Factual Quote by Geraldine Brooks

“As a historian, I found myself all too often treating my historical subjects like fictional characters, malleable entities that could be made to do…

— Lauren Willig

Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take for granted,…

— Sara Sheridan

As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen.

— George R. R. Martin

Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable.

— Saul David

I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.

— Kate Mosse

I have to conclude that fiction is better at 'the truth' than a factual record,

— Doris Lessing

Historical fiction is simply fiction set in the past, and should be judged as such.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at…

— Edward Rutherfurd

Most historians are engaged in fiction.

— Peter Morgan

I think fiction recues history from its confusions.

— Don DeLillo

“Historical fiction is a hybrid, a blending of reported reality, reasonable speculation, psychological truth, and the author’s imagination.”

— Philippa Gregory

This is what I think is fun about fiction - you get to use as much history as you want as scaffolding and then…

— Robin Sloan