Have you been curious about the mysterious woman appearing with John Wilkes Booth on the cover of Fates and Traitors? Meet Asia Booth, one of his two elder sisters, his confidante and childhood companion. Asia adored her younger brother even as she became increasingly ... Read more »
Online Research Sources for Fates and Traitors
In the Acknowledgments to Fates and Traitors, I mention several excellent online resources I consulted while researching and writing the novel. Some of the most useful include the archives of digitized historic newspapers at the Library of Congress and Genealogybank.com, ... Read more »
Many Thanks to Four Wonderful Authors
Here's a glimpse of the back cover of Fates and Traitors: I'm deeply grateful to Sara Gruen, Allison Pataki, Anton DiSclafani, and Amy Stewart for their generous advance praise for Fates and Traitors! ... Read more »
My Library Love Letter
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John Wilkes Booth’s Diary
Among the items John Wilkes Booth carried with him when he fled Washington after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln was a pocket diary. In it he carried portraits of five women: four actresses and Lucy Lambert Hale, the daughter of abolitionist New Hampshire Senator ... Read more »
The Brothers Booth
Three of Junius Brutus Booth’s sons followed in his footsteps and became actors, but John Wilkes Booth received no better than mixed reviews throughout his career. It was his elder brother Edwin who was considered the true heir of their renowned father’s talent. Edwin Booth ... Read more »