“It wasn't my choice to write this story...it was my responsibility.” — Rhonda Fink-Whitman Copy Share Image
“Cease, daughter!" said the priest at last in a trembling voice. "I cannot grant absolution, no priest could...” — Anya Seton Copy Share Image
“Mr Martinek turned back to Jana. 'Thirty-eight per cent alcohol, sixty-two per cent fire - all the way from Karlovy Vary.” — F.C. Malby Copy Share Image
Cultural concepts are one of the most fascinating things about historical fiction. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
For me, writing historical fiction is all about finding a balance between reading, traveling, looking, imagining, and dreaming. — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
I do not want to be a relative and passive being, anywhere. I want to live and love and write. — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Next time -- we will roll out the red carpet for you in the United States of Arabia, my brethren!” — Leonard Leventon Copy Share Image
“He (her son) is just like his father, doesn't listen to a word I say!” — Logan Crowe Copy Share Image
We've all faced the charge that our novels are history lite, and to some extent, that's true. Yet for some, historical fiction… — Saul David Copy Share Image
“I took my friend’s hand as she helped me up. With our hands still linked and our flower crowns tangled in our… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“I found out after reading quite a lot of it that it is not rated very high. He has a very descriptive… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Historical novels are about costumery. I think that's the magic and mystery of fiction. I don't want to write historical fiction but… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“A sudden yearning to hold Artagan close overtakes me, to smell the scent of his skin and run my hands through his… — Mark Noce Copy Share Image
“The stars twinkled high above and reflected onto the cold window. I blew on the frosty glass and watched my breath fog… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“She ran the harder and zagged more erratically, and in the wreckage left from the hurricane the girl misjudged her path and… — Samuel Snoek-Brown Copy Share Image
Most readers of historical fiction are content to just get caught up in a good story, and that is what I want… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Stuff and nonsense: you must regard this deviation from your plan as part of the adventure that you sought when you decided… — Adam Yamey Copy Share Image
“What's that?' Thaniel said, curious. The postmarks and stamps weren't English or Japanese. 'A painting. There's a depressed Dutchman who does countryside… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“At the edge of the still, dark pool that was the sea, at the brimming edge of freedom where no boat was… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
“JAKE BAKER JOINING THE UNION ARMY IN NEW ORLEANS "I'd prefer to be back in Texas, taking aim at the Rebs..., but… — Charles Phillips Copy Share Image
The annual award of $5,000 goes to an author for a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young… — Scott O'Dell Copy Share Image
“The curtains were not yet drawn and with the moonlight spreading across the room, I could see clearly. I undressed and slipped… — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
“Her entire life, she’d been told sin was wrong, a black and white interpretation of what is evil and what is holy… — Madi Merek Copy Share Image
“I felt so much older now, so much more responsible. I guess that there were some positive outcomes: I knew more things… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
