“For
several decades, I believed it was necessary to be extraordinary if you wanted
to write, and since I wasn't, I gave up my ambition and settled down to a life
of reading.” – Diane Setterfield
Like most writers, Setterfield’s enjoyment of reading eventually led her to the keyboard and success in the
writing field. Born on this date in
1964, Setterfield is a British author whose 2006 debut novel The Thirteenth
Tale became a New York Times No. 1 best-seller and well-received BBC
Television film. To date it has been
published in 38 countries and sold over 3 million copies. Her
newest novel, Once Upon A River, is
scheduled for early 2019.
A native of Oxford, she studied and
then taught French literature for a number of years before trying her hand at
writing, keeping a diary along the way.
She said that habit not only got her into a daily writing mode but also
has provided grist for her writing mill.
“You have to relax, write what you
write,” she said as her advice to aspiring writers. “It sounds easy but it's really, really hard.
One of the things it took me longest to learn was to trust the writing
process.”
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