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Research material can turn up anywhere - in a dusty old letter in an archive, a journal or some old photographs you find in a charity shop.

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Sara Sheridan
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 7
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A book is a story, even if it's non-fiction, and once I've read it, I have the story with me inside my head always.
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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.
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Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind.
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Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most importantly, inspire.
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The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.
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The new contract between writers and readers is one I'm prepared to sign up to. I've met some fascinating people at events and online. Down with the isolation of writers I say! And long live Twitter.
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Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted.
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While I'm frustrated at the amount I'm expected to take on in the present, the 1950s woman was frustrated by being excluded - not being allowed to take things on at all.
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Writers are a product of where we come from but by looking at alternatives to the culture in which we live, we can find ways to change and hopefully improve it.
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Copywriters, journalists, mainstream authors, ghostwriters, bloggers and advertising creatives have as much right to think of themselves as good writers as academics, poets, or literary novelists.
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I've always had a keen sense of history. My father was an antiques dealer and he used to bring home boxes full of treasures, and each item always had a tale attached.
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As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective.
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A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.
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For a novelist, the gaps in a story are as intriguing as material that still exists.
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History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.
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Researching books gets you into nothing but trouble.
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Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.
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Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrians Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.
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I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.
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I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.
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