Sara Sheridan

“The space where I write is in my head, I suppose.”

— Sara Sheridan

It may take a village to raise a baby, but hell! it takes an army to produce a book.

— Sara Sheridan

“Whereas Mirabelle is tall, thin and sad, Vesta is physically and emotionally her opposite.”

— Sara Sheridan

“It's part of a writer's job to be nosy about everything.”

— Sara Sheridan

“People who inspire such contradictory emotions must be worthwhile, I reasoned.”

— Sara Sheridan

“Edinburgh is a great big black bastard of a city where there are ghosts of all kinds.”

— Sara Sheridan

“You don’t know what the hell you look like when you’re just some little schoolgirl.”

— Sara Sheridan

Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.

— Sara Sheridan

“Always wise aunts come in many guises. There are maiden aunts, dowager aunts, and that delightful creature, the eccentric aunt. I fear…

— Sara Sheridan

“What used to be edgy (divorces) has become mainstream and what used to be mainstream (racism and sexism) has become shocking.”

— Sara Sheridan

“I am a storyteller, not a historian, and it's my ambition to create something compelling - something unputdownable and riveting - that…

— Sara Sheridan

I've always had a keen sense of history. My father was an antiques dealer and he used to bring home boxes full…

— Sara Sheridan

“Looking at my life through the lens of history has made me increasingly grateful to standout women who pushed those boundaries to…

— Sara Sheridan

“Once you’re on the pleasure express, it’s hard to get off and switch to another, slower service.”

— Sara Sheridan

“They should be taking bonuses from bankers, not library books from schoolchildren. What kind of society are we building?”

— Sara Sheridan

“I'm drawn to the 1950s for lots of reasons - everything from the fashion to the increasing sense of freedom and modernity…

— Sara Sheridan

“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

Most fledgling and mid-list writers are lucky to be offered a 4-figure sum and are not only expected to deliver copy that…

— Sara Sheridan

I once did an event with Ian Rankin where he said he didn't really need to do much background research because his…

— Sara Sheridan

“You've got to make an effort to get the details right, because even through someone picks it up and knows it's a…

— Sara Sheridan

“Wellsted will remember this moment for the rest of his life. It is the first time he desires something for himself that…

— Sara Sheridan

“I was asked the other day in which era I would choose to live. As a historical novelist, it comes up sometimes.…

— Sara Sheridan

“Writing historical fiction has many common traits with writing sci-fi or fantasy books. The past is another country - a very different…

— Sara Sheridan

“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

“Cases fired by emotion rather than money were dangerous.”

— Sara Sheridan

I wrote 'I'm Me' because I was asked to write a children's book.

— Sara Sheridan

“Like good reading skills, good writing skills require immersion and imaginative engagement.”

— Sara Sheridan

Scottish writers are particularly successful in the crime genre.

— Sara Sheridan

We can learn so much looking outside our core field of expertise.

— Sara Sheridan

“One of Scotland's most important cultural exports - stories.”

— Sara Sheridan

“She was herself in their company but a very specific version of herself.”

— Sara Sheridan

“We are living in glorious days where each readers' voice can be heard.”

— Sara Sheridan

“There’s nothing like a military man, even out of uniform.”

— Sara Sheridan

History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.

— Sara Sheridan

“The devil was always in the detail. And here the detail was certainly devilish.”

— Sara Sheridan

“Most fellas like the races, though, Miss. It’s only human nature”

— Sara Sheridan

“Bookshops are at the coalface of our industry.”

— Sara Sheridan

“You can’t trust anyone you have to pay, and really, they can’t trust you.”

— Sara Sheridan

If I hadn't been able to get my first book published, I am not sure what I would have done.

— Sara Sheridan

“When a chap is passionate, the readership can sense it.”

— Sara Sheridan