Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregoryis an English historical novelist who has been writing since 1987. The best known of her works is The Other Boleyn Girl, which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association and has been adapted into two separate films...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 January 1954
answer changed history life moment professor realised seminar spent university
The moment that changed me for ever was when I had my first seminar with my history professor at the University of Sussex. I realised that history would answer all the questions I had spent my life asking. It was an extraordinary moment.
child home
When I was a child I wanted to be a vet. I'd come home with "lost" kittens and dogs. My mother would tell me to put them back.
creating difficult either history research twice
I like to do the research of history and the creativity of writing fiction. I am creating this thing which I think is twice as difficult as writing either history or fiction.
history places prefer
I don't much like Singapore. It's very big, very modern and very urbanised. As a rule, I prefer older places where you get a sense of the history.
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For instance, I have never believed that there is only one person for each person in the world. It doesn't make the least sense to me. However, in reality, I fell in love at 45 and I am absolutely certain that my now husband is the only man in the world for me, a truth I find both ridiculous and uplifting.
genre highly
At the end of the day, I'm writing in a genre that isn't highly regarded.
change highly quite
If I could change one thing about myself I'd be less highly strung. I find my sensibility quite high maintenance.
history
I would never lie to anyone about history.
grew house tall town victorian
The house I grew up in was a tall Victorian town house in Bristol. There were very big rooms, which were under-furnished and always cold.
giving want tomorrow
Edward lives as if there is no tomorrow, Richard as if he wants no tomorrow, and George as though someone should give it to him for free.
faces wheels lows
Fortune's wheel takes you very high and then throws you very low, and there is nothing you can do but face the turn of it with courage.
eye center-of-attention attention
Every woman has to have something which singles her out, which catches the eyes, which makes her the center of attention. I am going to be french.
heart
You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman.
clever men want
When a man wants a mystery, it is generally better to leave him mystified. Nobody loves a clever woman.