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. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
Sometimes it’s hard to start, but once it gets going, once you reach the tipping point – usually between chapter seven and nine – then it’s like hanging onto a large snowball as it hurtles downhill. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
In the 1970s, I used to buy opals and moonstones at the Queen Victoria Market, which were seen as old-fashioned and too heavy at the time. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
If you look at the map, there’s Thrace, Greece, Bulgaria, and there’s tiny Gallipoli. It is such a small part of the whole peninsula, and yet you only hear about this little tiny bit. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
I didn’t want to write a grown-up account of Gallipoli. I wanted to find out what would happen if I looked at Gallipoli through the eyes of an innocent. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
I went to a basic school, which had children from all corners of the world, and met my best friend and had to learn Greek because she didn’t speak English. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
I used to tell my three younger siblings stories because that was my household chore, and I told long stories in installments because it was easier and more fun than making up a new story every night. I loved it. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
I fell in love with words in all languages, and I read everything I could find, particularly myths and legends and histories and archeology and any novels. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
I have to write three books a year to make a reasonable living out of writing – unless, of course, she gets a major American film deal. Phryne has been optioned since the very first book, but to make a historical TV movie, it costs $30,000 a day extra for the historical detail to be correct, so most people aren’t doing it. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
