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A feeling for history is almost an essential for writing and appreciating good science fiction, for sensing the connections between the past and future that run through our present.

History is my passion. So I write what I love to read. I find that if I combine history with a strong, sensual romance, it is like a one-two punch. The reader doesn't want the history without the romance, and of course the heavier the history, the more it has to be leavened with a sensual, all-consuming love story.

I tend to like to read history - recent history, because I find that much more intriguing than just a writer's imagination.

My inspiration is love and history.

As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.

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.

History releases me from my own experience and jogs my fictional imagination.

History is present in all my novels. And whether I am directly talking about the sociological moment or just immersing my character in the environment, I am very aware of it.

I've always been drawn to historical fiction.

I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.