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“I had never done anything yet that was conventional – why should the love of my life be any different?” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“There were so many wrongs piling up on both sides, so much of the past being dragged into the present, that living… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Our archives are treasure troves - a testament to many lives lived and the complexity of the way we move forward. They… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
My father could talk about the Romany way of life and its culture. He could talk about freedom and the Scottish spirit.… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
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“Wellsted will remember this moment for the rest of his life. It is the first time he desires something for himself that… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I'm not sure how much easier it is for a mother to balance her life now - have we simply swapped one… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I had never really understood what an adventure life could be, if you followed your heart and did what you really wanted… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Kissing her is like drinking salted water, he thinks. His thirst only increases.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“The mass communications that could enable our politics for good have instead turned it into a bland conglomeration of stinted opinion cloaked in the… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
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