About Quote by Sharon Kay Penman

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

Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most…

— Jonathan Kellerman

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

— Rose Tremain

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

— Ted Bell

I take a very long time to write my books - from five to ten years.

— Svetlana Alexievich

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

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

If I'm really immersed in a story, I try to finish it in a few days. If it's a longer work, then it would…

— Ruskin Bond

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

— Doris Lessing

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

Usually, I start thinking about my next novel soon after completing the latest, and it can take anywhere from a month to 6 months…

— Nicholas Sparks