Award-Winning Literary Fiction set in the Past

Helena P. Schrader is the author of 21 historical novels and six non-fiction history books. She earned a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg and served as a U.S. diplomat in Europe and Africa. She has won numerous literary awards, and two of her titles—Cold Peace, the first book in the Bridge to Tomorrow series on the Berlin Airlift, and her Battle of Britain novel, Where Eagles Never Flew—achieved Amazon #1 Bestseller status in aviation and military historical fiction.

Schrader masterfully blends meticulous historical research with compelling storytelling. Her success can best be measured not by the many awards or positive reviews, but by the fact that witnesses of the history she describes praise the authenticity of her works. Battle of Britain ace, W/Cdr Bob Doe, for example, enthusiastically declared that Where Eagles Never Flew got it “smack on the way it was for us fighter pilots.” Likewise, Traitors for the Sake of Humanity: A Novel of the German Resistance won recognition for its extraordinary sensitivity to a complex topic from the survivors of the military conspiracy against Hitler and the widows of some of those executed.

Discover more about her books and awards, and read review excerpts at https://helenapschrader.net. You can also follow Schrader’s bi-weekly online publication, “The Quick and the Dead,” which offers short articles on creative writing and history relevant to current events. “The Quick and the Dead,” like all of Schrader’s writing, is dedicated to understanding ourselves by understanding the past. You can subscribe for free at: https://hpschrader.substack.com