“There are as many different kinds of books as there are writers - as many different responses as there are readers.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“In crime books it's possible to chart forensic technology by how well it has to be explained to a reader. In mid-Victorian… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
For me, writing stories set, well, wherever they're best set, is a form of cultural curiosity that is uniquely Scottish - we're… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Writing historical fiction has many common traits with writing sci-fi or fantasy books. The past is another country - a very different… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The new contract between writers and readers is one I'm prepared to sign up to. I've met some fascinating people at events… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“For a writer it's a genuinely interesting and hopefully profitable era that makes a variety of books available to a variety of… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I am completely unflustered by whichever medium people choose to read my words. I'm just delighted they're reading them at all!” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“If you put Mirabelle into some of the situations she gets into, there is only one way Mirabelle can behave.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Whereas Mirabelle is tall, thin and sad, Vesta is physically and emotionally her opposite.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“The hard fact is that writing is available to readers because of market factors as much as particular writing talent.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I wanted to find something I could do at home. I sat down with a friend and made a list of all… — 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
