Core Quote by Jami Attenberg

Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history.

— Alix Kates Shulman

With the historical fictions, I was already doing so much research, and so much of the stories was anchored by historical truth that the…

— Debra Dean

As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.

— Joseph Boyden

I often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the period you're writing about; read things from…

— Thomas Mallon

Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader…

— Louis L'Amour

I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just write what…

— Sarah Dessen

Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.

— F. Sionil Jose

The power of story is potent and that's why historical fiction can be an extraordinarily significant way of teaching people logical truth propositions, moves…

— Hank Hanegraaff

While researching my first book, I discovered so many fascinating tidbits that I wanted to share them with readers to remind them that while…

— Julie Klassen

We've all faced the charge that our novels are history lite, and to some extent, that's true. Yet for some, historical fiction is a…

— Saul David

“What determines how we remember history and which elements are preserved and penetrate the collective consciousness? If historical novels stir your interest, pursue the…

— Ruta Sepetys

The point I would make is that the novelist and the historian are seeking the same thing: the truth – not a different truth:…

— Shelby Foote