2023 Goethe Prize Finalist in Late Historical Fiction"The particular attention-aid to food, fashion and high society of the time ... will satisfy history buffs and historical fiction readers alike." —IndieReader"An elaborately detailed period piece packed with intriguing nuggets of history." —Kirkus“Wagner-Wright’s prose is both engaging and descriptive, and her attention to detail and passion for ...

BRAG Medallion Honoree2024 Goethe Prize Finalist in Late Historical Fiction“…readers seeking a keenly researched, engrossing multi-family saga will appreciate the attention to detail and well-developed characters in Sea Tigers & Merchants.” —IndieReader“An engaging serial melodrama abundantly and carefully laced with historical factoids.” —Kirkus“…a wonderf...

BRAG Medallion HonoreePerfect for fans of Stacy Schiff’s The Witches, Kathleen Kent’s The Heretic’s Daughter, or Francis Hill’s Deliverance from Evil."Wagner-Wright tells an exciting version of the events in Salem, with plenty of drama between characters. But the book’s compassion for its titular accused witch is what makes it truly stand out.” —Chanticleer Book Reviews

"A weekend's engaging pursuit." Five Stars--David Lloyd Sutton, San Francisco Book ReviewEducated and inquisitive, Pandita Ramabai was born in 1858 near Gangamul in the Western Ghat mountains of southern India. The daughter of a Sanskrit scholar, she rose to become a respected scholar herself, in a time when women rarely held such positions. But having lost nearly everyone she loved to famine or cholera, Rama spent most of her life in search of a community she could call h...

FINALIST: 2020 INDEPENDENT AUDIOBOOK AWARDSThe Great Scandal of British CalcuttaIt's 1883, and newspapers are flying off the shelves in Calcutta, Edinburgh and London. Mary Pigot, lady superintendent of the Scottish Female Mission in Calcutta, has been charged by The Reverend William Hastie with mismanagement and immorality, and she's fighting back!After ten years of hard work growing the mission, raising funds and educatin...