Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.

People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range of views.

History is written by the victors, the strongest, the most determined. Truth is found most often in the silence, in the quiet places.

I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.

Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.

Actually, I can write anywhere - airport lounges, in bed, on a rattling train going north.

There's no black and no white, just shades of grey...But the small betrayals lead to bigger ones, morality is eroded.