel of the American Women’s Suffrage Movement; That You Are Here, a sweet contemporary romance; The Window Dresser and Other Stories, a short story collection; Woman of Stones, a novella of Biblical Jerusalem; The Duchess of Idaho, a time-travel love story set on the Oregon Trail; and And Shadows Will Fall, the sixth and final book in the Loving Husband Series.
Down Salem Way, the prequel to the Loving Husband Trilogy set during the Salem Witch Trials, is the winner of the B.R.A.G. Medallion and a semi-finalist for the 2022 Chaucer Award in Early Historical Fiction. My first nonfiction book, Painting the Past: A Guide For Writing Historical Fiction, was a #1 New Release on Amazon in Authorship and Creativity Self-Help.
My latest release is my second nonfiction book, The Swirl and Swing of Words: Embracing the Writing Life, which was named a #1 New Release on Amazon in Authorship, Creativity Self-Help, and Authorship Reference. I’m currently working on my next novel, a Dark Academia suspense entitled The Professor of Eventide.
My fiction and nonfiction have appeared in journals such as Moondance, Muse Apprentice Guild, The Paumanok Review, Wild Mind, The Maxwell Digest, Writers Weekly, ViewsHound, The Honor Society, The Huffington Post, Introvert, Dear, and Anne R. Allen’s blog.
In 2000, I founded The Copperfield Review, an award-winning literary journal for readers and writers of historical fiction, and I remained the executive editor until the journal closed in 2023. I’ve been a guest speaker at The History Quill’s Conference for Writers of Historical Fiction and Rachel Thompson’s Lit Mag Love course.
I received my BA and MA degrees in English from CSU Northridge and my PhD in Education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. I’ve taught writing to students ages five to 75, and I’ve taught education, creative writing, and writing historical fiction courses in places such as Learning Tree University, UNLV, the UNLV Continuing Education Extension Program, the Henderson Writers Group, and the Las Vegas Writers Conference.
I read everything from historical fiction to literary fiction, and from the classics to nonfiction. I love baking, book journaling, and art journaling, and I’m a Los Angeles Dodgers fan as well as a frequenter of coffee shops. Then I practice yoga to counteract all that coffee. I live in the hills of Southern Nevada.
About My Blog:
New blogs are posted on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. Pacific Time. You’ll find topics ranging from embracing the writing and creative life, writing tips and tricks, book reviews and recommendations, research for my current works-in-progress, and news and information about my own books, including release dates. I may occasionally post pictures of my cats.
I hope you find something here that is of interest to you. Thank you for joining me.