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I just love historical fiction.

The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.

As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen.

I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre.

I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity, some investigation into the past.

I've been typed as historical fiction, historical women's fiction, historical mystery, historical chick lit, historical romance - all for the same book.

We've all faced the charge that our novels are history lite, and to some extent, that's true. Yet for some, historical fiction is a way into reading history proper.

I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.

One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to concentrate on lives that are completely other than your own.

There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.