“It’s a mother’s job to give us the confidence needed to push through hard times.” — The Doctor’s Daughter: Totally heartbreaking and… — Shari J. Ryan Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a novelist from a very early age - 11 or 12 - but I don't think I ever… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
“Brick walls towered over her. Decrepit staircases crowded about her. Nothing had changed. The line there, the lessons there, the rape there.… — Sarah Sundin Copy Share Image
If you're writing something that's clearly labelled as an alternative history, of course it's perfectly legitimate to play with known historical characters… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I was too far away to hear what was said but I saw in Val’s eyes the same fear that I had… — Julia Lee Dean Copy Share Image
“This is the average age of my Hunters, and all young maidens for whom I am patron, before they go astray." "Go… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Oil and Water, Daddy calls us. At four years younger than me, Katie is only fourteen and she already has half the… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“Go find your own hiding spot!” I hissed. “The seat is not wide enough to hold me and that whale you call… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“They are subjected to all manner of taxes: the tithe, the hearth tax and the capitation tax. When all those are paid,… — Simon Scarrow Copy Share Image
No one writes better historical fiction than Steven Pressfield. The Afghan War that was waged by Alexander the Great 2000 years ago… — Vince Flynn Copy Share Image
“The great city seemed to weigh upon me, as though it were crushing me under its heap of brick and stone. Gray,… — Gary Inbinder Copy Share Image
“Soeur Seraphina gently removed my lace fontanges. It was named for the King’s mistress Angelique de Fontanges, who had lost her hat… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
What writers of fantasy, science fiction, and much historical fiction do for a living is different from what writers of so-called literary… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Ready yourselves!' Mullone heard himself say, which was strange, he thought, for he knew his men were prepared. A great cry came… — David Cook Copy Share Image
“Most of these people are not going anywhere, and have nothing meaningful to do. They are zombies seeking purpose in an environment… — Ben Hinson Copy Share Image
As for whether genre considerations influence what I write, they don't at all, but I might sell more books if they did.… — Elizabeth Crook Copy Share Image
“Stars flicker above, points of bright ice in a dark river. I pull a heavy sheepskin around my legs and stretch my… — Ned Hayes Copy Share Image
When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“...the novel had reached its apogee with the marriage plot and had never recovered from its disappearance. In the days when success… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Eliza had never seen Alex quite so happy and relaxed. She shook her head and laughed at the incongruity of it all:… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Whenever doubts become a crime... whenever parents become afraid their children might turn them in; a country where the power of the… — Osiris Brackhaus Copy Share Image
“There’s several colonies setup on islands that have not been touched yet by Europeans and I’m sure some of them will be… — Gordon Allard Copy Share Image
“Somewhere nearby, artillery thundered. Vast fields — flat as a table, without a single tree — turned any moving figure into an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“People think blood red, but blood don't got no colour. Not when blood wash the floor she lying on as she scream… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
“Yes, she had seen Alex's temper flare over his disappointment with a lack of his own regiment to command, but she saw… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“In the forest you may find yourself lost, without companions. You may come to a river which is not on a map.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
When I was growing up I loved reading historical fiction, but too often it was about males; or, if it was about… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
“French Revolution- all them fellas the figgered her out got their heads chopped off. Always that way, jus as natural as rain.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“No man as godly as George, the only fault he finds with God is that he made folk with too few orifices.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“Elsa's mother no longer spoke to her of men and love, but of duty and fate and accepting one’s burden. As far… — Kathy-Diane Leveille Copy Share Image
“Sinuhe, my friend, we have been born into strange times. Everything is melting – changing its shape – like clay on a… — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
“Joan knew then that Donna was not an idiot. And the Beatles were not nonsense. And that there had always been a… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
“ 'Are our gods better than Olaf's god?' Alfdis laughed. 'That's a silly question. Gods are gods. Our gods have been with… — James Erich Copy Share Image
“I’ll find out who’s inside. Wait here and keep alert!’ Hallam rasped. He skirted the main path to skulk towards one of… — David Cook Copy Share Image
“Science Fiction is a group of symptoms and not a disease,” so a medical student (failed) told me once. “It's like the… — R.A. Lafferty Copy Share Image
“I believe every story that is made in the mind of an author; has a trace in real world.A historical fiction completely… — Hamid Karima Copy Share Image
“The word began to filter down the lines, and the grumbling stopped, there was something new about this march, something these men… — Jeff Shaara Copy Share Image
“Messages continued to arrive from the Earl of Warwick, urging Londoners to hold firm for King Harry. Marguerite d'Anjou and her son… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“Sometimes time can play tricks. One moment it idles by, an hour can seem a lifetime, such as when sitting by the… — M.A. Lossl Copy Share Image
“All the carriages filed out in single file but in a fashion that seemed to mean that they were competing against each… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
