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13 quotes by Sharon Kay Penman

Although set in the 12th and 13th centuries, Penman sets the characters and narrative in her novels in medieval sites that still exist and can be visited, including castles, churches and archeological areas. Areas such as Aber Falls and Dolwyddelan Castle have important scenes in Penman's novels. In Devil's Brood, Penman sets the characters in scenes in a variety of medieval royal residences, castles and abbeys, in England and present day...
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I certainly know all about the Jersey jokes that amuse the rest of the country. You've probably heard them. Our state bird is the mosquito. Our... →

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I do my best to build a strong factual foundation for each of my novels and rely upon my author's notes to keep my conscience clear.

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My novels about medieval Wales were set in unexplored terrain; my readers did not know what lay around every bend in the road.

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Women did not have as many options as men, and I need to reflect that reality in my mysteries.

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I do not set specific work hours as some writers do. I generally stay with a chapter until I am satisfied, do very little rewriting, and if a scene... →

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I feel that historical novelists owe it to our readers to try to be as historically accurate as we can with the known facts. Obviously, we have to... →

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I was actually born in New York City, but my family moved to Atlantic City when I was five, this being my dad's home town, so I think that... →

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In writing my historical novels, I have to rely upon my imagination to a great extent. I think of it as 'filling in the blanks.' Medieval... →

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It usually takes me about three years to research and write one of my historical sagas; this is one reason why I take medieval mystery breaks, for... →

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Many people don't know that New Jersey is a fertile breeding ground for writers, some of them quite renowned. And I would wager that most would... →

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Respect can be as elusive as the unicorn. I know something of this because I write books that are set in the Middle Ages, and the historical novel is... →

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When I moved to Wales more than twenty years ago and began to research 'Here Be Dragons,' I was fascinated from the first by the Welsh... →

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Whenever I've had to tamper with history for plot purposes, I make sure to mention that in my author's note, and I try to keep such tampering... →

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