Australian - Author | June 17, 1954 -
I remember talking to John Mortimer, and he said he was relying on Rumpole to keep him in his old age; well, I'm doing the same with Phryne - she's my mainstay.
Kerry Greenwood
AgeOld AgeDoingTalkingRemember
A publisher saw one of my historical novels and thought I would write an admirable detective story, so she offered me a two-book contract, and I grabbed it.
MeStoryThoughtWriteSheContract
I have been reading crime books ever since I was a child, but I had never tried to write one.
ChildReadingCrimeNeverWrite
When I first started writing the books in the 1980s, all of the female detectives were flawed in some way because they were based on noir characters.
WritingWayFirstStartedBecause
I like writing books. I really love words. I love to read.
LoveWordsWritingBooksLikeRead
There's something magical about the idea that you can write something down and someone else can read it. I'm still mildly agog about that.
SomeoneYouDownWriteMagicalIdea
I research every possible bit of information I can find. Then I use about a tenth of it. But I have to know all the information first; otherwise, I'm not going to convince myself, and if I can't convince myself, then I'm not going to convince the reader.
MyselfResearchInformationFind
I liked the Ballarat train as a child.
ChildTrainLiked
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Kerry Greenwood quotes