Sara Sheridan
Sara Sheridan
Sara Sheridanis a Scottish writer who works in a variety of genres, though predominately in historical fiction. She is the creator of the Mirabelle Bevan mysteries...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth7 June 1968
writing long people
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.
soul sushi bagels
I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.
culture subjects
Often we don't notice the stringent rules to which our culture subjects us.
kids aunt opportunity
Aunts offer kids an opportunity to try out ideas that don't chime with their parents and they also demonstrate that people can get on, love each other and live together without necessarily being carbon copies.
adventure theatre
I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.
father culture way
My father could talk about the Romany way of life and its culture. He could talk about freedom and the Scottish spirit. But that was all he could talk about. I was desperate for someone to talk to but there was just nobody there.
character reality people
Very often the characters people respond to best have little parts of reality they can relate to.
bees
Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.
mother writing generations
Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother's generation.
mistake thinking historical
Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take for granted, indeed, hardly think about, can lead to tremendous mistakes.
jobs book research
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.
people the-end-of-the-day different
At the end of the day, that's what a family is - a group of different people who accept each other.
book trouble
Researching books gets you into nothing but trouble.
adventure writing curiosity
For me, writing stories set, well, wherever they're best set, is a form of cultural curiosity that is uniquely Scottish - we're famous for travelling in search of adventure.