My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a branch of the State Department, so food in regards to world affairs was talked about a lot. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
My first two novels were set in the past, and that freed me up in a lot of ways; it allowed me to find my way into my story and my characters through research. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
I find I have to touch what I am working on every day, or a deep-seated dread kicks in that is very hard to overcome. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
I’m a morning person: if I don’t get up, put the coffee on and get to my desk by 8, the day has already lost a lot of its promise. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
I couldn’t really experience being an author when I was still working in publishing – I was trying to negotiate being both. Sometimes the knowledge doesn’t translate between the two roles. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
I feel sometimes like a book tour is a slow series of humiliations and that if you’re strong you’ll come out of it OK. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
Publishing in a way doesn’t have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn’t have a lot to do with publishing. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
I know publishing now more as an author than with occasional peaks inside those elite offices than as an industry insider. It was difficult publishing a novel the first time around, while working behind the scenes, knowing all that has to happen to make a book a success and to still make the leap as an author. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
History releases me from my own experience and jogs my fictional imagination. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you check the boxes that you’re comfortable with. Race is completely open in that regard. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
