Quotes About Sara Sheridan

The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two.

Most fellas like the races, though, Miss. It's only human nature

Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother's generation.

I once did an event with Ian Rankin where he said he didn't really need to do much background research because his books are set in the present, and I just thought: 'You lucky, lucky beast!' because as a historical novelist, I live constantly on the edge of wondering whether tissues had been invented.

History was my favourite subject at school and in my spare time I read historical novels voraciously from Heidi to the Scarlet Pimpernel and from Georgette Heyer to Agatha Christie.

She curled sideways into the milky light of the bedside lamp and began to read.

Molly Bloom is simply the most sensuous woman in literature.

I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own.

Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother's generation.

I decided to coin the term 'cosy crime noir' for Brighton Belle. That is 'cosy crime' for today's sensibilities because there is that slightly edgy element to it.

I am a storyteller, not a historian, and it's my ambition to create something compelling - something unputdownable and riveting - that chimes with the real history but is, in fact, fiction.

I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living.