Dr. Angela Ranson - Author
Launch of Grave Merriment
I am going back to Criminally Good Books to launch the fourth book in the Catrin Surovell series, Grave Merriment. There will be a short interview, a Q&A and a signing. Buying a ticket will give you 10% off any purchase of the book, and the other books in the Catrin Surovell series will be available too.
Tickets are limited, so get yours right away. I hope to see you there.
Tudor Tale of the Week
Is It Cake?
I…just don’t know what to say about this. I’m partly impressed and partly terrified. A very talented cake artist named Emma Jayne won 2025 Cake Artist of the Year for her life-size cake of Queen Elizabeth I. It took her four weeks, and the result is…disturbingly perfect. It really looks like Elizabeth. She even has the expression on her face that I often imagine Elizabeth would have had - patiently resigned and vaguely interested in the antics all around her.
Writers about Writing
“The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes.”
Agatha Christie
The Catrin Surovell Series
This historical mystery series is set during the early years of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign (1560s). Lady Catrin is one of the queen’s ladies of the bedchamber, and she is very skilled at finding the truth in the midst of secrets and lies. This leads her into danger more times more often than she would like, but she remains determined to serve her queen and bring murderers to justice.
About Me
I am a Tudor historian, an loyal Canadian, and a lifelong anglophile. Click here for basic info about what it’s like for me to simultaneously live in two different centuries and two different countries.
Thoughts in Pink Socks
I have a pair of pink socks. They are are too loose, too short, and so fluffy I can't fit my feet into shoes when I wear them. Essentially, the only thing they do well is amuse me. I think of odd things when I wear these socks, and here I will share them with you.
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