In the Wake of Golgotha featuring Daniel Grace

<p>“It shouldn’t be taboo to tango with history.” Daniel Grace</p><p>This week on <em>15 with Fosca</em>, I sit down with Daniel Grace: novelist, winemaker, former advertising agency owner, and mythologist at heart.</p><p>Daniel divides his time between San Francisco and Panzano in Chianti, where he produces critically acclaimed Tuscan wines at his family’s estate, Il Molino di Grace. </p><p>His debut novel, <em>In the Wake of Golgotha</em>, is a literary thriller that reimagines Judas Iscariot and Pontius Pilate in modern-day New York City, condemned to revisit the consequences of one of history’s most charged moments. This is not Christian fiction, nor a simple historical retelling. Instead, Daniel asks what happens when ancient figures become flattened by time — turned into symbols, villains, verbs — and what fiction can do to restore complexity, discomfort, and humanity.</p><p>We talk about Tuscany as a place of beauty and blood, wine as storytelling, the relationship between religion and law, capital punishment, addiction, and the moral weight of myth. </p><p><strong>Biography </strong></p><p>Daniel Grace is a London-born, California-bred former owner of an international advertising agency who now produces critically acclaimed Tuscan wines at his family winery, Il Molino di Grace, in Panzano-in-Chianti, Italy. </p><p>A storyteller by trade, a winemaker by day, and a mythologist at heart, Daniel spent decades building brands and crafting stories before turning to literary fiction. </p><p>His debut novel, <em>In the Wake of Golgotha</em>, published by Koehler Books in March 2026, is a literary thriller that reimagines Judas Iscariot and Pontius Pilate in a violent, modern collision of crime, punishment, guilt, and possible redemption.</p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><p>Daniel Grace official website:<a href="https://danielmarkgrace.com/"> <u>https://danielmarkgrace.com/</u></a></p><p>Book page:<a href="https://danielmarkgrace.com/book"> <u>https://danielmarkgrace.com/book</u></a></p><p>Author bio:<a href="https://danielmarkgrace.com/about"> <u>https://danielmarkgrace.com/about</u></a></p><p>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/danielmarkgrace/"> <u>https://www.instagram.com/danielmarkgrace/</u></a></p><p>Goodreads:<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/243299522-in-the-wake-of-golgotha"> <u>https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/243299522-in-the-wake-of-golgotha</u></a></p><p>Publisher page, Koehler Books:<a href="https://www.koehlerbooks.com/book/in-the-wake-of-golgotha/"> <u>https://www.koehlerbooks.com/book/in-the-wake-of-golgotha/</u></a></p><p>Amazon:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wake-Golgotha-Daniel-Grace/dp/B0FY3WCZWR"> <u>https://www.amazon.com/Wake-Golgotha-Daniel-Grace/dp/B0FY3WCZWR</u></a></p><p>Il Molino di Grace:<a href="https://www.ilmolinodigrace.it/Home.html"> <u>https://www.ilmolinodigrace.it/Home.html</u></a></p><p>Il Molino di Grace Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ilmolinodigrace/"> <u>https://www.instagram.com/ilmolinodigrace/</u></a></p><p>Share, like, comment, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.</p><p>Podcast Producer: Andrew Niklas Curtis </p><p>Recorded via Zoom, post-production Lorenzo Maiani, Faminore Sound Agency</p><p> </p><p><br></p>