Quotes by Sara Sheridan

About Sara Sheridan:

Sara Sheridan is a Scottish writer who works in a variety of genres, though predominately in historical fiction. She is the creator of the Mirabelle Bevan mysteries.
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Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.

Sara Sheridan

I remember calling the council's cemetery department to ask about body decomposition in different soil types. Once they had verified that I was a novelist and not a sicko, they were extremely helpful.

Sara Sheridan

A paucity of material can open up just as many possibilities.

Sara Sheridan

Like good reading skills, good writing skills require immersion and imaginative engagement.

Sara Sheridan

We are living in glorious days where each readers' voice can be heard.

Sara Sheridan

Being able to read well in public and talk about your work in an engaging fashion is part of most writers' job specification.

Sara Sheridan

I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.

Sara Sheridan

Being a writer is a more difficult job than people imagine.

Sara Sheridan

We can learn so much looking outside our core field of expertise.

Sara Sheridan

They should be taking bonuses from bankers, not library books from schoolchildren. What kind of society are we building?

Sara Sheridan

Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind.

Sara Sheridan

I'm a library user and I just don't hoard books. To me, they're for sharing.

Sara Sheridan

I can't bear literary snobbery.

Sara Sheridan

Molly Bloom is simply the most sensuous woman in literature.

Sara Sheridan

I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living.

Sara Sheridan

In a heartbeat, he understands why religions are born on the sands – there is nothing here for a man but his own mind.

Sara Sheridan

Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother's generation.

Sara Sheridan

Most people do a good deal of whatever they do motivated by love. For me, few stories are truly complete without it.

Sara Sheridan

No one's book is perfect.

Sara Sheridan

To me, reading through old letters and journals is like treasure hunting. Somewhere in those faded, handwritten lines there is a story that has been packed away in a dusty old box for years.

Sara Sheridan

I love stories that suck you in, that you can't stop reading because you are quite simply there.

Sara Sheridan

Author Bio

  • NameSara Sheridan
  • DescriptionScottish novelist
  • BornJune 7, 1968
  • ProfessionNovelist