Biographical Fiction

Whether from long ago, or yesterday, stories of real people have always intrigued us. Here are some of our top choices for Biographical Fiction.

THE MYSTICAL LAND OF MYRRH, by MaryAnn Shank

Travel with a young woman, a Peace Corps Volunteer, to a country that will never come again.

Sor Juana had two passions in life: Poetry and the Viceroy’s wife.

The Faerie Morgana
A mystical tale of the Arthurian legend, a young woman growing into her immense magical powers.
Guesthouse for Ganesha
Left at the altar, spurned -- what does that do to a young woman's heart? And why would a Hindu God care?
Hidden Rooms
After coming home to bury her father, distance-runner Riley Svenson wants nothing more than to keep her close-knit family together and to get the hell out of her rural Ohio home town. But then a murder and a strange illness upend everything.
Reason for Hope
Hope in a sometimes hopeless world, discovered in an African wilderness.
Chapel Bay Secrets
A threatened book ban. A small town blackmailing. Three strangers in search of the truth.
Braiding Sweetgrass
Listen to the whispers of indigenous peoples and watch the sweetgrass blow in the breeze.
IN THE SPIRIT OF WE’MOON: CELEBRATING 30 YEARS
Overflowing with ideas and images and thoughts, from long ago and yesterday.
H IS FOR HAWK, by Helen Macdonald
Mabel, the hawk, takes on a flight of discovery and healing.
THE SERVICEBERRY, Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Kimmerer leads us into the natural world where the service berry lives.
THE MYSTICAL LAND OF MYRRH, by MaryAnn Shank
Travel with a young woman, a Peace Corps Volunteer, to a country that will never come again.
SOR JUANA, MY BELOVED — The Poetry, The Passions of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, by MaryAnn Shank
Sor Juana had two passions in life: Poetry and the Viceroy's wife.