Caroline Lawrence quotes

I write about times and places I would visit in a time machine, like ancient Rome or the Wild West. (Caroline Lawrence)

I thought it might be fun to set my books in Nevada, which is in the West and still pretty Wild. You can still gamble, carry a loaded pistol, and go into a silver-mine, and they still have saloons with swinging doors, boardwalks, and horses.

Caroline Lawrence

To create a character who really interests you, try combining aspects of your favourite fictional character with a real person.

Caroline Lawrence

I loved every minute of my three years majoring in classics at Berkeley.

Caroline Lawrence

After I had written seventeen full-length mysteries, two volumes of mini-mysteries, a travel guide and some quiz books, not to mention a spin-off Roman Mystery Scrolls series, I thought it was time I moved to new historical pastures.

Caroline Lawrence

Now, if I had an Indian name, it would be "Stands in Confusion".

Caroline Lawrence

Plot is what happens in your story. Every story needs structure, just as every body needs a skeleton. It is how you 'flesh out and clothe' your structure that makes each story unique.

Caroline Lawrence

At 16, when I was at Henry M. Gunn High School, I had a crush on the English teacher, and my grades improved dramatically. This great school had only 400 students, mostly children of Stanford professors, and it was more usual to have classes under one of the oak trees dotted around the campus than in the classroom.

Caroline Lawrence

Like every child growing up in America, I read 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'Huckleberry Finn.' I liked them well enough, but I didn't love them.

Caroline Lawrence