Am Quote by Philippa Gregory

One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to concentrate on…

— Emma Donoghue

I like writing historical fiction.

— Philippa Gregory

As a publisher and author, I'm a big fan of historical fiction and also memoir.

— Andrea Davis Pinkney

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it…

— Katherine Paterson

Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to me, by…

— Marilynne Robinson

Other than fiction and poetry I tend to read history.

— Stephen Dobyns

I read certain things about history. I don't like fiction. I read about stuff that's real, stuff that's goin' on in the world.

— Prodigy

I tend to like to read history - recent history, because I find that much more intriguing than just a writer's imagination.

— Jesse Ventura

I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by…

— Elizabeth George

I read a ton of fiction - historical, contemporary, literary, commercial, I love it all.

— Megan Chance

I've always been drawn to historical fiction.

— Karin Slaughter

I have been always fascinated and seduced by history, which I think is very close, very close to literature.

— Mario Vargas Llosa