MEET THE TEAM
Fija Callaghan
Fija Callaghan is an author, poet, and a content editor with The History Quill. She is also The History Quill’s community manager. Her work has been shortlisted and longlisted for a number of short story prizes, and you can find her writing in publications like Gingerbread House, Crow & Cross Keys, Corvid Queen, and Mythic Magazine. When not writing or helping other writers get the best out of their work, she can be found haunting her local bookshops or watching the tide come in.
If Fija were stranded on a desert island, the two historical novels she would want with her are Kerri Maher’s The Paris Bookseller and Mary Ann Shaffer’s The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Historical fiction subgenre specialisms
| Action/adventure |
| Biographical |
| Crime/mystery/thriller |
| Children’s |
| Drama |
| Fantasy/alternate history |
| Horror |
| Literary |
| Romance |
| Women’s fiction |
| Young adult |
Historical period specialisms
| Late modern (1800–1945) |
| Contemporary (1945–) |
“Working with Fija to polish my manuscript has been so satisfying. I knew I needed a developmental editor with an eye for detail but also a passion for poetry. Well, Fija and her structural report proved to be brilliant. Her strong voice shone through as we discussed both the big and small aspects of my story, which helped me to plug up the little plot holes and add dimension where there were once hints of flatness. She also worked so well with me to strengthen the poetry in my chapter epigraphs. Considering all this, I am especially grateful to have found such a uniquely talented editor in Fija.”