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.
began feeds series
From the beginning, the series has been story driven - I began with a story idea - but research feeds it.
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.
writing way sometimes
Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.
individuality world life-is
Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation and, in an inherently changing world, any species unable to adapt is also doomed.
writing historical fiction
I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it.
marketing done publishers
No, my publisher has always done the marketing.
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.
waiting
You weren't being punished. You were waiting for me.
writing ideas stories
From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the story that has driven me.
years research twenties
It took some time to gather the research and develop it into the storyline, and to finally finish an origin myth poem that I had been working on for twenty years.
together young clans
There was a time when the young of many clans joined together to make new clans.