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
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Writers have it easy. If you write a bestseller or have your book made into a movie, you'll never have to work again, or so the myth goes.
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Scottish writers are particularly successful in the crime genre.
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Personally I estimate about a third of my time is spent on author events, social media and traditional publicity.
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There are so many ways to do research - even watching old Ealing comedies, watching people getting on and off buses in London, looking at household interiors.
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Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrian's Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.
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I've never seen an 'English' books section in, well, an English bookshop, but in Scotland, most bookshops have a set of shelves dedicated to Scottish authors.
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I'm grateful that I've enjoyed the support of libraries, bookshops and institutional funders.
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I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn - be it chiming in with constructive criticism or giving me sound advice about my career plan.