Characters you connect with. Adventure. Love. Family… And endings that are more than a sugar rush.
When Christy Matheson is not throwing ordinary characters into fairy tales, she is busy raising five children. (Very busy.) She writes character-driven historical fiction with and without fantasy elements, and her “fresh, smart, and totally charming” stories have won multiple awards.
Christy is also an embroidery artist, classically trained pianist, and sews all of her own clothes. She lives in Oregon, on a country property that fondly reminds her of a Regency estate (except with a swing set instead of faux Greek ruins), with her husband, five children, three Shelties, one bunny, and an improbable quantity of art supplies.
Characters you connect with. Adventure. Love. Family… And endings that are more than a sugar rush.
When Christy Matheson is not throwing ordinary characters into fairy tales, she is busy raising five children. (Very busy.) She writes character-driven historical fiction with and without fantasy elements, and her “fresh, smart, and totally charming” stories have won multiple awards.
Christy is also an embroidery artist, classically trained...
Being a single mother is hard enough without murderous Fae in your living room.
The only things that American folklorist, Maura Robinson, wanted from her contentious divorce was custody of her two young children—and an Irish castle. She ends up with her ex’s teenage kids,...
Historical short stories of ordinary women who confront life’s challenges
in ways uplifting, bold, and risky.
"...these globe-spanning tales of dauntless women are pitch-perfect, timely, and meticulously crafted. As the editor sagely notes, "women live closer to the line...
What a fun, witchy little read! The Horned Women takes a creepy old Irish fairy tale and spins it into something fresh, smart, and totally charming. I loved Maura — she’s got that “holding it together with duct tape and coffee” energy I can seriously relate to — and seeing her face off against twelve different horned witches with nothing but folklore, stitching skills, and pure mom grit was just so satisfying.
Christy Matheson writes with a cozy, heartfelt vibe that makes even the spookiest moments feel grounded and real. It’s a quick read, but it really sticks with you. If you like your fairy tales with a bit of chaos, a little magic, and a lot of heart, you’ll love this one.
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-Gina Rae Mitchell Reviews
Christy Matheson takes ancient folklore and breathes wild, bloody life into it, conjuring up a story of grief, anger, magic, and survival.
The atmosphere is thick with shadow and myth: dark woods, whispered warnings, the gleam of horns; I was spellbound. The characters are raw, fierce, and painfully real.
This week, I locked myself in my ivory tower and...
That's a joke. I don't have an ivory tower, I have children. However, I did lock myself out of my email and Facebook etc etc etc until I finished my manuscript. The exciting news.... IT'S DONE!!! Yay!!! I prioritized family and my son's graduation this spring, so I really had to stay up late and write until my fingers burned in order to meet my writing deadlines.
Many of you came to me through the promise of Magical Libraries or my...
This Regency romance was unexpected, charming, creative, filled with characters you can root for the entire way through. I particularly enjoyed the hero, who was gentle and adoring the entire way through — and yet the second chance love story made complete sense. In fact, the reader can see why the ending the they secured for themselves is better than what they would have fallen into if the first chance worked out.
The characters were so well developed, which is always the most important thing...
Happy St Patrick's Day! As a novelist specializing in Irish fairy tales, I couldn't afford to miss sharing some LEPRECHAUN tidbits with you!
I've collected a few pictures, a few descriptions (they don't always match up).... and I've also turned one into a story! Click through to see several historical descriptions and illustrations.