Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.

Madeleine E. Robins, author of the Sarah Tolerance historical mysteries, SF and fantasy, and historical novels, talks about starting her career with Regency novels influenced by Georgette Heyer, how "fluffy bunny" reading doesn’t necessarily mean fluffy, making masks and researching mask laws from a century ago (and the “mask riots” in San Francisco then), and her own recent work and work-in-progress.

Books mentioned include:

Sold for Endless Rue by Madeleine E. Robins

"Omunculus" by Madeleine E. Robins

Whitehall by Liz Duffy Adams, Mary Robinette Kowal, Madeleine E. Robins, Barbara Samuel & Delia Sherman

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Lord Peter Wimsey Series by Dorothy L. Sayers

The Complete Novels by Jane Austen

R.U.R. by Karel Čapek

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw