Preston Poling's creation for the "I Did it My Way" category of the miniatures competition at the 2024 Kentucky State Fair won third place, but was later removed because state officials considered it ...

“The House of Fortune,” Jessie Burton’s fourth novel for adults, is that rare, double-headed beast. It is a sequel to the author’s first book, “The Miniaturist,” an acclaimed work of historical ...

Thea is the child who remains, raised by her African-Surinamese father Otto, once a servant of the house, her aunt, Nella (the protagonist of The Miniaturist), and their servant, Cordelia. A fat cat, ...

Jessie Burton returns to the austere but opulent world of 18th century Amsterdam with “The House of Fortune,” a sequel to her hit 2014 novel, “The Miniaturist.” ...

THE MINIATURIST’S ASSISTANT. By Katherine Scott Crawford. Regal House. 312 pages. $22. Winner of the 2025 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, “The Miniaturist’s Assistant” is a time-traveling art ...