Hands Quote by Saul David

Most historians are engaged in fiction.

— Peter Morgan

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

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

We really should stop taking historical novelists seriously as historians. The idea that they have authority is ludicrous. They are very good at imagining…

— David Starkey

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

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 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

fiction is not only the historian of life but its apologist.

— Gertrude Atherton

We are living in an era of such interesting new forms, and certainly narrative non-fiction has emerged as a major form. People who are…

— Daniel Mendelsohn

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

The best writers attempt to become alternative historians.

— Colum McCann