Sara Sheridan (born 7 June 1968) 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. Read full biography of Sara Sheridan →
The cosmetic industry really took off in the 1950s.
The question shouldn't be 'Are we guilty about our colonial past;' it should be 'Why aren't we more guilty about our corporate... →
The world loves the 1950s.
Writers have it easy. If you write a bestseller or have your book made into a movie, you'll never have to work again, or so the myth goes.
Let's be clear - for people like me, who are obsessed with story and for whom words are their medium, writing is the best job possible. I work... →
How lucky am I? Quite often I speak at book festivals, and people ask me how I got published. There's people who have been working on a book for... →
I once did an event with Ian Rankin where he said he didn't really need to do much background research because his books are set in the present... →
I realized early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job. Because there are no pay grades and very little structure, people make... →
I said: 'I'm throwing in my job, and I'm going to write a book.' Everyone thought: 'She's off her trolley,' and it was... →
I wanted to find something I could do at home. I sat down with a friend and made a list of all the things I could try, and one of them was writing a... →
It's interesting that, given our culture has so many words that refer to women in a truly derogatory fashion, it's 'lady' - a term... →
My family spans many world religions, ethnicities and nationalities. The truth is that I don't have one identity. I'm Scottish, British... →
One of the great things about the Fifties is there are so many secrets - people who've come back from the war and done these terrible things that... →
Sara Sheridan (born 7 June 1968) 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.