Alison McMahan

Alison McMahan is the author of the award-winning Alice Guy Blaché, Lost Visionary of the Cinema (Continuum, 2002) and The Films of Tim Burton: Animating Live Action in Hollywood (Continuum 2005). She writes screenplays, documentary scripts (Homunculus Productions) and fiction. Her next book will be a work of historical fiction and her next novella a steampunk western romance.

Contact: Alison@HomunculusProds.com

Latest Blog Entries

Interview for Historical Novel Society

Artist and historical novelist Renee Dos Santos has published an interview with me on her blog.  Read more »

Historical Novel Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, June 2013

The Vinoy® Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort is a historic landmarkThe Vinoy® Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort is a historic landmark

 

The Historical Novel Society Conference will take place at the Vinoy Hotel in St. Petersburg, FL, from June 20 to June 23rd. I'll be co-leading, with Mary Burns, a workshop on Book Trailers. The conference meets in the U.S. and the U.K. on alternate years, so register by the May 25th deadline!

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Two Spots Left for 4th Curlew Writing Conference in Howth, Ireland

 

Howth Head LightHowth Head LightFollowing on the great success of three previous Curlew Writing Conferences, Annie Deppe, Ted Deppe, and Suzanne Strempek Shea are offering a new week for serious writers this coming October in Howth, a beautiful seaside village twenty minutes north of Dublin.

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Viable Paradise

 I've been travelling so much that only now have I had time to reflect on what, in writing terms, 2013 should be about for me. Mostly, it's all about what I learned at Viable Paradise.

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