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March 2001
Compiled by Jill Dowdy , from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.

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Roberts, Nora   Born in Fire (glass artist)   Dance Upon the Air (domestic violence)

King, Ross   Ex-Libris (rare book trade in London)

Thompson, Flora   Lark Rise to Candleford (historical portrait of 19th C England rural life)

Robson, Lucia St. Clair   Ride the Wind (Native American/American West)  Walk in my Soul (Sam Houston, Cherokee Indians)   The Tokaido Road (early Japan)

Kellerman, Faye   Decker/Lazarus novels (Orthodox Judaism)

Tremayne, Peter   The Sister Fidelma mystery series (Irish history/women lawyers in early Ireland)

Mckenna, Lindsay   any novel(military lifestyle)

Brockmann, Suzanne   any novel (Navy Seals)

Eagle, Kathleen   any novel (Native American life)

Potok, Chaim   The Chosen (Orthodox Judaism)   The Promise (Orthodox Judaism)

Lethem, Jonathan   Motherless Brooklyn (Tourette's Syndrome)

Preston, Douglas   Thunderhead (archaeology, Native American pottery, canyons in Utah)

Staples, Suzanne Fisher   Shabanu (modern Pakistan) - young adult Haveli (modern Pakistan) - young adult

Llyewelyn, Morgan   Lion of Ireland (Irish historical fiction)

Gabaldon, Diana   Outlander (Scottish and early Colonial history)  Dragonfly in Amber (Scottish and early Colonial history)  Voyager (Scottish and early Colonial history)  The Drums of Autumn (Scottish and early Colonial history)

King, Susan  The Swan Maiden (Scottish/Celtic lore)   The Stone Maiden (Scottish/Celtic lore)

Potter, Patricia   The Black Knave (Scottish)   Between the Thunder (post U.S. Civil War)   Chase the Thunder (post U.S. Civil War)

Hillerman, Tony   any novel (modern Native American culture)

Penman, Sharon Kay   When Christ and His Saints Slept (20 year civil war between Stephen and Maud in medieval England)

Scott, Paul   The Raj Quartet (India)

Roy, Arundhati   The God of Small Things (India)

Eco, Umberto   The Name of the Rose

Diamant, Anita   The Red Tent (Dinah from the Bible)

Soueif, Ahdaf   The Map of Love (Egyptian history and culture)

Gulland, Sandra   The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte)   Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe (Josephine Bonaparte)   The Last Great Dance on Earth (Josephine Bonaparte)

Becker, Lanie Katz   Dear Stranger, Dearest Friend (breast cancer)

Belfer, Lauren   City of Light (harnessing the power of the Niagra River for electricity)

Francis, Dick   any novel (horses/horse racing)

Dunning, John   Booked to Die (secondhand book business)   Bookman's Wake (secondhand book business)

De Bernieres, Louis   Corelli's Mandolin (Greek culture and history/WWII)

Gash, Jonathan   any novel (antiques, forgery, rogue behavior)

Donohue, Emma   Slammerkin (prostitute's life in 18th C England)

Coetzee, J.M.   Disgrace (20th C South Africa)

Park, Jacqueline   The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi (Renaissance Italy)

Van Gulik, R.H.   The Judge Dee mysteries (Tang Dynasty/Chinia)

Atwood, Margaret  Alias Grace (19th C Canada/domestic service/murder)

Byatt, A.S.   any novel

Rushdie, Salman   Midnight Children (India)

Michener, James   any novel

Hailey, Arthur   any novel

Rand, Ayn   Fountainhead (architecture/virtues of selfishness)

Chadwick, Elizabeth   Shields of Pride (medieval England)   The Wild Hunt (medieval England)

Lowell, Elizabeth   Tell Me No Lies (discovery of the terracotta soldiers)   Women Without Lies (stained glass artistry)

Stewart, Mary   Madam, Will You Talk? (French countryside)

McCaffrey, Anne   Ring of Fear (horse circuit in Saratoga, NY)

Stout, Rex   Nero Wolfe (orchid cultivation/gourmet cooking/detective)

Peters, Ellis   Cadfael mysteries

Heyer, Georgette   any novel

Clancy, Tom   The Hunt for Red October (submarines)

Cook, Robin   Outbreak

Hunter, Stephen   The Master Sniper (world of an assassin)

Pentecost, Hugh   Pierre Chambrun mysteries (New York hotel)

Sayers, Dorothy   Nine Taylors (campanology)

Mallon, Thomas   Two Moons ( astronomy in the 19th century)

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