Book Quote by Jonathan Kellerman

All my books take a long time to research. I spend several months researching before I start writing, and in the middle of writing…

— Linda Sue Park

Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish.

— Bernard Cornwell

It takes me three months of research and nine months of work to produce a book. When I start writing, I do two pages…

— Alan Furst

It takes me three or four years to research and write each book and the individual stories stay with you for a long time…

— Antony Beevor

A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.

— Rose Tremain

I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book.

— Jeffery Deaver

To do the writing, I have to have time to do research.

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

It usually takes me about three years to research and write one of my historical sagas; this is one reason why I take medieval…

— Sharon Kay Penman

Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.

— Ted Bell

The books take a year just to do the drawing. I will travel to a country to do the research and get ideas. Sometimes…

— Jan Brett

My research process doesn't vary much. I do a little reading to establish a timeline and decide how I'm going to approach the story.

— Laurie Graham

It usually takes me a year to do a book. A year or eighteen months.

— Doris Lessing