All prizes have a role, if they are run with integrity and with a clear focus on reading and quality writing. I don't think any of them is necessary, but they all play an incredibly important role in building a body of literature, in introducing new authors to new readers, and extending reading.

Pas a pas, se va luenh. Step by step, we make our way.

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

Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.

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

All prizes have a role, if they are run with integrity and with a clear focus on reading and quality writing. I don't think any of them is necessary, but they all play an incredibly important role in building a body of literature, in introducing new authors to new readers, and extending reading.

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