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
characters move studied understand
I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background; I've really studied it.
moving character writing
I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.
reading character writing
You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer.
character eye tears
I had tears coming out of my eyes. And it was the characters that got me there.
began feeds series
From the beginning, the series has been story driven - I began with a story idea - but research feeds it.
aside positive primarily readers
Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive.
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.
journey space fiction
Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using science as my basis for my fiction, but it's the science of prehistory - palaeontology and archaeology - rather than astronomy or physics.
marketing done publishers
No, my publisher has always done the marketing.
waiting
You weren't being punished. You were waiting for me.
mysterious-woman honest paradox
Ayla, I looked for you all my life and didn't know I was looking. You are everything I ever wanted, everything I ever dreamed of in a woman, and more. You are a fascinating enigma, a paradox. You are totally honest, open; you hide nothing: yet you are the most mysterious woman I've ever met.
determination son men
But when did you see her, talk to me? When did you see her go into the cave? Why did you threaten to strike a spirit? You still don't understand, do you? You acknowledged her, Broud, she has beaten you. You did everything you could to her, you even cursed her. She's dead, and still she won. She was a woman, and she had more courage than you, Broud, more determination, more self-control. She was more man than you are. Ayla should have been the son of my mate.