Sara Sheridan
Sara Sheridan
Sara Sheridanis a Scottish writer who works in a variety of genres, though predominately in historical fiction. She is the creator of the Mirabelle Bevan mysteries...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth7 June 1968
people the-end-of-the-day different
At the end of the day, that's what a family is - a group of different people who accept each other.
sky black velvet
The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.
kids aunt opportunity
Aunts offer kids an opportunity to try out ideas that don't chime with their parents and they also demonstrate that people can get on, love each other and live together without necessarily being carbon copies.
bees
Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.
dirty dirty-business
History at its best is a gritty, dirty business.
scotland
Scotland just isn't terribly Tory.
wall thinking scotland
Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrians Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.
criticism level-playing-field levels
The net has provided a level playing field for criticism and comment - anyone and everyone is entitled to their opinion - and that is one of its greatest strengths.
writing thinking novelists
Copywriters, journalists, mainstream authors, ghostwriters, bloggers and advertising creatives have as much right to think of themselves as good writers as academics, poets, or literary novelists.
writing thinking assuming
Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.
adventure writing curiosity
For me, writing stories set, well, wherever they're best set, is a form of cultural curiosity that is uniquely Scottish - we're famous for travelling in search of adventure.
healing ideas tradition
I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own.
rain ocean grandmother
She wishes her grandmother had not been so protective, and that she understood better what passes between a man and woman. As it is, she simply enjoys the feelings and wonders if they are what lightning is made of, for everything comes back to the weather. Tears like rain. Smiles like the sun. Hair as dry as sand and fear like the dark ocean.
fields expertise core
We can learn so much looking outside our core field of expertise.