Jean M. Auel
Jean M. Auel
Jean Marie Auelis an American writer. She is best known for her Earth's Children books, a series of novels set in prehistoric Europe that explores interactions of Cro-Magnon people with Neanderthals. As of 2010 her books have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth18 February 1936
CountryUnited States of America
book ideas fiction
I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part.
book writing challenges
Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.
book simple perspective
Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around.
book thinking long
I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand it and I'm not at all surprised that readers of the genre might enjoy my books.
book writing people
I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books enjoyable and want to continue to read them.
book thinking people
I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores.
aside positive primarily readers
Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive.
began feeds series
From the beginning, the series has been story driven - I began with a story idea - but research feeds it.
men too-much usual
Again Creb grunted. It was the usual noncommittal comment used by men when responding to a woman. It carried only enough meaning to indicate the woman had been understood, without acknowledging too much significance in what she said.
thinking two fiction
Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy.
character eye tears
I had tears coming out of my eyes. And it was the characters that got me there.
romance fiction magazines
My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including some usually devoted to archaeological and other science material.
writing stories please
I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that is still true.
writing influence i-can
I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are.