<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Tonya Mitchell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tonya Mitchell is a historical fiction author. Her first novel is A Feigned Madness about Nellie Bly.]]></description><link>https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:36:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Doctor Who Unmade Monsters]]></title><description><![CDATA[While today the term ‘plastic surgery’ conjures up images of perfect noses and tummy tucks, smoothed wrinkles and breast lifts, the...]]></description><link>https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/post/the-doctor-who-unmade-monsters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686dc0344464a5ec8d0f4fa6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 02:30:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7bf1f3_c016b47fbd5c4151ab4a9d2c83d45b38~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tonya Mitchell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Real Woman Behind The Arsenic Eater’s Wife]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just who was the infamous woman behind the alleged fatal poisoning of her husband in Liverpool, England in the late 19th century? Why did...]]></description><link>https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/post/the-real-woman-behind-the-arsenic-eater-s-wife</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65e5f6dbd454c82836e8df98</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:04:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7bf1f3_40913b908bd54129af89aaa97bf5b29d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_326,h_450,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tonya Mitchell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lady Killers of the 19th Century: Women Who Poisoned (Part 2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last month I introduced you to five lady poisoners from the first half of the 1800s. 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Poison was often the method of choice for females because it was...]]></description><link>https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/post/lady-killers-of-the-19th-century-women-who-poisoned-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65775fa4827354b4da4cc054</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:10:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7bf1f3_de9a2e46ca0a451582062c89b632a492~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_591,h_578,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tonya Mitchell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author Spotlight: K.K. Cathers]]></title><description><![CDATA[I did a lot of research on poisons for my upcoming book, The Arsenic Eater's Wife, especially about arsenic! 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Kim writes historical novels that feature fierce and often dangerous women,...]]></description><link>https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/post/author-spotlight-kim-taylor-blakemore</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60732fc7dfa68000154f9a7f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:51:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7bf1f3_38f3a5671fb44d15a7b54dd969476057~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tonya Mitchell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author Spotlight: Brook Allen]]></title><description><![CDATA[This month’s author spotlight is award-winning historical fiction author Brook Allen, who I had the pleasure of meeting at the Historical...]]></description><link>https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/post/author-spotlight-brook-allen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">602059189d41ed0018370126</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 19:03:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7bf1f3_37f4968c2c4b47b68df7d191b2fec86f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tonya Mitchell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author Spotlight: Elizabeth Blackwell]]></title><description><![CDATA[This month’s author spotlight is historical fiction author Elizabeth Blackwell, whom I met in 2019 at the Historical Novel Society...]]></description><link>https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/post/author-spotlight-elizabeth-blackwell</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe8f86bd1445b001745d746</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 19:46:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7bf1f3_25c81125c85b4c6db418b2729ce85fe2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tonya Mitchell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten MORE Little-Known Facts about Nellie Bly]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a continuation of my earlier post, here are ten MORE fun facts about Nellie Bly, the woman who dazzled America and the rest of the...]]></description><link>https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/post/ten-more-little-known-facts-about-nellie-bly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f1619947b18860017879beb</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2020 23:59:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7bf1f3_dac545e74d7a43308d3b32cab0fa8d02~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_333,h_499,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tonya Mitchell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten Little-Known Facts about Nellie Bly]]></title><description><![CDATA[The young, intrepid reporter who graced the pages of the New York World at the end of the 19th century led a busy life. Nellie Bly was...]]></description><link>https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/post/ten-little-known-facts-about-nellie-bly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ec2e1b54d83c300174b522c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2020 17:06:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7bf1f3_79534bb6671a4b3fb082969c13f8b105~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_686,h_580,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tonya Mitchell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Not-So-Subtle Art of the Conversation Fan]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the heels of my post about the language of flowers—where blooms were assigned meanings that “did the talking” during the Victorian...]]></description><link>https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/post/the-not-so-subtle-art-of-the-conversation-fan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5eb46beedf44e30017cdaa48</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:21:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7bf1f3_2402c9ee24e147f38f7c7c8bc999b791~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_355,h_422,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tonya Mitchell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decoding Love: The Language of Flowers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those poor besotted Victorians. Trapped within the confines of proper etiquette, the young and marriageable upper class couldn’t flirt,...]]></description><link>https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/post/decoding-love-the-language-of-flowers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ea72adbba6c0700dd170d4c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 17:39:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7bf1f3_2e9606d3e3594c27bf225eb470fb46e0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_656,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tonya Mitchell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who was Nellie Bly? (Part 3 of 3)]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you missed Part 1, click here. For Part 2, click here. 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(Part 1 of 3)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her lifetime Nellie Bly would wear many hats—investigative journalist, wife and widow, patent inventor, progressive industrialist...]]></description><link>https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/post/who-was-nellie-bly-part-1-of-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e9dc7ff6445d50017255f11</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:45:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7bf1f3_5cb8925774314c708c957d1ffd6ced6a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_450,h_463,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tonya Mitchell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Twisted Tale of Harriet Mordaunt]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seemed fitting in this, my first blog, to write about a few women who were committed to mental institutions back in the 19th century. ]]></description><link>https://www.tonyamitchellauthor.com/post/the-twisted-tale-of-harriet-mordaunt</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e860b67697da1001716b2f6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 16:04:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f776c8_ffa800c11325494ea5c1bef9689735b3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_330,h_556,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tonya Mitchell</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>