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Tomorrow, April 13th, 2018, marks the 275th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth. I have had a long relationship with TJ (as some of us call him here in Virginia) ever since I moved here over twenty years ago and was delighted when I learned that he had designed another house. Poplar Forest is a two weeks horseback ride south from Monticello and was designed in the shape of a perfect octagon. I

The Fire, By Katherine Neville Just like The Da Vinci Code – but much better Barry Forshaw for The Independent (TheIndependent.co.uk) ·  November 20, 2008 Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has become instant shorthand for those who consider it the last word in dumbed-down, crassly written fiction. But there is no denying the appeal of the globe-spanning, puzzle-based narrative, with strands reac

A TALK WITH KATHERINE NEVILLE It’s been twenty years since The Eight. Why did it take so long to write The Fire? I don’t actually write my books, they kind of write themselves—but they also seem to decide on their own when they are going to be written. Or in this case, not written. Until the right moment. In the early 1990s, while I was on a 16-hour train trip from Switzerland to Prague, I was pac

< Return to Events & Interviews A clip from the below interview about why I write from experience. David Baldacci, Daniel Stashower and I were invited by the producers of Sirius XM’s Book Channel to do the first “Author Cafe,” several hours of authors interviewing each other about their own work. It subsequently became the most popular and often listened to program of the Book Channel. Here

 View post on diyMFA.com Episode 145: Writing the Epic Quest Novel — Interview with Katherine Neville Listen to the interview:   MAY 03, 2017 by Gabriela Pereira  Hey there word nerds! Today I’m pleased to have Katherine Neville on the show.Katherine’s colorful, swashbuckling adventure novels, in the epic “Quest” tradition, have graced the bestseller lists in forty languages. In fact, her wor

written July 4, 2010 (Katherine Neville’s July 4th Newsletter) “THE SACRED ARCHITECTURE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON” “Let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.” -Thomas Jefferson, July 4, 1826 On July 4, 1826–a date that, coincidentally, also marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Declarati

The Fire was greeted spectacularly in Spain. Below is a great video that follows the book tour’s progress through Spain, and a few selections from the many photographs taken during the tour. “El Fuego” Book Tour in Spain Click on the video to watch (3:24 minutes) Selections from the fabulous window displays and floor displays:  Katherine and Grandmaster David Lariño (Sp

Cherry blossom festival is the best week in Washington DC, and always falls on my birthday. I wrote an entire scene in The Fire set during that first week in April. Here is a vase filled with cherry blossoms from my own tree, a 60-foot tall ornamental cherry planted fifty years ago by the famous potter Teruo Hara. Below is a picture of the same tree today, planted down in the gully, it soars way a

View on MomCentral.com International Best-selling Author Katherine Neville Captivates a New Generation by Stacy DeBroff for MomCentral.com October 27, 2015 Disclosure: Stacy DeBroff had the opportunity to interview Katherine Neville on the occasion of the electronic release of her books. All opinions are her own.   A jewel-encrusted chess set once owned by Charlemagne. Two young nuns embroile

  KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Octal Newsletter October 4, 2012   “Oc” in Rome: the 8th Month In the ancient Roman calendar, which began in March at the equinox, September was counted as the 7th month (“Sept” means 7), October was the 8th month, November the 9th, and December the 10th. I’m partial to all things octal, related to eights: chessboards, spiders, oc

KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Hallowe’en Newsletter October 31, 2009   In the ancient Celtic calendar, so it is said, All Hallows Eve (which begins at sunset on October 31) marks the end of the old year, and the new year doesn’t begin until dawn on November 3. The intervening days (All Souls and All Saints days in the Christian calendar) are days outside of Time, days when we can celebrate

Welcome everyone! This note is to let you all know that THE FIRE –the sequel to The Eight–is on sale in trade paperback (large format), beginning on August 25, 2009!   THE FIRE: The Bestseller THE FIRE–my long-awaited sequel to The Eight–has spent more than SIX MONTHS ON BESTSELLER LISTS around the world, including The New York Times (shown below on book jacket),

KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Newsletter July 4, 2009   Welcome all! This is my first-ever newsletter! From now on, I’ll only be sending a few of these messages per year–and only if something is really news! First: If you want to write to me, or if your friends or family want to sign up for my newsletter–or if you just want to know more, in-between newsletters–you may do all of these

(Washington: Mysterious District of Columbia) For the Spanish launch of El Fuego (The Fire) the noted Spanish magazine El Mundo wanted to do a feature interview with me at home in Washington, DC, where many of the modern scenes of the book take place. For this interview, they flew over photographer Chema Conesa, with the famous author Javier Sierra (The Secret Supper, The Lady in Blue) who would w

Some say that the name Carthage was the punic word for New City, which would seem an apt title, as it was the new city founded by queen Dido of Phoenician Tyre. However, Robert Graves tells us there was once an incarnation of the universal and ancient Great Goddess, whose name was also Car, and who may have pre-dated other goddesses around the Mediterranean. There is evidence that the new city may

This essay was published in Troika Magazine, Fall 1998. Click article image to enlarge (typed version below).   My Secret Spain by Katherine Neville My first exposure to Spain took place in the early 1970’s, when I was living in North Africa as a consultant to the Algerian government. This period would later provide fodder for my first book, The Eight, an epic story based on a 200-year-long