I have written three novels. They are set in wartime Germany, Poland, rural Iceland, Depression-era Reykjavik, and a small town in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. They have three different protagonists with three very different lives. And I have been asking the same question in all of them. Where does a woman find her power when the […]
The snake is one of the very few creatures that turns up in nearly every mythology on earth—Egypt, Greece, the Norse north, the Aztecs, India, China. Take your time with the others. The list is short. Fear alone does not explain it. The lion and the eagle were made into gods by the people who […]
A young woman in a hospital bed. Painkillers. Anti-venom coursing through her veins. And then—an orange and gold silky creature appears, speaking of love, urging her to search. In that moment of chemically-altered vulnerability, she names her birth mother. This is the origin story of Sweet Potato, the novel I’ve spent the past few years […]
I have always had a complicated relationship with snakes. I grew up in four countries — England, Germany, Iceland, and the United States and hardly ever met a snake outside of the zoo. I considered snakes fascinating. I couldn’t believe how many different forms the snake assumed in the art depicting the Biblical Garden of […]
The evocative historical novel Seal Woman by Solveig Eggerz is now available in audio form. First published in 2014 by Unbridled Books, this haunting saga follows Charlotte, a German artist shattered by loss, as she rebuilds a life on a remote Icelandic sheep farm—becoming, in essence, a “seal woman” caught between worlds. Why This Story […]
The Virginia Herpetological Society has been a great resource in the writing of my forthcoming novel, Sweet Potato. See below their schedule of events on reptiles and amphibians https://virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/news/index.html
My son, Burke Brownfeld, has published a children’s book, When I Grow Up, I Want to be a Guardian, featuring public safety jobs such as police officers, firefighters, and forest rangers. Told from a little girl’s perspective, the story conveys the message that public safety jobs are interesting career choices, also for girls.
Viking Voyager: a memoir by Sverrir Sigurðsson and Veronica Li https://www.amazon.com/Viking-Voyager-Icelandic-Sverrir-Sigurdsson/dp/1645434699/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RN16VTJNT1MC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Bl7W8-MMVSlCW4GdhDEsoQ.CJoKVuwj5YACfOotmdy-eKglQj-S1GuX3vf0sGhXMHQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=Viking+Voyager+Sverrir+Sigurdsson&qid=1741486286&s=books&sprefix=viking+voyager+sverrir+sigurdsson%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 Veronica Li is also the author of several other books, including Journey Across the Four Seas: A Chinese Woman’s Search for Home https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Veronica+Li&i=stripbooks&crid=1PS6YDXFUICSC&sprefix=veronica+li%2Cstripbooks%2C79&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 Solveig is the author of Seal Woman and Sigga of Reykjavik
Join author Solveig Eggerz as she talks about and signs her two historic novels about fierce and fascinating women in Iceland. Saturday, October 19, 2-4 p.m. Winchester Book Gallery, 7 North Loudon Street, Winchester, VA 22601-4175
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