Book Quote by Peter Carey

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

Historical novels are about costumery. I think that's the magic and mystery of fiction. I don't want to write historical fiction but I do…

— Chang-Rae Lee

Historical novels, in particular, allow us to relive the past without the neatness of history, and with all the complexity of the present.

— Laila Lalami

I just love historical fiction.

— Jennifer Donnelly

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

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

It seems to me that the basic plot of all historical novels is a romance swept aside by history.

— Ned Beauman

I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting.

— Antonia Fraser

As a writer I have persisted in my uncertainty, alternating between novels which could charitably be considered literature and world reporting which by another…

— James A. Michener

Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation.

— George R. R. Martin

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

— Sara Sheridan

All my books are made up of other books. They're all deeply structured on other fiction, because I was a student in fiction and…

— Zadie Smith