LocalLit 2018 San Jose

LocalLit 2018 San Jose

LocalLit 2018 San Jose Public Library

LocalLit 2018 San Jose Public Library

If you’re in the area, please join me and twenty-one other local authors as we talk about our books, writing process, and inspiration on Sunday, December 16th, from 2 – 5 pm at King Library in San Jose.

Second-career author interview

Second-career author interview

Interview of C.L.R. Peterson

Interview of C.L.R. Peterson at A Writer of History


Many thanks to M.K. Tod! On February 27th, 2018, she featured C.L.R. Peterson and Lucia’s Renaissance on her historical fiction blog, awriterofhistory.com

Final Goodreads Giveaway!

Final Goodreads Giveaway!

Just in time for the holidays, I’ll be giving away a copy of Lucia’s Renaissance in a Goodreads Giveaway. May the odds be in your favor!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Lucia's Renaissance by C.L.R. Peterson

Lucia's Renaissance

by C.L.R. Peterson

Giveaway ends December 26, 2017.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

New interview about Lucia’s Renaissance

New interview about Lucia’s Renaissance

Title from Wayne Turmel's blog postToday a new post about the backstory of my novel has gone live on a book blog! Check it out at: http://wayneturmel.com/2017/11/reformation-faith-and-heresy-with-c-l-r-peterson/

The blogger, Wayne Turmel, knows a bit about historical fiction himself, with a new novel, Acre’s Bastard, set in the time of the Crusades.

500 years ago…

500 years ago…

Martin Luther's 95 Theses, by Ferdinand Pauwels

Luther & his 95 Theses, Ferdinand Pauwels [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

As the world commemorates Martin Luther’s posting of his 95 Theses on a church door 500 years ago, it’s worth pausing to consider the Reformation’s consequences, then and now. A short video focuses especially on how Germany is remembering Luther and the Reformation: http://www.dw.com/en/arts21-luther-and-500-years-of-reformation/av-41104526