Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“As a historical novelist, there is very little I like more than spending time sorting through boxes of old letters, diaries, maps,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“In the 1950s at least less was expected of women. Now we're supposed to build a career, build a home, be the… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Muscat is like a mind-altering drug. A stroll in its streets is like getting drunk for the first time” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I spend a lot of time imagining things - in fact, you could say that imagining things is my job.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Writing is such a solitary occupation that it takes a long time to build up a group of professional peers with whom… — 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
“If you've been hurt and you've grieved and you've been through the mill, it takes a long time to get over it.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“When you think about the period in which Agatha Christie's crime novels were written, they are actually quite edgy for the time.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“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
“Kindness was too painful. It had been a long time since he had had to endure it.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I was asked the other day in which era I would choose to live. As a historical novelist, it comes up sometimes.… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Parts of my 20s and 30s have gone by in a flash but my childhood is with me all the time.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The question shouldn't be 'Are we guilty about our colonial past;' it should be 'Why aren't we more guilty about our corporate… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Personally I estimate about a third of my time is spent on author events, social media and traditional publicity. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“My fascination with history is as much about the present as it is about the past.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Google maps are one thing but there's no substitute for pounding the beat and I spent quite a bit of time figuring… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“History was my favourite subject at school and in my spare time I read historical novels voraciously from Heidi to the Scarlet… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“If peace came it would have to do so when there had been time to allow the hatred to grow out of… — 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 spend some time every week in independent bookshops all over the country and what I see is inspiring!” — 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
“Crime writers, I've noticed, can be jumpy. They live in a world where there are murderers on the loose and they haven't been caught… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
